Why Do Teachers Use Red Pen ! FunFact #3
Remember those school days when your homework and exam sheets were filled with red ?
Today we are going to find out why a teacher uses red pen. To answer this first let us know why students have to use black or blue pen, first of all students write in a white paper so Black and blue would be more appropriate because they are in contrast with the color of the paper furthermore, Blue or black is also easier on both of the student and teacher's eyes, especially if it is a written essay or really long answer if the students start using red colors to write long paragraph it will not be visually pleasing to read hence the color black and blue for student.
Now coming to why teachers use red pen, to point out corrections, to give suggestions or remarks on a text written in blue or black color? so the answer is, the teacher will have to use a color which is in contrast so the color in contrast of the two dark colors black or blue should be a bright one hence red so that when the teacher is grading the student's work, it is easier to spot the corrections,
Now you must be thinking but why only red there are many other bright colors. So let us now check what colors can be used to write? the commonly available pens are in black, blue, red, green, pink, purple or brown color, now purple and brown are too dark to be in contrast with the color blue and black they will look kind of same, we can’t use pink as pink is very light in color, due to which it is difficult to see, now we are left with red and green and red is definitely more visible then green hence red becomes the color of the teacher,
But you will be surprised to know that many schools in the UK are banning red colors for the teachers as they think red colors brings feeling of negativity in the students as there have been several researches to back this theory up, But I personally think none of the teacher use red pen to harass students, they are just marking that something is wrong, they are just providing suggestions and putting questions or putting nice remarks and the pen just being red doesn’t have to do with anything. What do you think? Comment below.
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@utfull Nice article waiting to read more from you
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So children could make jokes like my pen is red
I can definitely say that the idea that a red pen brings up negative feelings and connotations is correct. When I used to work as a server I would always leave red pens for my patrons to sign with because not once was one of my red pens ever stolen. Blue, black, or any other color pen people will steal, but never red.