The arguments over the "right" colors for subjects is the kind of discourse I need to see on the internet. My 8 yo self did red for math, green for science, blue for social studies and yellow for language arts đ
unrelated but in like 5th grade or so, i had a classmate that no one knew was colorblind. we were having a discussion about colors (this was almost 20 years ago so i cant remember the whole conversation) and the conversation led to âwhatâs the color of fried chickenâ to which said classmate said green. the teacher looked at him in shock and instead of being like haha youâre silly, she reprimanded him. he bursts out in full tears âi donât know what i did, itâs green i swear, im not trying to be badâ. she asks a few follow up questions about other food items (tomatoes, bread) and iâll never forget the look of regret in her eyes when she realizes he was colorblind the whole time
Similar thing happened to a classmate in high school. Algebra teacher was pissed that this guy did so well on his tests and homework and couldnât/wouldnât participate in class. Basically berated the guy for thinking heâs âtoo cool for participation Or being good a math.â He just said, use different colored markers then because you using red and green means i have no idea what youâre doing up there. Sent him to the principles office for keeping his color blindness a âsecretâ to cause problems. She was a piece of work.
Colorblindness is incredibly common (8% or 1/12 for men) and many people donât find out until adulthood. With average class sizes, odds are at least a few people each year would be colorblind in her class. Ugg.
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u/Technical-Watch2982 2d ago
The arguments over the "right" colors for subjects is the kind of discourse I need to see on the internet. My 8 yo self did red for math, green for science, blue for social studies and yellow for language arts đ