A mathematics teacher corrects the exams in red and receives criticism for it: “You are damaging the self -esteem of the students”

The exams At school or at the institute they are one of the tools that teachers possess to monitor the class level and verify that knowledge is being acquired correctly.

It is also a way to make young people prepare the matter so that what has been explained does not forget. Traditionally, Teachers usually use red to highlight failures.

That is the color that Laura Gómez, better known in networks such as ‘Lauri Math Teacher’, has used to correct the math exams of her students. The teacher uploaded a story showing a red pen with the text “To correct.” That simple photo has generated criticism, as she has shared later: “It was not a message or two or three, there were several, which is what worried me.”

Criticism of a teacher for correcting in red

Most of these criticisms were aimed at the frustration that minors could feel for red corrections. “Do not use red, you are damaging students’ self -esteem”“Red is a super aggressive color to correct,” have been some of the messages he has received.

The young woman explains that she does not want to “miss” the people who have sent them, but invites reflection and considers that “We are going to worrying levels”. He also says that criticism was accompanied by the suggestion that “he better use pastel colors.”

“All your life is wrong in red and nothing has happened,” he says. He also considers that “we are creating people in that bubble that you have to take care even with the colors with which you correct the exams ». “We are with an important human dull, we will focus on important things,” he says.

Even when receiving so many of these messages, she herself wanted to know the opinion of her students and has asked them directly if the red corrections generate some kind of discomfort: “They have laughed in my face.” Due to this reaction, Laura insists that “We are adults who disrupt their heads” since nothing happens to them. “

“I don’t say it’s nonsense, I don’t want to be missing, but it seems too much,” he insists. This teacher has also ironic with the situation and has assured his students that pastel and glitter tones will be bought so that they put on the exam what tone they want to be corrected: «I take it with humorbut you tell me some things that you leave me staggering.

The video has gone viral and has caused the comments of hundreds of users. Most people have agreed with the opinion of this teacher.

“What was wrong became red and here we are, without any trauma,” says a user, while another adds that young people should be taught to “cope with frustration.” There are several who add that “a suspense hurts the same in whatever color.”

There are also those who ironize asking that “put the traffic lights in pastel colors” or tell him to suspend “green because it is the color of hope.”