Neatorama » red pen http://www.neatorama.com The Neat Side of the Web Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:56:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Red Pen = Aggressive Color = Bad for Kids’ Mental Health! http://www.neatorama.com/2008/12/13/red-pen-aggressive-color-bad-for-kids-mental-health/ http://www.neatorama.com/2008/12/13/red-pen-aggressive-color-bad-for-kids-mental-health/#comments Sat, 13 Dec 2008 19:25:28 +0000 Alex http://www.neatorama.com/2008/12/13/red-pen-aggressive-color-bad-for-kids-mental-health/ School officials in Queensland, Australia, are worried about the mental health of kids, so they suggest that teachers don’t use red pen to mark homeworks and tests because red is an aggressive color!

Other tips include structuring time for peer tutoring every day, apologizing to students when necessary and asking students to conduct a "personal skills audit" where they focus on their individual strengths rather than their weaknesses.

The kit, designed to help Queensland teachers address mental health in the classroom, suggests social and emotional wellbeing has been linked to young people’s schooling, among other things.

The education aid has sparked a row in parliament, with deputy opposition leader Mark McArdle calling it "kooky, loony, loopy lefty policies."

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