A few schools in the U.K. have decided to put a stop to an age-old tradition. Children in these schools are prohibited from raising hands when they have a question or a comment. Instead, students are asked to do a "thumbs-up" gesture when asking to speak.
Educators decided that hand-raising can be disruptive, and one teacher suggested that the act of raising hands might put off some less aggressive students by requiring them to "put their ideas forward in a forceful way." It's true that some students can get a little overly enthusiastic with their excited hand-waving.
What do you think? Is a thumbs up better than a hands up?
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