A Well Behaved School

Today, the teachers had training on the 16 social skills outlined by the Boys Town model. Here are a set of questions and answers for parents.

We had several interesting conversations around "code-switching" and cursing.

When I first heard of code-switching, I thought it was slang -- a made-up word. But I found out that its an actual linguistics word used by scientists studying natural languages. I think of code-switching as the different ways you talk to people. You talk to your grandmother differently than you talk to your friends. You talk to your teacher differently than you talk to your baby brother. Do you think that code-switching is just done naturally, or, do you think you have to be taught how to code-switch?

The code-switching conversation turned to cursing. Everyone agreed that there should be no cursing in school. However, some teachers felt that there could times when its necessary for a teacher to curse at students. Other teachers felt that there is never a time for cursing. What are your opinions?