Overview
- Educators in both countries report frequent outbursts that derail lessons, leading to bans and immediate consequences for using the phrase.
- The bit typically works as a call‑and‑response in which one student says “six” and others shout “seven” while making a juggling hand gesture.
- Classroom responses include 67‑word essays, writing lines in 6, 7 and 67 counts, digital point deductions, and even reworking lessons to avoid the numbers.
- Psychologists such as Dr. Becky Kennedy and Jennifer Wills Lamacq say the trend is content‑free bonding for kids, and crackdowns can make it more appealing.
- The meme traces to Skrilla’s 2024 song “Doot Doot (6 7)” and spread through TikTok and LaMelo Ball clips, with pop‑culture nods like a recent South Park episode keeping it in view.