(I think the title could have been different. I think that jorgelito choose it to be a reactive title to gain attention)
What is NOT being recognized in this thread is that the teachers are trying their best (in this case, by not using the red color) to overcome the fact that kids are not getting the validation/love/support they need in their home environment. Kids have become reactive in the education environment because most no longer have the stability they need in their homes.
It's not the red color that is stressing the kids, but the sheer fact that American society has made competition the only means by which people in our society, children or not, can get validation . . . people in our society are seen as successful only if they are winners, or somehow clawed their way to the 'top.'
What the teachers should be asking themselves is really WHY these kids are reacting to the 'stressful' color of red. It really does appear, as usual, that a Band-Aid is being placed on a larger issue.
As to Americans being 'pussies' or raising their children to be as such . . . last i checked, sentiments of being American in our world community is that we are cocky, arrogant and righteous . . .
Sweetpea
