Here’s why teachers are fed up with kids chanting â6-7â in their classrooms: ‘Gonna start kicking people out’
Thereâs a new phrase echoing through school hallways â and itâs driving teachers up a wall.
âSix-seven! Six-seven!â is not a math problem. Itâs the latest Gen Alpha obsession â and educators across the US (and some in Australia) say itâs gotten so out of hand, theyâve had to ban it from classrooms altogether.
The mysterious slang term comes from the viral song âDoot Doot (6 7)â by rapper Skrilla, which features the endlessly repeated lyric âsix-seven.â

The phrase â which can mean nothing, something or whatever you want it to mean â has exploded on TikTok and Instagram, often paired with videos of teens chanting it, dancing or using it as an inside joke no adult seems to understand.
Some say itâs a nod to NBA star LaMelo Ballâs towering 6-foot-7 frame. Others claim itâs shorthand for saying something is âmid” â something that’s average or mediocre.
Elementary school teacher Kaitlyn Biernacki recently posted about how the slang ruined one of her recent math lessons.
As she drew a bar graph on the board, she asked her class “how many votes a cheetah” got. When a few kids shouted âsix,â Biernacki dutifully plotted it â only for a chorus of giggles to erupt in the background.
@myclassroomdiaries Donât worry, it isnât always like this, I just love them & hopefully this trend goes away soon 𤪠#teacher #67 #fyp #teachersoftiktok
⬠original sound – Kaitlyn Biernacki
âSix-seven!â some snickered, clearly more interested in TikTok slang than arithmetic. Biernacki shot them a perfectly sassy side-eye that said: Nice try, but this isnât a meme classroom.
Another TikTok user who identifies as an eighth grade science teacher (@mscollaketeaches) uploaded a funny meme of someone looking annoyed as JoJo’s 2004 hit song “Leave (Get Out)” plays in the background.
White text over the clip reads: “Teachers hearing “6’7″ for the 100000 time after a long day of overstimulation.”
The caption for the video? “No seriously Iâm gonna start kicking people out.”
The Post reached out to some of these teachers for comment.
@mscollaketeaches No seriously Iâm gonna start kicking people out #teachersoftiktok #fyp #teachertok #middleschoolteacher #fypã· #teachermeme #relateable #scienceteacher #middleschool #classroom #relateableteacher #Meme #MemeCut
⬠original sound – TikTokTony
Fourth grade teacher and TikToker Monica Choflet (@mermaid4teaching) says sheâs taking matters into her own hands â with a little old-school discipline.
In a recent clip, Choflet vowed to âhelp with the whole six-seven fiascoâ by making her students write out the line: âI will not say â6-7â in class.â
The catch? They have to write it six times for the first offense â and seven times if they do it again.
@mermaid4teaching How are you handling 6 7 in your classroom? Do you embrace it or ban it? Follow for more teaching content. ⢠⢠⢠#67 #fyp #TeachersofTikTok #teacherlife
⬠original sound – mermaid4teaching
Gen Alpha isnât just chanting â6-7â â theyâre rewriting the dictionary.
The Cambridge Dictionary recently added some 6,000 new words, including slang that would make any adult scratch their head.
Take âskibidi,â a nonsense word from a viral YouTube cartoon that can mean anything from âcoolâ to âbadâ â or literally nothing at all. Then thereâs âdelulu,â the shorthand way of calling someone totally delusional.
Overall, itâs just numbers, kids say â but for teachers, “six-seven” might as well be a new curse word.