LONDON (Reuters) - 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.
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