Oh Good Grief !

[Ken_Shea]

A school district in my area, (I won't say which one because it is too embarrassing) is discontinuing the use of the "Red" marker to grade papers, because it is not a friendly color, they now are going to use "Purple" because it is a friendly color. Next year maybe they can dress the boys in pink and the girls in blue, or maybe they can both wear pink and blue so that no one can tell what they are.

What a bunch of dumb A#% weenies !

[Rekd]

We don't want to offend anyone by using red. If you can't spell, it's no big deal, we'll get them thru school anyway. They don't really need that education anyway.

[BigDaddyG]

You folks miss the point, we need to spend more money on education (have you not been listening to the Dem's and School Unions). We can teach them later in Jails, opps, we dont want to jail them after all, they are just mis-understood! So we will let then out of jail before they get a chance to get an education! Then, when they can't find a job, we will make employers hire them, then make them pay them far more than they are worth, which means we won't be able to hire them all, but we will give them a new social medical system to get into. Then when they need an education, it won't matter because they will suffer from some made up Phobia or Phycosis and end up on the government dole, then we will tax the people with money, and the corporations till they have no more! Then everybody will be equal, no education (its not fair after all to have some people smarter than other's), no job (why should only some people work) and no health care, GO John and John!

[ToyMaker]

Ken wrote:
>they now are going to use "Purple" because it is a friendly color<

Of course if the teachers are doing their jobs it won't be long before purple is perceived as a lot less friendly :/ .

robotic regards,

Tom
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“Magicians take rabbits out of hats. Experimental psychologists take habits out of rats.”
-- Anonymous Saying.

[duluthboat]

Why is it that every time something like this comes up there is a let’s blame the teachers and unions answer? Almost all the time this kind of stuff is driven by the parents, so let’s put the responsibility where it belongs. As an alternative to whining about the teachers, get involved in the school board in your district, it is the school board that tells the teachers what to do or not to do. ;-(

Gary

[unterhaus]

I've heard this one before, and I must say that I have good reason not to believe it. I'd ask for proof. This is the kind of thing that people make up and send around in emails to score political points. Democrats and teachers want to educate children because they will then grow up to be better and more productive citizens, to suggest otherwise is slander. I know plenty of Republicans that are a lot less strict with their children that I am. Republicans should be ashamed at the number of things they have simply made up and sent around in emails. Go to www.snopes.com and see if any of your favorite lies are featured.

[Rekd]

It's true, unterhaus. Sad, but true.

As a parent and a teacher, I have a HUGE problem with this.

BigDaddyG hit the nail on the head.

You folks miss the point, we need to spend more money on education (have you not been listening to the Dem's and School Unions). We can teach them later in Jails, opps, we dont want to jail them after all, they are just mis-understood! So we will let then out of jail before they get a chance to get an education! Then, when they can't find a job, we will make employers hire them, then make them pay them far more than they are worth, which means we won't be able to hire them all, but we will give them a new social medical system to get into. Then when they need an education, it won't matter because they will suffer from some made up Phobia or Phycosis and end up on the government dole, then we will tax the people with money, and the corporations till they have no more! Then everybody will be equal, no education (its not fair after all to have some people smarter than other's), no job (why should only some people work) and no health care, GO John and John!

What's next?

[Ken_Shea]

"If you see a whole paper of red, it looks pretty frightening," said Sharon Carlson, a health and physical education teacher at John F. Kennedy Middle School in Northampton. "Purple stands out, but it doesn't look as scary as red."

This is apparently becoming more then a local issue, and you do see who is promoting it at that school don't you unterhaus, health and physical education teacher

I understand Office Max is pretty happy with the surge of Purple pen sales to replace all those frightening red markers that have been used since the 1700's.

EDIT:
I am not picking on teachers, maybe the union, but not the teachers, but everyone has to see that they need to get a grip on what is important.

Probably means well, but I still say "OH GOOD GRIEF" and what a bunch of dumb A#% weenies.

[fyffe555]

I thought the point was that a page full of red was *supposed* to be scary.....

as in the assignment had lots of errors so you'd better pay attention?

It's not only the US though so don't feel bad. Blair and his looney's are doing much the same thing to UK schools too. My neice apparently came home from school (uk) in tears because she got a B math(s). Not because she had a B, but because the teacher gave her a hard time in front of the class and explained that she shouldn't be 'obsessing' on getting an A and asking what she did wrong. The paper didn't show where the error was. My niece is 11 and now thoroughly confused.

I remember when it was expected you'd fail a math(s) or engineering paper if you had grammer or spelling mistooks.... ah hell, there go's the average again...

[BigDaddyG]

Fyffe555,
There is hope, your 11 year old neice is far to smart to ever debate the meaning of "is - is" so there is hope for the future, remember that! As common sense people, this political correct stuff is totally out of hand. I love the attack, I am either a father who is not involved in the school system, or, I am a smear republican (when the truth be told, I am a 26+ year regestered dem, who is a Zell Miller dem, who sees the now Socialist party I once belong to go wackie). Your niece, my son, most common sense people see what is wrong, and dispel this attack stuff for what it is.

I am sick of paying too much taxes (if you want to or feel your not paying enough, you can send more in, why should I have too), I am sick of not knowing that a marriage is between a man and a woman, I do not want Homosexuals as Scout Leaders because a Judge somewhere said I must, I could go on and on, but then I will be assulted by ..............

God Bless us one and all.......opps there I go again! I sure hope I did not offend any one by actually blessing them with my god......

[unterhaus]

I happen to live where there is a very good school system, and we pay taxes to match. You can be cheap and go with a lowest bidder school system, and you get under-educated kids who come to my town to rob the stores because nobody's making money out where they came from. The truth is, there is a balance between government services and the economy. There's a reason why Democratic controlled states pay more in taxes than they get back from the federal government, that's because their economies are better. You want to live in a low tax state, you get a low tax economy.

The worst crime in taxation is the social security tax. You pay 15% of your salary from the first dollar. Since 1983, 1/3 of each dollar you have paid is surplus to the outflow of money going to recipients. Right now, that 33 cents is going to pay for tax cuts for the rich, who don't pay Social Security taxes over ~$90000. Even though we are paying enough to keep SS solvent and save billions extra to keep it solvent in the future (2050 with no changes), the republicans are talking about raising the retirement age and lowering benefits. Of course, nowadays it's hard for a 50 year old to keep a job because of age discrimination, so what are we going to do until we retire? All so they can keep their tax cuts. There's nothing wrong with social security that wouldn't be fixed by leaving it alone, at least until 2050.

[Ken_Shea]

Well it is still America, and Democrats have the right to be wrong and I still have the right to remind them come November

I'm outa here, my ears are burning