英國(guó)劍橋的珀斯中學(xué)學(xué)生犯錯(cuò)后不會(huì)立即受到懲罰，而是得到十秒的自我開(kāi)脫時(shí)間，如果能在十秒內(nèi)用巧妙的言辭為自己犯錯(cuò)找到借口，便可免受懲罰。該校校長(zhǎng)稱，不會(huì)允許學(xué)生謊話連篇，但無(wú)傷大雅的善意謊言是可以接受的。他表示，在很短的時(shí)間內(nèi)用言語(yǔ)讓自己擺脫困境是人生中很重要的一課，可以鍛煉學(xué)生的交流能力。這位校長(zhǎng)在一次采訪中表示，作為校長(zhǎng)，他希望通過(guò)十秒鐘自我開(kāi)脫的方式培養(yǎng)思維敏捷、能言善辯的下一代。有人抗議稱校長(zhǎng)此舉意在把學(xué)生培養(yǎng)成說(shuō)謊成性的政客，不過(guò)一位辯論專家卻對(duì)此稱贊有加。

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.

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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