I find that school has changed so much, not just the setting or the students, but the teachers too. Teachers today seem to baby their students. Like the whole issue about red ink, I think thats just silly. If red ink is gonna scar you then I think you have bigger issues at hand. I never felt bad if my teacher corrected my stuff in red, I just figured it was easier to see. Trust me I use to have red ink all over my worksheets!!! I think kids today gotta toughin up, and we as teachers have to stop babying our students. Yes we should be compassionate but still firm.

 No matter the color, blue, pink, purple, or red you still got the answer right or wrong. Kids should see the things they do wrong so that they can improve. We cant just be positive about everything they do, and ignore the things they do wrong. If all we do is praise them for the positive things and ignore the negative things then we end up with kids talking back and getting away with whatever they want because they dont understand  consequences, or they’ll end up falling apart in the real world. In the real world your boss tells you when something isnt done right, he doesnt sugar coat it, and your boss doesnt care if he hurts your feelings. In the real world you have a job to do, and if you cant do it right then there’s someone else that can. At part of school is preparing kids for the real world, and if we cant do that then they’re gonna have such a hard time when they get out there.

Im not sayin to be a total hardass on your students, definately praise them when they do something right, but we shouldnt be scared to psychologically damage them by showing them what they did wrong. If you do use colored ink then dont destroy your students work by marking all over it, you can make tiny indications where something needs to be fixed ect…Whatever color ink you do use you still have to show the student where they made a mistake. Keepn in mind  if you always correct in pink, then maybe pink will become psychologically damaging to your students.