and people say that the red ink on test papers are scarring the kids...
Yeah. God, no. There were plenty of things I survived that today's parents (excluding you and other sane moms and dads like you) seem to faint over. I got red ink, I'm sure I failed a test or two here and there. I got sent to the principal's office, I got yelled at. (There's a noticeable difference between "yelling" and "screaming"--for one the adult is in control, for the second, noticeably not.) We had races where not everybody won (although everyone WAS told "Good try!") and contests where there was a first, second, and third. Etc., etc. The fact is, negative feedback is safe and even necessary. It just has to be done RIGHT. I'll admit that finding the line might be difficult...but the extremes are, and should be, easy to spot.
::EDIT:: may I interest you in GTO? Great anime and it sounds like you'd like it after reading this post.
...GTO isn't a racing anime? LOL. I have no idea anymore, I'm so behind. While I love giving any anime a shot that is recommended to me, lately I haven't been home enough to really watch, I have way more opportunity to read manga.
Great Teacher Onizuka = GTO. I've never seen the anime but I have seen the live action movie, which is amazing. I saw it in Japan with no subtitles, amazing.
Yeah. God, no. There were plenty of things I survived that today's parents (excluding you and other sane moms and dads like you) seem to faint over. I got red ink, I'm sure I failed a test or two here and there. I got sent to the principal's office, I got yelled at. (There's a noticeable difference between "yelling" and "screaming"--for one the adult is in control, for the second, noticeably not.) We had races where not everybody won (although everyone WAS told "Good try!") and contests where there was a first, second, and third. Etc., etc. The fact is, negative feedback is safe and even necessary. It just has to be done RIGHT. I'll admit that finding the line might be difficult...but the extremes are, and should be, easy to spot.
::EDIT:: may I interest you in GTO? Great anime and it sounds like you'd like it after reading this post.
...GTO isn't a racing anime? LOL. I have no idea anymore, I'm so behind. While I love giving any anime a shot that is recommended to me, lately I haven't been home enough to really watch, I have way more opportunity to read manga.
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