and now.. in the "WTF!?!" category...

[chaotic_avatar]

Apparently there's a study been done (isn't there always?) .. which recommends that teachers use colours other that red to mark students work. Apparently red is 'an angry colour' and I'm guessing this is thought to cause negative feelings regarding their work in the minds of students

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[dizzyclockwork]

hmm and what color are they supposed to use? sunny happy yellow? puse? the world often makes me want to shake my head, or at least roll my eyes.

[chaotic_avatar]

maybe there's a marketting idea here.. Mood Marking.

We could sell a range of pens, with a variety of meanings..

this colour for encouraging.. this one for praise.. this one for an offtopic, but well thought out point.

*ponders*

[dizzyclockwork]

hmmmm....you know if this post was public, you have already lost out on a million dollar idea!!

[chaotic_avatar]

*eyes everyone suspiciouslly*

[ozgenre]

Hear Hear!!!!!!!

[sephim]

I suggest a "Voluntary Discipline Day" where a group of adults go around various schools with the disciplinary tools of our day - rulers, belts, jug cords, wooden spoons, etc. - and during recesses and lunchtimes just go wild on all the children.

And the red pen thing? Somebody needs to hold these people who do "studies" down and write "RETARD" on their head with thick permanent RED marker and then judge their reactions.

[chaotic_avatar]

there's an idea.. it could be like a Careers Day or Historical Appreciation Day.

"To honour those students who've come before you, we are allowing the current student body to participate in a demonstration of old fashioned disciplinary measures"

[vodkanoodles]

oh plese, as asoon ass they start marking in another colour it will become the angry one...

[chaotic_avatar]

but what colour can you use?

Red - angry colour
Blue - to associated with depression
Black - no that's another depressing colour

[journaladdict]

Couldnt put it any better than ozgenre HEAR HEAR!