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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[raphstar]

I saw this on a news ad and absolutely lost it!!! Depression from a red pen? Seriously people, swallow some concrete and HARDEN THE FUCK UP!!!

[chaotic_avatar]

that.. is the second time I've heard that phrase used to describe this situation.

(although the first was on TV, so it was somewhat more PG)

[spider_kitten]

Funny you should say that, I mark adult assessments and don't use red pen, I use green. It stands out and because I am suppose to be encouraging I use the green.
Although when marking up reports etc for colleagues who have asked for feedbcak I use red.

[chaotic_avatar]

I just really don't get the "this pen means this" debate. Back when I was studying .. in High School or Uni.. I didn't really even take notice of what colour the writing was in.. hell one of my assesors used to comment in pencil. What they wrote was what I paid attention to.. not the pretty colour it was in.

[spider_kitten]

I don't think it matters really except to some precious parents of primary school aged kids and the likes.
No doubt the research was done because that's what the grant was there for.

I prefer the green pen because it's a roller pen rather than the bic red pen :)

[reb__x]

This is the stupidest fucking thing i've ever heard man, seriously.
Any kid that cries because the colour of a pen upsets them needs to harden the fuck up.
We are looking too much into everything these days, it's pathetic.

[chaotic_avatar]

*threatens you with the Red Pen of DOOOOOM!*

[reb__x]

Please Matt, i'm feeling very negative about that.

:P

[chaotic_avatar]

*switches to Green Pen of Meh!ness*

[misskikkikat]

Oh for the sake of all that is good, these are the people who have allowed our society to descend into the state it is today...and they want to make it worse???? They're never the ones to deal with the disobedient little shites! As a guy, who was the lead singer of a pub band use to say while on stage..."They're all a bunch of soft cocks"....it does pretty much sum up our world these days.

[chaotic_avatar]

I agree .. as one of the guys on the Morning show I heard about it on said..

"they need to take a tablespoon of cement, and harden up"

[she_jedi]

The thing they missed in the study is the concept of feedback, and the learning cycle. Kids need to know the difference between right and wrong, to learn to handle failure so they can do better next time. We have an entire generation of kids who cannot handle criticism, failure, or hardship of any kind because of well meaning yet damaging crap like this.

[chaotic_avatar]

more eloquently put than I could have, but echoing my feelings exactly.