Schools begin banning teachers from using red ink
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This... is just stupid. It's demoralizing? Bull$hit! How else are kids gonna know the exact spots where they made a mistake? Black ink would just make it look like hasty scribblings, and most other colors wouldn't show up well (yellow being an obvious example). Besides, it's not like the teachers are writting "You stupid brat, you got this answer wrong you boneheaded dimwith!"
Wait, what?Aiden_the-Joker1 said:
How are you supposed to ask a question?
Yell above the teacher? Send them an email?
It is stupid to think some peoples minds actally work like that. To come up with that a solution to a none exsistant problem. Tell me what does that acheive.
Should they get ride of the A to F scoring system because those who get F's get depessed because of it.
Maybe they need to bring back the cane and encorage disaplin with drills and the like.
Should they get ride of the A to F scoring system because those who get F's get depessed because of it.
Maybe they need to bring back the cane and encorage disaplin with drills and the like.
the question is why? what went on in the heads of people who figured this will improve anything?
Imo colour doesnt matter. ive seen teachers use anything from red to brown to even yellow. it doesnt do any difference. red is easy to use because it stands out, and thus its easy to notice the ratings and mistakes if there are any. it does not mean that teacher is shooing the kid for doing them, it mere shows that it is there. sure there are teachers who would underline a mistake and then tell you to figure it out on your own, but most show you the correction and thus you learn.
Imo colour doesnt matter. ive seen teachers use anything from red to brown to even yellow. it doesnt do any difference. red is easy to use because it stands out, and thus its easy to notice the ratings and mistakes if there are any. it does not mean that teacher is shooing the kid for doing them, it mere shows that it is there. sure there are teachers who would underline a mistake and then tell you to figure it out on your own, but most show you the correction and thus you learn.
This, I'm sick of prison and educational reform being seen as too soft. The aim is to educate children to the point where they are deemed to have a basic knolwege base when they reach a working age, not to advance the kind of 1950's hidden curriculum bullshit that the likes of the mail roll out like it's the miracle cure to social unrest.Deshara said:
I'm training to be a primary school teacher, we've been introduced to a system of marking using highlighters: Green for 'growth', Pink for 'tickled pink'.
Basically it's moving off the system of "this is wrong, end of story" and onto a system with one side saying "think about this, figure out what's wrong and how you can fix it" and the other side saying "this is good, more of this!"
In terms of the feedback that kids receive it's more helpful to them because they know what they need to do next and more helpful to teachers because it means that the students are learning without you spelling out everything for them.
tl;dr: Red pen is being banned? Meh! There are far better ways to do things anyway.
Basically it's moving off the system of "this is wrong, end of story" and onto a system with one side saying "think about this, figure out what's wrong and how you can fix it" and the other side saying "this is good, more of this!"
In terms of the feedback that kids receive it's more helpful to them because they know what they need to do next and more helpful to teachers because it means that the students are learning without you spelling out everything for them.
tl;dr: Red pen is being banned? Meh! There are far better ways to do things anyway.
I'm not sure, I haven't researched it thoroughly, but I'm fairly certain red is an aggressive even without conditioning. I remember at the very least reading that poisonous animals are usually bright red, so...LawlessSquirrel said:
In any case, I think red is an excellent colour to use, because it properly demonstrates that you've made a mistake. If it were green, I'd be confused, because I would probably think I had gotten it right.
Reds always been a good colour for me, it alerts you to your mistakes and helps you notice them. Even the board on the fridge has red writing on it for when importantl things need doing/paying.
If this keeps up, pretty soon parents will be able to sue teachers if their own dumbass offspring starts failing in a subject.
If this keeps up, pretty soon parents will be able to sue teachers if their own dumbass offspring starts failing in a subject.
My sentiments exactly. First they get rid of dodgeball, kickball, and red rover and now this shit.Infernai said:
God I hate this planet.
Well, only one thing to do: Start drinking.
And the drinking will continue until the intelligence of authority figures rises.
People who are moaning about the banning of red ink are just as bad as the ones which they moan about
I just fucking love how these morons keep ruining the educational system, ah fuck it they don't just ruin that they totally ruin growing up for kids by wrapping them in cotton wool lest something might happen to upset them slightly. Then at age 18 they drop them like live grenades leaving the impressionable ones with little or no skills, no idea about responsibilities and the idea that the world owes them a living. Yet these bleeding hearts still keep making things worse and assuring everyone that its done 'for the sake of the children'
Pass the Sambuca, i cant live in this world anymore if i'm sober...
Pass the Sambuca, i cant live in this world anymore if i'm sober...
Pro-tip: anything that has Daily Mail in the title should be instantly disregarded until the story's popped up everywhere else.Rin Little said:
These are the people that said Rockstar were making a game about a guy who shot several people earlier this year, and then they told the mother of one of his victims.
We're really not, although no, we aren't as liberal as other places in Western Europe.lithium.jelly said:
If it is true, and I'm not saying it isn't because it sounds ridiculous enough to be possible. Then I feel it is an utterly daft idea. But I just can't shake this...
Having now read the article it just seems like some basic guidelines/recommendations in a couple of schools and if my experience is anything to go by they will be largely ignored or incorporated depending on the teachers method. So a little bit of easily ignored fluff has been turned into A PANSY LIBERAL ATTACK ON TRADITIONAL EDUCATIONAL VALUES!
Having said that I do have the distinct feeling that there is far too much tampering going on with how teachers are supposed to operate. You wan't a standardised policy, teach kids with machines, you want a more flexible and interesting system? Give teachers a bit more creative freedom and leeway to come up with methods of teaching that suit the class.
But bullshitting is what the Daily Fail does best...Rin Little said:
Having now read the article it just seems like some basic guidelines/recommendations in a couple of schools and if my experience is anything to go by they will be largely ignored or incorporated depending on the teachers method. So a little bit of easily ignored fluff has been turned into A PANSY LIBERAL ATTACK ON TRADITIONAL EDUCATIONAL VALUES!
Having said that I do have the distinct feeling that there is far too much tampering going on with how teachers are supposed to operate. You wan't a standardised policy, teach kids with machines, you want a more flexible and interesting system? Give teachers a bit more creative freedom and leeway to come up with methods of teaching that suit the class.