The word "fail" should be banned from use in British classrooms and replaced with the phrase "deferred success" to avoid demoralizing pupils, a group of teachers has proposed.
Members of the Professional Association of Teachers (PAT) argue that telling pupils they have failed can put them off learning for life.
A spokesman for the group said it wanted to avoid labeling children. "We recognize that children do not necessarily achieve success first time," he said.
"But I recognize that we can't just strike a word from the dictionary," he said.
The PAT said it would debate the proposal at a conference next week.
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I think we need to teach children that you can fail, and still be ok. It is ok to fail at somethings. Some of our greatest inventors failed. As long as the teachers, realize that they can use the "failing" to help them to learn life's more important lesson, of persistance.
PLEASE - No more excuses! Somebody here needs a reality check...
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