英國劍橋的珀斯中教壆生出錯後不會即時受到賞罰，而是獲得十秒的自我擺脫時候，如果能在十秒內用巧妙的止辭為自身出錯找到捏詞，便可免受處分。該校校長稱，不會容許壆生假話連篇，但無傷風俗的善意謠行是能夠接受的。他表示，正正在很短的時光內用語言讓自己解脫困境是人生中很重要的一課，能夠錘煉壆死的交換才干。那位校長在一次埰訪中表現，做為校長，他渴望經由過程十秒鍾自我開脫的方式培养思想敏捷、舌粲蓮花的下一代。有人抗議稱校長此舉意在把壆逝世培养成扯謊成性的政客，不过一位爭辯專傢卻對此稱頌有減。
Telling a lie can get you on Santa's naughty list, but it could get you on the Dean's list at one British school.
Students at the Perse School in Cambridge, England, can avoid punishment for minor offenses, provided they can come up with quick, clever excuses for their transgressions within 10 seconds.
Headmaster Ed Elliott won't allow complete B.S., but "white lies" may be acceptable.
"It's a great lesson in life to talk your way out of a tight corner in a very short period of time," Elliot told the BBC.
Rewarding a child for lying may seem counter-intuitive, but Elliot believes he's fostering important communication skills.
“As head I like to play my part in creating a quick-thinking, communication ‘savvy’ generation, by giving students who have committed a minor offense 10 seconds to talk their way out of a punishment," he told the Cambridge News. "Many rise admirably to the challenge, and in so doing develop the charm and eloquence needed in the next generation of British entrepreneurs and wealth creators.”
The school's alum includes luminaries such as Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour, but Elliott suggests his "lie-dea" may give current students the right verbal skills to succeed in the world, according to the Telegraph.
Some wags have protested that Elliott is merely training students to be politicians, Geobeats.com reported, but rhetoric expert Sam Leith thinks it's a brilliant idea -- no lie.
"You can see this being a really important life skill and actually politicians, some of them, are the absolute straight arrow, but often the ones who get further are the artful dodgers," Leith told the BBC.
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