A British high school student received credit for writing nothing but a two-word obscenity on an exam paper because the phrase expressed meaning and was spelled correctly.

The Times newspaper on Monday quoted examiner Peter Buckroyd as saying he gave the student — who wrote an expletive starting with f, followed by the word "off" — two points out of a possible 27 for the English paper.

"It would be wicked to give it zero because it does show some very basic skills we are looking for, like conveying some meaning and some spelling," Buckroyd was quoted as saying.

A neurotic decision by a teacher that fails to see context: rewarding stupid behaviour increases it. The teacher should have directed the phrase back to the student by simply ignoring it and moving on to the next exam. When we become bureaucratic robots or tired enough to accept stupidity, we create a negative loop that parasites abuse to gain attention and move up in the societal ladder. If you're ignorant enough to write "f-ck off" on exam, you're probably a peasant and should pick up trash as a future job.