This post answers the 20th question (part 2) from my TeacherToolkit Thinking page of Thunks. You can see my other top-Thunks here. Thunk 20: My life without a red pen... by @TheRealMrRoo
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My name is Roo Stenning, and I've been red pen free for fourteen weeks now...
It started years ago, back when I first started teaching. I don't know why I first did it - it was just what everyone else was doing. They didn't seem to know why either!
Apparently it started in
This post answers the 20th question (part 2) from my TeacherToolkit Thinking page of Thunks. You can see my other top-Thunks here. Thunk 20: My life without a red pen... by @TheRealMrRoo
Answer below:
My name is Roo Stenning, and I've been red pen free for fourteen weeks now...
It started years ago, back when I first started teaching. I don't know why I first did it - it was just what everyone else was doing. They didn't seem to know why either!
Apparently it started in
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In primary red has been out for a long time, we mark in green and pink, Green for growth e.g errors and pink for perfect!
I think if the red ink is harming their self esteem, then there is something else wrong, much more severe than red ink. The child has not been taught, or has failed to learn how to accept criticism, which has proven crippling to a generation of participation trophy winners. Perhaps worse, the student does not feel that the teacher has their best interest in mind. Or perhaps, the teacher is not giving constructive criticism and the students hurt feelings are the result of brutish, or hamfisted developmental techniques that aare far more complex than the color of the ink flowing from a pen.