Hey, that reminds me. I was helping hubby grade some papers this year. It was all multiple choice. Basically, I went down a row, A B B A C D A B D D A, etc. If they answered B when it should have been C, I was supposed to mark it wrong. No X's. No slashes. Just the letter it should have been. And I got "yelled" at for using red ink, so I just used purple . Apparently red is mean and could hurt their feelings -- dude, you got it wrong! Do ya want me to hand you a twinkie to make you feel better? Wrong is wrong, right is right. I learned from my mistakes. Nobody sugar coated them. I got red X's. I grew up with a good sense of self. Heck, red's my favorite color!