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The quiet violence of judging someone's work in red ink after midnight.
means Assessing, grading, or annotating someone's work to measure how well it meets a standard.
from From Old English 'mearcian,' to make a sign or boundary — the same root that gave us borders, signatures, and the line you crossed.
Animal senseAnimals 'mark' territory long before teachers marked essays.
Red ink mythRed was practical contrast, not chosen for cruelty.
Workload truthOften consumes more teacher hours than actual teaching.