Red
ink banned from primary books
- BBC
But Penny Penn-Howard, head of school improvement for
Sandwell Council, said: "The colour of the pen used for marking is not
greatly significant except that the red pen has negative connotations
and can be seen as a negative approach to improving pupils' work. "Therefore,
it is quite legitimate for a school to have a consistent policy that
it uses a different colour."
- What do you see as the purpose for the red pen markings from any
of your teachers? What difference would it make if your teachers corrected
you with green ink or red ink? What color do you wish they would use?
- Look at 1 Corinthians 3:12-15.
What kind of grading system does Jesus use? What if teachers were
to take unacceptable work and just burn it right there in the classroom?
Suddenly the red pen isn't that bad.
- Have you ever felt rejected? When was it? What happened that made
you feel rejected? What effect did it have on you? Did you change
at all because of it? Explain.
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SIDE ORDERS - other news
Study
Says Broken Homes Harm Kids More - Associated
Press
The study used the Swedish national registries, which
cover almost the entire population and contain extensive socio-economic
and health information. Children were considered to be living in a single-parent
household if they were living with the same single adult in both the
1985 and 1990 housing census. That could have been the result of divorce,
separation, death of a parent, out of wedlock birth, guardianship or
other reasons.
Watch
out for 'adult' ads - 
The typical American child today cannot escape the bombardment
of sexuality, in every medium, at every moment, day or night. It happens
at the movies. It happens on television. It happens on the radio. It
certainly happens in advertising. Ad critics used to be outraged about
"subliminal seduction." In these randy times, almost nobody's
subliminal about seduction.
College
freshmen: Worst study habits in years but less likely to drink, study
concludes - Associated Press
The study, released Monday, found only 33.4 percent of
college freshmen reported spending six hours per week or more studying
or doing homework during their senior year in high school. It was the
lowest percentage since the survey question was first posed by the Higher
Education Research Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles
in 1987.
LEFTOVERS
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Wednesday - January 22, 2003
Who is 'Jane Roe'?
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As Roe vs. Wade Turns 30, Ruling’s Future Is Unsure
Monday - January 20, 2003
Heaton walks out of music awards show because of lewd tone
Friday - January 17, 2003
- A Hummer-dinger
- Cash-poor police to get cars that carry ads
Wednesday - January 15, 2003
Criminals keep getting younger and younger
Monday - January 13, 2003
School violence hits lower grades
Monday - December 16, 2002
Believe the hype: LeBron better than advertised
Wednesday - December 11, 2002
Two Third-Graders Arrested For Marijuana Possession
Wednesday - December 4, 2002
Surprisingly Few Adults Outside of Christianity Have Positive Views
of Christians
Monday - December 2, 2002
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