Dear old Ms Maloney obviously wasn't trained in the politically correct era, then (though it was the late 2000s when I was in her classes)! But as I said, her heart was in the right place. My best friend at school and I used to joke that she obviously liked us by the time we'd finished VCE [A-level] English and Literature, as we were getting fewer and fewer red marks on our essays towards the end!Robert Houghton wrote:Just to take this topic even further off topic, I believe teachers nowadays are encouraged not to use red ink, as it sends the child a bad message about its work...another politically correct farce! Children can apparently be scarred for life from reading comments in red ink, so green is encouraged as a calming colour...and no words like 'see me!!' are allowed. At least, this is what I was taught when doing teacher training in the mid 2000's.
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I saw a lot of my old Divinity teacher, Sr Valeria, in recent years and reminded her of all the essays returned with the comment "See me" in the margin (in red ink)... she giggled and apologised all those years later, but to this day she corrects my letters and e-mails with such comments as "It wasn't St Fiacre, patron saint of gardeners, statue in the silent garden but St Francis, check facts" - at least there's no margin for the dreaded 2 words of yore...........Robert Houghton wrote:Just to take this topic even further off topic, I believe teachers nowadays are encouraged not to use red ink, as it sends the child a bad message about its work...another politically correct farce! Children can apparently be scarred for life from reading comments in red ink, so green is encouraged as a calming colour...and no words like 'see me!!' are allowed. At least, this is what I was taught when doing teacher training in the mid 2000's. We were also encouraged not to put a cross by any answers - just give the correct answer and only use ticks, not crosses.
I remember having 'see me!' written on a few of my pages, and also 'date!!??' if I forgot the date. Also 'this is not good enough!!'.
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Sorry for continuing the off topic discussion, but I'm surprised than red ink isn't encouraged anymore. That's certainly not the case in India, for quite a few of my assignment have 'See me' / '?' / 'Incomplete' etc. written on them in red.
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All the very best Poppy - I hope the odd Enid Blyton book or two was received as part of your presents!
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Thank you very much, Pete!
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Happy birthday, Poppy!
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Happy Birthday, Poppy! Hope you have a cracking day!
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Happy Birthday Poppy! I hope you have a wonderful day!
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HAVE A GREAT DAY, POPPY!
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Happy Birthday, Poppy. Sweet 16, a great age to be.
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Happy 16th Birthday, Poppy! Hope you have a wonderful day. 10th January is an auspicious date on which to be born.
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Happy Birthday Poppy. I hope you have a lovely day.
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Wishing you a very happy birthday, Poppy.
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