Why the numbers 6-7 are driving math teachers up the wall

I lived through that one as a kid and see this one as parent. This is different. A few kids at school brought garbage pail kids in and would show them at recess. This is more every kid anytime someone says these specific numbers. It's ubiquitous and constant. Nobody was throwing garbage pail kids around every math lesson.

That makes 6 7 sound even less impactful.

Imagine yourself at 12yo, and just believe the axiom that saying 6 7 is funny. Your parents are telling you that interrupting math class in such a ubiquitous and constant manner is beyond the pale. They reach into their past, where "the thing banned at school" was actually acceptable and clearly different.

Maybe it depends on who you were as a kid... but if I'm who I was at 12yo, I'm going to keep doing it, and now it's way funnier. You're playing a hugely important role being the lame adult in many recess discussions. No offence.

Disrupting class is where the line is drawn in our house, no matter the mechanism of doing so.

If the school is creating an environment where disruption is tolerated, that’s the problem. And as a parent should absolutely council your children to not be disruptive in class. But “6 7” isn’t the problem here.

As it should! Just know that people between your age and their age see the common through-line here, and it might not be as serious as it feels. I’ll become blind to it as well in a while haha, sadly comes with becoming more wise.

Personal anecdata: 69 showing up in any math class was comedy gold in early 2010s highscool. The class was interrupted for impromptu 1 word stand up.