Red!

[leerock89]

I agree on the way parents are treating their kids to softly. The world is not a kind place. It is a harsh and cruel world, and as such we should be teaching our children just how hard it can get, not making them into gooey dumb lazy soft people with insufficient will power to face the world. This "kindness" on our children leads them to believe that they deserve more then they earn, that they are protected from reality and when life hits them a majority of them fight it tooth and nail. Some decide its not worth it and try to end their lives. We love our children but I say lay it on them hard and fast. Make them think on their feet, teach them to face challenges head on and to be optimistic and take risks!! Why are we trying to hide the real world from them? I understand, as a parent you want the absolute best for your child and to protect it from EVERYTHING, but all that is doing is hampering growth. Seriously, whats next after red ink? Paper, because it might cause cuts?? The whole thing is a enormous waste of time.

[analogZero]

I just remember someone once told me that yellow can be the most annoying colour of all, and can lead to aggravation if exposed to it for too long. I recall no sources, or from where/whom I heard it, but there you go. enough tests marked in yellow and the teacher's gonna get that yellow pen in the knee cap.

[jamjfly]

Frankly, I don't give a damn, but I will give my opinion anyways. I think they should let teachers grade with the color red because, as leerock said, "The color red demands attention and should be used to teach children competition and purpose." On another note, not letting teachers grade with red because it makes the child feel pained or saddened is redundant. It's just a freaking color of ink you use to write and/or grade with for christ sakes!!

[leerock89]

Yea seriously, I understand sheltering your child but if you shelter them to much they won't be ready for this world. Funny this isn't the first time this has happened. Someone I know works for a factory inspection company and they were banned from using red ink on their reports due to the fact that it might cause unnecessary unhappiness with the inspectee. Heck if your car is the color red you pay about 10% more insurance then if it were a different color. ITS JUST A COLOR FOLKS!!!

[animaniac]

I believe that Red isn't really the only color for checking or marking your paper. I remember it is alright to check in any color other than black and blue which are commonly used for answering. We refrain from using the same color used in answering to check the paper since there is a good chance that the owner of the paper would take advantage of the same color ink to cheat(yes it's harsh of them). It's fine by me if they change the color red to something else for checking. Just as long as that checking color is not used for answering the paper.

[Memorix]

Wow... I hate to say but this world and the people that run the bits and pieces of it just keep getting dumber and dumber with every election. Who's ever heard that using red ink when marking papers angers or upsets a child. Besides, every color " fuels " an emotion so wouldn't this idea therefore be irrelevant to everything? ( in other words how will they grade something without it bother a child? )

[carolyn07]

...errr,.

it doesn't matter what color they use,.

failing marks are still failing marks and that's what's depressing,.even if they pink!,.duh!,.♥