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[-] affenlehrer@feddit.org 21 points 3 days ago

What does the red fish squiggly on the side mean? Correct or incorrect?

[-] operationalHazard@lemmy.zip 28 points 3 days ago

I've had teachers who draw X's fast enough they just do it in one motion and it looks as above.

[-] zaphod@sopuli.xyz 26 points 3 days ago

Looks like an alpha, so I assume this is all correct.

[-] EggInDisguise@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 3 days ago

It's an "X" to indicate incorrect answer. The teacher has 100+ papers to grade and a lesson plan to get together for tomorrow and doesn't have time to make their marks look pretty.

[-] Apytele@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I'm in a different pink collar profession and sometimes when I have an audit checklist to circle "yes" for "I did the thing" down 15 items my circles just turn into a long chained spiral.

[-] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago

May I ask what category a “pink collar” profession is?

[-] Impound4017@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago

Pink collar jobs are those which, historically, have been considered to be “women’s work”. Jobs like Teaching, Nursing, Daycare, etc.

[-] diaphragmwp@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 days ago

The one that involves circling "yes" for "I did the thing" down 15 items

[-] Drusas@fedia.io 2 points 2 days ago

In addition to what others have said (this is an X), American teachers traditionally use red pen to mark incorrect answers/correct mistakes.

The teacher marked these as incorrect.

[-] lugal@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 days ago

It's an alpha and short for: αλλ ριγητ

[-] RiceMunk@sopuli.xyz 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I used to have a teacher (and multiple others since then) back in the 90s who also used the same squiggly to indicate correct answers. Not sure what the origin is, but I've also used it since

[-] MacAttak8@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago

That’s interesting. I had the exact opposite experience in the same timeframe. Those are X’s written really fast and the pen doesn’t leave the page. I’ve only ever seen those marks used to indicate incorrect answers.

[-] RiceMunk@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 days ago

Now that I think about it, maybe the "correct" ones were rotated 90 degrees counter-clockwise, in which case I guess it might mean a quickly drawn V?

[-] Coolcoder360@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

Yeah when I was in school it was X for wrong (with the loop as pictured) and check marks for correct. And a check mark can certainly look like a V when going fast. ✔️

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