I stopped using teacher red for corrections many years ago. Red can give a feeling of displeasure or anger. Now I use a nice, friendly purple for corrections and a rewarding green for positive comments. I also maintain a 3:1 (or better yet, 4:1) positive:negative ratio in comments (both written and verbal).
When I did the adjunct professor thing I had students complain about my use of a red pen when grading. I never have understood that complaint, but then I use a red pen all the time to highlight my own stuff that need fixing. I actually appreciate the red pen, it doesn’t scare me in the least. Correcting errors is one of the ways we learn thru experience and anything that makes that easier to see is a good thing (for me anyway).
My favorite English teacher put a lot of red marks on the good papers, suggesting how to make it even better. But if the paper wasn’t “worth the effort” all you got was a wiggly red line down the left margin of the pages… and a grade at the top left of the first page. To be fair, if you took a poor paper to her, she’d work with you… but she wouldn’t change the grade.
Frazz13 hrs · “Ah,” you’re thinking. “Jef has been keeping the Froggs short this week because he doesn’t want to abuse his readers’ stamina.”No, Jef is keeping them short this week because he’s especially terrified of committing a spelling error, and the fewer words the better.
mddshubby2005 almost 4 years ago
One’s essay should never be longer than one’s attention span.
Bilan almost 4 years ago
A kid admitting to a mistake? Never.
The Old Wolf almost 4 years ago
TL;DR
sandpiper almost 4 years ago
Kid went at it clueless and came out of it defenseless, but aware. Often happens in the early years. That’s called experience
P51Strega almost 4 years ago
I love these strips where she shows what a good teacher she really is.
Bendarling1 almost 4 years ago
The Legend of Brandon Sawyer Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Both guilty
renewed1 almost 4 years ago
Son of a gun. Actually read the whole thing before coming to a conclusion?
asrialfeeple almost 4 years ago
Definitely related to Calvin.
Fido (aka Felix Rex) Premium Member almost 4 years ago
I stopped using teacher red for corrections many years ago. Red can give a feeling of displeasure or anger. Now I use a nice, friendly purple for corrections and a rewarding green for positive comments. I also maintain a 3:1 (or better yet, 4:1) positive:negative ratio in comments (both written and verbal).
sml7291 Premium Member almost 4 years ago
When I did the adjunct professor thing I had students complain about my use of a red pen when grading. I never have understood that complaint, but then I use a red pen all the time to highlight my own stuff that need fixing. I actually appreciate the red pen, it doesn’t scare me in the least. Correcting errors is one of the ways we learn thru experience and anything that makes that easier to see is a good thing (for me anyway).
Concretionist almost 4 years ago
My favorite English teacher put a lot of red marks on the good papers, suggesting how to make it even better. But if the paper wasn’t “worth the effort” all you got was a wiggly red line down the left margin of the pages… and a grade at the top left of the first page. To be fair, if you took a poor paper to her, she’d work with you… but she wouldn’t change the grade.
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] almost 4 years ago
Jef Mallett’s Blog Posts
Frazz13 hrs · “Ah,” you’re thinking. “Jef has been keeping the Froggs short this week because he doesn’t want to abuse his readers’ stamina.”No, Jef is keeping them short this week because he’s especially terrified of committing a spelling error, and the fewer words the better.