Kate Nash acquired a Drama PGCE at the Central School of Speech and Drama, having first completed a law degree, and spent her early teaching career cutting her teeth in state schools across Essex as well as a Quaker Boarding school. She has worked at Kingswood School in Bath for ten years where she has been head of department since 2012. She lives in a state of perpetual chaos with her husband, a murderous cat and three children. You can follow her dramatic rantings on Twitter.
Anyone who comes into contact with young people regularly will be well accustomed to their subversive use of the English language. To them, ‘sick’ no longer means feeling ill; ‘sound’ has nothing to do with what you can hear; to be ‘wicked’ does not mean you are bad. Then there is the derogatory use of the word ‘gay’ in the ‘banter’ they so like to indulge in. This is, of course, not a recent phenomenon. Since the beginning of time each new generation has developed its own use of slang to promote and develop its own individual identity.
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