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UK teachers: how are you coping with the ‘six-seven’ craze?

How is the 6-7 craze affecting school teachers?
How is the 6-7 craze affecting school teachers? Photograph: Monkey Business Images/Shutterstock

Across the UK, teachers are being subjected to the echoes of the words “six-seven” shouted out at random by pupils in a new craze sweeping through classrooms.

The phrase appears to have originated with the Philadelphia rapper Skrilla’s 2024 track Doot Doot (6 7), which is thought to be either a reference to police radio code, or 67th Street, or something else.

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