There was a local New England paper that ran an article about kids that were getting stressed out because the teachers used red pen when correcting their tests and papers.  It was such a negative color.  Purple is much more soothing.  How much of this pampered baby yuppie ass crap can we tolerate? I wrote a letter to the editor stating, among other things, if your precious little angel got the answer RIGHT, he woudn't see the "dreaded red pen" --same parents that want to ban dodgeball.  DODGEBALL?!AAAhhh,,thanks, felt better to rant. Now I can go on with my day.  have a great one!
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hey, i am a junior primary teacher and they told us about that when i was studying at uni. I don't use red pens and i don't use crosses when a child gets an answer wrong. I put a dot instead or write an encouraging comment. Not because I think it causes stress but because I think it is more likely to encourage them to try harder or pay more attention to their work. Kids are so eager to see what teachers have written when their work is handed back and i think that you need to make the marks as positive as possible, even if there really isn't anything positive about the kids work!!! Especially with the children who really struggle with their work, if they try their hardest on something and then get it back with big red crosses all over it they just put it in the bin and give up!! I think highschool kids should be able to deal with the dreaded red pen though!! You sure as hell get used to the dreaded red pen when you get to university that is for sure!!!! And that causes a hell of a lot of stress then!!! ;o)
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Something vomit inducing.... how about orange and magenta?\n\nRawlyn.
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Hi, I didn't know Denise Brown had a show.  Thank you for letting me know, Why must we have to endure anymore of OJ's narcissistic behavior? Has anyone put any thought into what this must be doing emotionally to Nicole and Ron's families, not to mention what it is doing to his children. I feel like OJ, besides killing Ron and Nicole, has raped the justice system and now he is raping the public. Shame on Fox TV for airing such a show. Shame on book publishers for publishing such trash, and shame on the American public for watching this show or buying this book. I can't believe how low some people will stoop for a dollar. Let's put OJ where he belongs, into obscurity, which for a narcissist is worse than prison, and ban the book and TV show. Kim Goldman(Ron's sister) has a website you can go to and sign a petition that will be given to officials at Fox and Harper-Collins Publishers to urge them to not air the show or sell the book. The website is: http://dontpayoj.com
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OH MY FREAKING PEN FETISH LORD!!!! I FREAKING LOVE PENS!  I have this thin at my house that I keep my pens in and there are so many pens in it that they are all jamming out of the thing so i have to get another one... too many pens!  I cant get rid of them... also there is this guy that i work with lets call him Danny d. and he always steals my pens and everyone else who works there, so this one day, he went into my desk and he stole all my pens!  i absolutely freaked out to the point where i pushed him and as he was laughing i got even more furious and i said your f*ing with the wrong girl! I love pens!  GIVE ME BACK MY PENS!!! Like totally freaking out.....\nand then this other time, my brother came into me room and took my favorite pen... it wrote so smooth and clear, so when i found it, i started to write all over him with marker cuse i was so pissed.  but this was when i was younger. I didnt know any better.... WHEN I GO INTO STAPLES I AM LIKE A KID IN A CANDY STORE.... I SEE IT ALL I WANT IT ALL I WANT TO BUY IT ALL... weather or not if i'll use it or not, i still want it just to have it\n\n\nI AM A PEN FREAK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Has anyone ever seen that comic strip that had the kid walking down a hallway with a HUGE sign that said "I'm missing out on an important educational opportunity because I have to tinkle"? My teacher did that, and made it a lanyard so we had to wear it around our necks. I hated that so much...\n\n~~Naomi
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I thought that was a funny joke.  Rheat.beserker yours was also funny. Rowan_B (master of SPEECH MARKS) and the proper use of  thee english spelling......If every time...everyone took the time to put the right punctuation in their jokes....you wouldn't have a joke to complain about!  At least he must have used spell check this time. I understood this joke a lot better.  Some people can be so hateful.
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I think an interesting project would be:\n"Crayola Banned [and new] Crayon Colors!!"\n\nYou could talk about why some colors (like flesh and indian red) were seen as offensive and replaced - flesh is now "peach," since everyone's flesh is not peach-colored.  You could also talk about new colors that have been introduced to go with new trends and technology - for example, I believe there is a bubble-gum or tutti-frutti color that wasn't in the original set.\n\nGood luck!\n\nhttp://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0872797.html\n(I guess I was thinking about "cotton candy" color.)
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Read Michaels question about violations above yours. Seems to be a lot of it going on for no reason nowadays. About time Yahoo clamped down on the ones that make the unjust reports.\n\n\n***UPDATE*** Since answering this question I have just received another violation that went as follow.\nQuestion: In which country did Mommhamed let a six year old girl get pregnant?\nAnswer: I don't know.\nViolation: Not a question or answer.\n\nHows that for a load of shoemakers. Was gonna put cobblers but thought there might be another violation on the way.
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Well, there was this Yahoo Answers user who was being really mean to me, my sisters and my YA friends, she'd been emailing us, but when I mentioned it to a certain person, her emails stopped! Coincidence? Maybe. Oh, and there was the time my sisters put a hex on someone, that was fun!
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Dear Pointsreaper, I am completely shocked at the apparent complete injustice that has been done to you. It looks like somebody had a vendetta against you and reported everything you ever posted. That really isn't fair and this whole site is being taken way too seriously. I don't know what to say except keep fighting. BTW, I guess every Q I have asked falls under the 'polling'or 'chatting' category. Kick ME off too Yahoo! Buncha crap!
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I think Yahoo! Answers is accidentally creating a new generation of lazy kids. It seems that they would rather play video games or text message their friends than write their term papers. However, I think it is good if someone needs something explained to them but I don't think the answers should just be given to them. These kids need to learn.
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I just love this site. You have heard that before. \nThings are going well. The grandchildren, girl 3- two boys that will be 9 this month, came yesterday. It is a good thing people here love laughter; I would have been kicked out three years ago. The kids get along great. Never have seen children get along like these children. Never a dull moment.\nHow are you? Have you answered any great questions lately?  My cf was making me sleep off and on all night so I wasn't on at regular time.\nYes, I am depressed. Naw. This computer is dieing. Gonna give it to my best friend. Her husband can fight with it. The new one comes Thursday. \nOk, if you ever e-mail me - grannywinkie@yahoo.com, put yahoo answers on it. Somebody wanted may address to talk about something. Was it you? Will not open mail unless I know who it is from. \nHopefully, talk again\ngrannywinkie
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I have to thank you, for the report? Your not insane, the insanity is the children's behavior. Yes they are children, and we as adults have to apply the American laws that are available. These children don't have the capacity or knowledge to act like an adult. You can't fake-it kiddy's. I have a petition to Yahoo right now with alot of support, and it isn't from the children that are trying to rule these pages. You have got to realize this is there method. I propose that you just keep speaking your mind. These children are outside of their forum anyway, Yahoo has a teen & preteen site in here right now. So keep turning them in, and complain as often as you can. Yahoo says that they don't want to supply another Myspace.com thats in court all the time. I don't want any advise from a minor, what would that make me? I am not on their level thank GOD. So please try to help them, and maybe there will be a happy medium, and we adults might be able to talk freely in here.
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oh yes!!!we always play that at church on wednesday nights!!!**sigh**i miss the good 'ol days when boys had cooties and  cherrybombs werent illegal (until someone decided 'oh! lets make them illegal so the little kids cant have fun no more!'mean old teachers ruinin our fun...of course i wasnt the best(obviously!i still suck!)i remember everything from when i was little! we had skipit's and spokey-dokes...sometimes i stop to think about how fun it was when there werent people taking little kids from their own front yards and their families never seeing them again...it used to be "okay, you have to be home by the time the street lights come on" then you would yell from the front door,"thanks mom!!!"...i miss back then.i just realized how much ive written. wow.
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CHANGE ORGANIZATIONS!  Why wouldn't you be smart enough to NOT put in writing what you felt?  To be politically correct, you  have to play the game....sorry
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Patricia H, im sorry, but i hate you. i hate ppl who ae stuck up like you. "oooo, i ahev the most popular question" you know, how bout u go play in traffic. i would locve to see this most popular, and i am one opf the 300 ppl who will answer this!!! woooooo yay!
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yea, what gottianatomy said!!! what moron would come on here to ask medical or legal advise???? nurse:"doctor...what should we do?!!" doctor:"nurse, hold on, i'll ask on Y!A!!" i'm on here for fun, i have enough stress and bull$hit in real life! why can't these miserable people, with their bad attitudes try to be "big boys and girls", skip the question that gets their panties in a knot, and find a question suitable to their liking??? they are so miserable, it makes their day to lash out, and it makes them feel superior to ABUSE the report abuse button.the only things i find offensive on here is the scum child pedophiles, and the evil racists. life is too short!! i'm here for fun!!! i think your questions, and gottianatomy, bad karma, dj meirs, and many more are a blast!! you guys make my day!! KEEP ASKING!!!