tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330775846201490413.post5636426445931104448..comments2023-11-02T23:27:19.329+11:00Comments on A Curates Egg: Tries hard. Can do better.Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11236459315155380910noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330775846201490413.post-84069708476511426972008-12-14T18:02:00.000+11:002008-12-14T18:02:00.000+11:00Oh no! You guys are getting as bad as parts of the...Oh no! You guys are getting as bad as parts of the U.S.<BR/><BR/>Trophy's for every player! Especially the losers...ah, second place finishers?GWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07263013928859278554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330775846201490413.post-16804190567827694482008-12-12T21:26:00.000+11:002008-12-12T21:26:00.000+11:00We were given a stroke or two on the palm of the h...We were given a stroke or two on the palm of the hand with the edge of a ruler for misdemeanours in class. Never thought it agressive. Did it affect my mental health? Ah, that will be for others to judge.Vincenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18297306807695767580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330775846201490413.post-5872124150797841392008-12-12T16:00:00.000+11:002008-12-12T16:00:00.000+11:00In elementary school, I used purple or green. Tod...In elementary school, I used purple or green. Today in high school, I use red.butterflygirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05478785993576189511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330775846201490413.post-2290480787745172012008-12-12T10:02:00.000+11:002008-12-12T10:02:00.000+11:00this is the first logical explanation of what happ...this is the first logical explanation of what happened to me in childhood. it was those damn red pens. who knew....justsomethoughts...https://www.blogger.com/profile/05778254901832542234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330775846201490413.post-46772606853252806042008-12-11T23:23:00.000+11:002008-12-11T23:23:00.000+11:00Oh, I missed this post. I guess I wasn't paying at...Oh, I missed this post. I guess I wasn't paying attention! <BR/><BR/>My report card said that alot - as well as "could try harder" .lady jickyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09013352537776588166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330775846201490413.post-52378500883364539492008-12-11T22:58:00.000+11:002008-12-11T22:58:00.000+11:00All of my papers were red-penned to death when I w...All of my papers were red-penned to death when I was a young scholar. No mistake was too small to go unnoticed. In an effort to dodge the "Dread Red," I learned to spell properly, write a coherent paper, and add, subtract, multiply, and divide with an acceptable degree of accuracy. I am appalled at the coddling in the school where I work that does no one any favors - not the children who must learn on their own how to discipline and correct themselves, not the adults who try to teach them without "damaging their little psyches," nor the greater world where those children will emerge ill-equipped to participate.Paulinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14555472024981357622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330775846201490413.post-30611054488414672482008-12-11T17:17:00.000+11:002008-12-11T17:17:00.000+11:00i like purple pen :o) i wonder what's the effect o...i like purple pen :o) i wonder what's the effect of this color... :o)meili_lohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06414816321350278221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330775846201490413.post-90928639184144772902008-12-11T10:35:00.000+11:002008-12-11T10:35:00.000+11:00I guess caning is out of the question, too.I guess caning is out of the question, too.J Cosmo Newberyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04459976320205444628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330775846201490413.post-12611359793527781242008-12-11T09:12:00.000+11:002008-12-11T09:12:00.000+11:00Mark in pencil; the kids can erase your criticism ...Mark in pencil; the kids can erase your criticism if they don't like it.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01225670696614883428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330775846201490413.post-8241563143494864462008-12-11T08:11:00.000+11:002008-12-11T08:11:00.000+11:00I did get offended when I see red markings all ove...I did get offended when I see red markings all over my work when I was a child.. but it made me grow up. That's how we learn not to make anymore mistake. Why do they want to change anything about that?HLizahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04501423875033391870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330775846201490413.post-73719380382984690892008-12-11T04:10:00.000+11:002008-12-11T04:10:00.000+11:00I echo Henry, above, about the way Oz is following...I echo Henry, above, about the way Oz is following the UK which followed the US of A.<BR/>These poor kids will not know what has hit them when they get into the real world.<BR/>I remember an English master we had at Grammar School - he was a right bastard, screaming at us, hitting us around the heads with books and throwing those large, heavy board rubbers at us. (We called him "Ozzy" after the poem "Ozymandias" - "whose sneer and wrinkled lip and frown of cold command...")<BR/>And yet I learnt a lot from him and we all respected (read "feared") him.<BR/>They would put him in chokey these days.Avushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16512540148378201058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330775846201490413.post-54151940757177111492008-12-11T03:04:00.000+11:002008-12-11T03:04:00.000+11:00Mum says "Oh dear - sounds like Australia is going...Mum says "Oh dear - sounds like Australia is going down the same route as the UK. Be afraid....be very afraid"....<BR/><BR/>Move to France, Lee, we'd make you very welcome:)Henry the Doghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14338889319568692778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330775846201490413.post-20949947274063103082008-12-11T02:23:00.000+11:002008-12-11T02:23:00.000+11:00Fact is nothing shows up as well as red against bl...Fact is nothing shows up as well as red against black and white anyway, and red's kind of cheery isn't it?<BR/><BR/>Any kid worth their salt will perceive the bullshit and find a 'personal skills audit' totally laughable and an opportunity to take the piss. Didn't we all prefer the teachers who were no-shit? As opposed to the sadists, mind...Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330775846201490413.post-77966113163020914922008-12-11T01:34:00.000+11:002008-12-11T01:34:00.000+11:00I did a rant similar to this a while ago, about ho...I did a rant similar to this a while ago, about how we're wrapping kids in bubble wrap 'til they're 18 and then expecting to know (miraculously, I guess) how to act like adults and function in the real world. It's terrifying. <BR/><BR/>As you know, I have a 9-year-old... and I absolutely believe in praise, in apologizing when I screw up, and in living by example. I also believe in never LETTING her win, in swift (and strict) punishment when she screws up, and that competition and the realization that life is NOT fair are good things. I can only hope that there are more people like me out there and fewer of the ones who don't like red ink... otherwise, I'm afraid we're screwed.Dianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16637670293642285740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330775846201490413.post-32857941327453177342008-12-11T00:14:00.000+11:002008-12-11T00:14:00.000+11:00Apologize to students?? What the heck? Marking in...Apologize to students?? What the heck? Marking in red ink is too aggressive??<BR/><BR/>What a bunch of bull.Aizan Suhairahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03455257353307938659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330775846201490413.post-91679407148994921342008-12-10T23:40:00.000+11:002008-12-10T23:40:00.000+11:00Why bother using a marking pen at all, regardless ...Why bother using a marking pen at all, regardless of its colour, when no student ever fails nowadays? I ask this question as one working at the chalkface (sorry, the electronic whiteboard interface)almost daily.Peter Bryentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10581859685728207325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330775846201490413.post-91465810933248942752008-12-10T21:49:00.000+11:002008-12-10T21:49:00.000+11:00Nah. Me neither. But I sort of sense your colour...Nah. Me neither. But I sort of sense your colour.Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11236459315155380910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330775846201490413.post-27281821271969358962008-12-10T21:42:00.000+11:002008-12-10T21:42:00.000+11:00....well...I couldn't find red type for the last q.......well...I couldn't find red type for the last question....bonemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14547767520204294295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330775846201490413.post-5766525078813612412008-12-10T21:40:00.000+11:002008-12-10T21:40:00.000+11:00Why, that's so much BS, I can't hardly start the r...Why, that's so much BS, I can't hardly start the rant!<BR/>HA!<BR/>Best argument about it...<BR/>Red isn't 'red' in the head.<BR/>It's blue green.<BR/>Duh....<BR/><BR/>Perhaps it's up to you to go train your parliment, eh?<BR/>Tell them to stare at some red lines for an hour (just like some poor student will do when he gets his paper back) after a few moments, look at a white wall....what color do you see?<BR/><BR/>uh huh.<BR/>That's the color your brain stores for it.<BR/>Not near as aggressive , eh?<BR/><BR/><B>WELL!?</B><BR/>I ASKED A QUESTION!<BR/><B><I>NOT NEARLY AS AGGRESSIVE, EH?</I></B>bonemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14547767520204294295noreply@blogger.com