I shared with my students (in undergrad stats) the concerns many of you
have expressed about the color of ink used to grade or comment student papers.
The most common responses of my students were:
"They don't have anything better to discuss?"
"Get a life."
"You are kidding, aren't you?"
I guess that means they don't mind that I use red ink. Actually, a large
proportion of my editorial comments to them are in email. While those appear
green on my screen as I type them (or red if my spelling checker finds a word
not in its dictionary), the color when the student reads my mail depends on
the settings in effect in the student's mailer.
