teacher told a student, "I don't move seniors," she said. "I flunk them." Those short statements became haunting words for that student. Even though the student became haunted by the threat of failure, it then motivated that student to work harder, thus obtaining straight A’s. Mary Sherry’s argument within “In Praise of the F Word” concludes that the “F word” needed to be used more often. As Sherry stated, “We must review the threat of flunking and see it as it really is--a positive teaching tool.”
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