The Ink That Teachers Use To Grade Papers Has Parents Seeing Red

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JGH The next generation will tell the teachers that Green is not a good colour to mark childrens papers. Since when the clour red is only associated with negativity. Is'nt red the clour of blood our life force. lol you people crack me up! 8/10/2010
Ala-Teacher "Lin - Ling - Is it hard being a teacher?"

Only when you have to put up with STUPIDITIES such as this!		 3/5/2010
Vicki A OK, What color would be best? Maybe GREEN. Green is positive. Now don't you thing this will really confuse kids? Mark errors with a positive color. The more errors, the more green, the better the paper! (and for those of you who can't tell, this is toung in cheek. DUH! Red is just fine! Kids need to be shown what they don't know, and parents need to be parents in the old fashion sense.) 1/16/2010
Saint Cyr I had a teacher who used purple pens to grade. Now purple writing makes me tense. Whenever I see it I feel like I'm being judged. Red ink is easier to find and read on a paper AND it's one more reason to motivate you to work harder... less red ink! I think whatever color is chosen is going to have the same impact on the kids. Might as well make it remain red. 12/8/2009
Stephen H. I am a teacher and I think RED PEN editing RULES. As for wimps who whinge about red pen edits being "too harsh" or "too negative" I say GO F&CK YOURSELVES. Do you want to baby your children so much they aren't able to deal with the real world once they graduate? Also: for me the most important reason to use red ink when grading papers is that it STANDS OUT on the page...whereas blue, purple, or green ink blend in to the student's writing...and most importantly when I'm counting up mistakes on the test I'm grading RED STANDS OUT--to make grading 40 PAPERS easier. THINK ABOUT IT. I wish...I dream of a day when articles like this one actually cover all the implications--albeit them fairly superficial...but of course this remains just a dream--while misinformation and stupidity remain the norm. 3/27/2009
lin-ling is it hard being a teacher? 12/8/2008
Mom & counselor I think we are giving our children just another excuse in life. Red ink, purple ink, does it really matter? Comments and criticisms are just that. Parents are so worried about their childrens psyche that they are failing to look at what they are doing to their ability to cope. It is another way of putting a shield around their children so they don't get a scratch. The reality of it is some day they won't have a choice and at that point will they know how do deal will disappointment or rejection? 6/8/2006
Susie If todays parents can't cope with the color red then they shouldn't be parents. It's a color for pete's sake!! There's nothing wrong with red for correcting, would they rather have the teachers use bright pink or yellow instead? It's rediculous!!!! 4/13/2006
rick Its Just a color! 2/23/2006
James This is not a good idea. If you over-protect children while they are in school and they never hear any criticism they will not know how to handle the real world. When they graduate high school, their bosses aren't going to put up with whatever they want to do. If today's kids can't handle a little red ink, we're in big trouble for the future 9/16/2005
William This is as absurd as it gets. Thanks "progressive" America! 7/20/2005
Melissa I am a teacher. This is the most ridiculous thing I have read in a while. How long will it take before the color purple is perceived as a "stress-inducing" color? Please! 5/21/2005
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