Political Correctness In The Classroom

[acroyear]

Courtesy of Steve Jackson:

Teachers are being pressured to give up red ink because it intimidates the students. Green and purple are friendlier. But basically, we just need to recognize that criticism, regardless of the color, hurts their feelings and upsets their parents. No kidding. Read the CNN story.
-- Grumpy Steve Jackson

Comments

[dawntreader]

but eventually, it won't matter what colour is on the paper. at this rate, negative remarks in any color will cause too much angst and teachers will be instructed not to correct their students anymore.

gr.

personally, i think they use red just so it stands out among black text and white paper. they didn't used to have so many frilly colours to choose from, so it was blue, black, or red, and red became the standard. but not because it was negative and causes children pain to look at it.

[vvalkyri.livejournal.com]

Honestly , I don't think so.

There are different connotations to colors in this world. Red=stop, green=go. Hell if I know what purple is, but I like the color.

I'm not so into banning red; that feels stupid. But I'm not surprised that a number of people have found that their feedback is more effective when delivered in a color without the "This Is Wrong" connotation.

Besides, purple's easier to read.

[kmusser]

During my brief stint as TA I usually used purple to grade papers :-)