One More Red Nightmare

CNN.com has a story today about the downfall of that school teacher favorite - the red pen. Seems that modern school children are so sensitive that dealing with red scribblings from their teachers, even if they are positive comments, is to "stressful" for them. While I give some credit to the schools in the story for simply sidestepping the issue (by using other colors), it does make me wonder. Hell, I correct my own writing in red pen (tho' my colleagues tend to use blue) to this day and it's by far the least stressful part of my job.