File under "You can't make this stuff up"
Apparently, school children should not be subjected to the horror of having their papers marked in red ink. The Boston Globe reported that students find red ink scary, so teachers are now encouraged to use purple ink to grade papers. Being a mix of red (which is an angry color) and blue (which is a serene color), purple has red's authority, but blue's calmness. Teachers
want their correction to be friendly and non-confrontational.
Red ink = scary, hurt-feelings, inadequacy, nightmare inducing, judgemental
Purple ink = I love you, you love me, we're a happy family
How about they just stop marking wrong answers altogether? Who's to say that teachers really have the authority to say what's right and wrong? Why can't we all just get along?
Posted by christin at August 25, 2004 01:42 PMin my day we had alot more than red ink to be afraid of, hell we got a beating for every missed answer.
Posted by: James at August 25, 2004 02:05 PMif i were a teacher i would red ink this post. you misspelled "judgmental." however, i'm the one not using any capitalization.
Posted by: Honi at August 25, 2004 05:31 PM