To say ‘six-seven’ is to embrace idiocy | Letters
Primary school teacher Marlon Minty says none of the children he asked understood where the ‘craze’ comes from or why it is funny I am writing to object to Coco Khan’s suggestion that “six‑seven” could be “the most hopeful word of 2025” (Each year, word of the year gets darker. ‘Six-seven’ may be annoying – but it’s bucked that trend, 20 December). As a primary school teacher and promoter of logic and understanding, I was intrigued to find out the root of this so-called “craze”. Rather than a sinister cult, as promoted by scaremongers in the US, or some kind of secret code that only children understand, I discover the root of the “phenomenon” to be the embracement of idiocy. A badly cobbled together mishmash, promoted via social media in order to get children to click on links that gain the influencer more attention and therefore, potentially, money. Continue reading...
Primary school teacher Marlon Minty says none of the children he asked understood where the ‘craze’ comes from or why it is funny
I am writing to object to Coco Khan’s suggestion that “six‑seven” could be “the most hopeful word of 2025” (Each year, word of the year gets darker. ‘Six-seven’ may be annoying – but it’s bucked that trend, 20 December). As a primary school teacher and promoter of logic and understanding, I was intrigued to find out the root of this so-called “craze”.
Rather than a sinister cult, as promoted by scaremongers in the US, or some kind of secret code that only children understand, I discover the root of the “phenomenon” to be the embracement of idiocy. A badly cobbled together mishmash, promoted via social media in order to get children to click on links that gain the influencer more attention and therefore, potentially, money.
Continue reading...