IAintTheOne said:

While I don't disagree with you, this story is from Australia.

chillichocaholic said:

Oh, I bet they are serious!

The world is so fucked up.

DevotedPuppy said:

Crikey
[Edited 12/4/08 16:45pm]

they actually held a conference at a middle school near where i lived in florida last year (or the year before, i really can't remember) about this bullshit. they decided it was ridiculous.

i fucking agree.

chillichocaholic said:

it IS Queensland after all

I use red pens all the time at work...it helps to differentiate my work.

I love the red pen!

red penis can be quite offensive

horatio said:

red rocket

Uh... I'm finding hard to get the words to say what I wanna say but I'm kinda speechless right now.

THE HAIL!?!

I never grade in red. They made a big deal about that in my education classes about 350 years ago when I was in college.

are you fuckin' kiddin' me?! if this isn't proof that people are too damn sensitive (or that others are too willing to cater to those sensitivities, real or imagined), i don't know what is.

Okay, now I just want James Spader to spank me

[snip - luv4u]
yeah.. i dont dig red pen either.

I wanna know why he's is slapping the teacher's butt?
You don't really do that there, do you

I'm considering not moving there now.

Sweeny79 said:

That's a looooong time ago

DrJekyll said:

Now THAT is offensive..

maybe the mods could post their snips in a less aggressive colour?

[Snip - luv4u] ???

obsessed said:

Prolly because she used a red pen after he told her NOT TO!!!!

I hope these sensitive little dears don't choose to work in a creative profession. Red ink abounds on proofs.

Of course, none of them will be able to read or write...which is job security for an old scribe like me.

We're raising a worldwide generation of pussies. Except, of course, for the ones who want to blow themselves up.

ZombieKitten said:

pocket rocket

Protege said:

but red is so scary

InsatiableCream said:

Protege said:

<3!!!!!

Oh do lets be reasonable. Next thing you know, marking incorrect answers with an 'x' will be too harsh. Teachers will have to mark with a 'W' for wrong.

notaprintztype said:

W is too offensive It would have to be GE for Great Effort (ya dumbass)

chillichocaholic said:

You took the words right out of my mouth.....but I'd also expect a lower-case "a" for "almost right"....

reneGade20 said:

even better

chillichocaholic said:

I just shudder to think how those maniac Irish Dominican Nuns (universally acknowledged as the nun's nun...) woulda reacted to us whining about red pens....

...I remember getting tests and papers back that were so covered in red ink that you had to stare at it for a hot sec before you realized there was actually some form of writing beneath the sea of red.....

...and I'm VERY VERY well adjusted, thank you very much.....

InsatiableCream said:

In Korea, it is offensive to write a person's name in red ink. It is considered as a sign that the said person has passed away.

JDInteractive said:

JD!!!

In UK writing in red is offensive anyway. One should never write a letter in red.