Red pens did me good

Red pens did me good

My second-grade teacher, Sister Mary, would be shocked that I turned out to be a writer.

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My second-grade teacher, Sister Mary, would be shocked that I turned out to be a writer. Please allow me to explain. In recent years, many schools within the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia have barred teachers from marking student papers in red. Their thinking is that correcting young students with red pens is too confrontational and upsetting for the children. Many teachers...