School bans red ink - and tells teachers to mark in green instead (and get pupils to respond in purple)

[Teh One Who Knocks]

By William Turvill - The Daily Mail




A school has banned teachers from marking in red pen because is it judged a ‘very negative colour’.

Teachers at Mounts Bay Academy near Penzance, Cornwall, have reportedly been told to use green pens instead.

Pupils, meanwhile, are being asked to comment on marking using purple pens.

According to The Cornishman, the new system is designed to encourage dialogue between teachers and students.

‘Switching to the new marking system is certainly not about us going all soft and fuzzy,' vice principal Jennie Hick told the paper.

She said that the system will see teachers make ‘two or three positive comments’ about homework.

It is hoped this will encourage pupils to not just look for their overall marks, but get them to respond with comments of their own.

She told the paper: ‘I think it was felt that red ink was a very negative colour.’

However, Campaign for Real Education chairman Chris McGovern told the paper that, in fact, students prefer red ink because it makes comments easier to read.

He said: ‘A lot of schools seem to have a culture where they don’t like criticising children but actually this helps them.’

[redred]

very common for a good number of years over here now

[Hal-9000]

it was how we knew the teacher was making the comment or grading our papers.....deal with it you little pansies

[PorkChopSandwiches]

We has a lady at a company I worked for who wouldn't let people use red folders for this reason

[FBD]

the sapling sheltered its whole life growing up is more likely to be ripped away by a storm

[Acid Trip]

Give a friggen break!

[Noilly Pratt]

Better ban blue ink then, because we all know blue is the colour of suicide. Everything has a connotation if you look hard enough.

[Muddy]

The F stands for FUCKING FAILURE..

[Hal-9000]

The F stands for FUCKING FAILURE..

exactly....you don't give positive reinforcement for being wrong...you say - You are not adept at this subject, try again (in red)

[Teh One Who Knocks]

[Noilly Pratt]

We're turning into a culture that won't say "No". Or even "try again". We daren't crush little Egbert's fragile ego. We are politically correcting and sanitizing ourselves into producing the next generation as bland, mediocre people. The only way to truly know you've succeeded is to fail a few times first.

I see it in my daughter's friends...the parents think they're helping but they are setting the kid up to be hit smack dab in the face with reality later when they are older and think that life will accommodate them and automatically be fair.

And yes, a colour change is a small thing, but it's one more thing we're doing to this end I think.

[redred]

just don't get shit wrong and you don't see it

[Muddy]

We're turning into a culture that won't say "No". Or even "try again". We daren't crush little Egbert's fragile ego. We are politically correcting and sanitizing ourselves into producing the next generation as bland, mediocre people. The only way to truly know you've succeeded is to fail a few times first.

I see it in my daughter's friends...the parents think they're helping but they are setting the kid up to be hit smack dab in the face with reality later when they are older and think that life will accommodate them and automatically be fair.

And yes, a colour change is a small thing, but it's one more thing we're doing to this end I think.

I have a little girl playing softball and if you dont hold your own you learn to figure it out real quick or you friggin looose..