Thread: Marking in red pen inflicts psychological damage

Whatever next.
This from Australia

"Australian educators are being urged to correct homework in less aggressive colours like green and blue, in an attempt to improve mental health in the classroom."

"The plans are part of a package of measures dismissed as "kooky, loony, loopy lefty" by opposition politicians"

So who is running Queensland?



Marking in red pen 'can damage students'

Teachers who mark work in red pen could be inflicting psychological damage on their students, according to new guidelines.



Last Updated: 7:05AM GMT 11 Dec 2008


Australian educators are being urged to correct homework in less aggressive colours like green and blue, in an attempt to improve mental health in the classroom.
The plans are part of a package of measures dismissed as "kooky, loony, loopy lefty" by opposition politicians.
Other tips in the Good Mental Health Rocks kit, which was distributed this month to about 30 schools in Queensland state, including apologising to students when necessary and asking pupils to conduct a "personal skills audit" where they focus on their individual strengths rather than their weaknesses.
On the issue of marking, it advises: "Don't mark in red pen (which can be seen as aggressive) – use a different color."
Stephen Robertson, the Queensland health minister, defended the guidelines which were devised by his department, saying that youth suicide was a serious issue.
"If mental health professionals determine that as one of a number of strategies teachers should consider, then I'll support them every day of the week," he said. "This is not a matter for ridicule, this is serious."
According to some Australian mental health groups, the greatest number of people with mental illness are aged between 18 and 24 years, with 14 per cent of Australian children and adolescents suffering from some sort of illness.
Boys are slightly more likely to experience mental health problems than girls and depression is one of the most common conditions in young people and increases during adolescence, the website of mental health group Mindframe said.

Funny, but actually when I started editing financial reports in NY (some notes still edited on paper) we used green ink as red was deemed too aggressive. It is true that seeing a slew of red ink corrections does anger people. Stupid but true.

this one was done yesterday.

^ reds, CMN?

^
not if you gain points from them.

i do believe you are double bluffing mind.

^ I been outta ammo for two days.