No aura points for her.
The slang-loving students of Florida science teacher Angela Santalo were left speechless after the exasperated educator banned a long list of Gen Z and Gen Alpha lingo from her classroom, including “pookie,” “aura,” “bro” and “womp womp.”
“What prompted me to create the list of banned words was the constant repetition I heard from my students in class,” she told The Sun.
“We’d be lining up for lunch, and I’d hear students saying, ‘you’re so skibidi’, or ‘that’s so sigma,’” she continued. “I don’t get how those terms fit into a regular conversation.”
She posted footage of her announcement on TikTok with the caption, “Words that are forbidden in my class after hearing them a million times.” The clip has scored 2.5 million views since being posted mere days ago.
“I am nobody’s pookie, do not call me pookie. Stop addressing people as pookie,” she stated in the video.
Next up were the words “bro, “aura” and “womp womp,” all of which elicited cries of dismay from students.
“The reason I’m doing this is because I want you to speak like you’re more educated,” she informed her class.
Since sharing the list with her class Angela said a few kids “have slipped up and used them, but they catch themselves very quickly.”
“I like that I have implemented this because it teaches them restraint and how to speak more properly,” she told The Sun.
“As a teacher, it’s my job to help them be better, and that’s what I’m trying to do.”
“The generation has to learn to be respectful and actually take things seriously,” one person commented on her TikTok.
“YES, SET THEM BOUNDARIES AND TEACH THEM RESPECT GIRL,” cheered another.
“I agree,” someone else chimed in.
” here are places where you can be casual, there are places where you should be a bit more formal. it’s not like one should always speak super formally, but at least in, like, basic amounts.”
