The smuck experiment February 10, 2017 Mrs Smith Leave a comment Have you ever wanted to wear slippers (smucks as we say in Shetland dialect) to school? Following a report on Newsround which claimed Primary schools that allow pupils to wear slippers -or smucks- in class get better grades, Primary 4/5 decided to put the theory to the test. We will be interested in the results of their experiment – with already the number of pupils keen to participate increasing!