Teacher’s Told Not To Use Red Ink

Things like this make me smile… :-)

What is next? 30-50 year olds coming back to sue the schools due to post traumatic stress from High School exams graded with red ink? Or pehaps schools should just stop grading students completely. After all doesnt this categorize students by an assigned grade? Can’t this be damaging to the D and F students self esteem. Whatever are they to do, it’s not like its possible for them to study harder and get an A or B… right? I know, I know why do I bother trying to advocate personal responsibility? Thanks Bush for that no student left behind garbage…

Well, let’s try this out… Does the following excerpt make you feel tense, or stressful?

Parents objected. Red writing, they said, was “stressful.” The principal said teachers were just giving constructive advice and the color of ink used to convey that message should not matter. But some parents could not let it go.

Need a minute to recover… I’ll wait. Better now? Good… how about this quick check…

THIS IS THE WORST TERM PAPER THAT I HAVE EVER READ!!

THIS IS THE WORST TERM PAPER THAT I HAVE EVER READ!!

Is the use of blue ink supposed to make the student feel any better about being an idiot? Does it change the message? What happens if the teacher grading a paper with blue ink happens to press a bit hard and the grade seems a bit bolder than the other students grades? Could this make the student anxious?

Yet again, another slippery slope that the liberal band of monkey’s seems to want to go down…

Ryan

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  1. merg wrote:

    I think everyone ought to just get smiley faces instead of grades. Who needs the stress of competition and comparison. Everyone can just color in their own smiley face to show how they’re special… in their own way.

    Ahhhh!!! The red low battery light just started blinking on my laptop… It’s freaking me out! …stupid government school grading trauma.

    Posted on 12-Apr-05 at 6:59 am | Permalink

  2. Ripley wrote:

    I’m waiting for the follow-up story:

    Students suffering from inferiority complex’s due to having to use #2 pencils… “Arent we good enough for #1 pencils?” asked Little Susie…

    Sigh

    Posted on 12-Apr-05 at 7:14 am | Permalink

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