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Pupils banned from using slang in school
16 Feb 2012
Pupils at Sheffield's Springs Academy have been ordered to stop using slang while at school to improve their job prospects. Teachers introduced the policy to encourage their pupils, aged from 11 to 18, to use only standard English inside the school gates.
The trust that runs the academy said it wanted children to cut out slang words and phrases such as "hiya" and "cheers" in favour of the more correct "good morning", "goodbye" or "thank you". They said using standard English would give its 1,100 students, who study in a working class area of Sheffield, a better chance of impressing employers at interviews.
Kathy August, deputy chief executive of the United Learning Trust, said: We want to make sure our youngsters are not just leaving school with the necessary A to Cs in GCSEs but that they also have a whole range of employability skills.
Read the full article in The Telegraph.
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