I appreciate and applaud anyone trying to break this habit. I always humiliate myself when I get in a foul mood, and start swearing. When I hear the words coming from someone else’s mouth, I realize how disgusting and stupid they sound. Good luck in your endeavor!

She would collect quarters from students (and other teachers!) who cursed in her presence. At the end of the year, she took the chorus officers out to lunch on the money she’d collected and proceeded to pay the waiter directly from the teeming jar of coins. Luckily the waiter was a fellow chorus member and saw it coming…

I think it’s a great goal. I don’t have a problem with using strong language, it’s important to use it consciously and deliberately and in appropriate situations.