7/07ENING THEMSELVES:

Let pupils swear in school, argues parents' group (FIONA MACGREGOR, 8/30/05, The Scotsman)

PUPILS should be allowed to swear in the classroom rather than be punished for their four-letter-word outbursts, Scottish parents' representatives said yesterday.

The Scottish Parent Teacher Council said teachers exacerbate the use of bad language in school by overreacting to commonly used swear words.

The comment comes after a school in England provoked an angry reaction among traditionalists by announcing it would allow the use of swear words up to five times per lesson to encourage pupils to think about their language.

Why worry about bombers when you're bent on wrecking what little remains of the culture yourselves?

Posted by Orrin Judd at August 30, 2005 12:00 AM