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Worst English tool ever
Quite literally the WORST English tool to ever exist. It does absolutely NOTHING but waste students' time and doesn't even actually help them try to understand the material. The hints are unhelpful and are just a repeat of the lesson and the site forces students to answer three extra questions in a row correctly every single time they make a small mistake or get an answer wrong, and they don't even contribute to the final score at ALL. A single assignment on NoRedInk can take literal hours or even days to complete to the point it makes kids stay up well past their bedtime, which is outright dangerous to their health. And if kids complete one of these, there is no incentive or reward that makes all of those hours doing these assignments worth it; it's just a "Congrats!" with you then being booted back to your home screen. And if that wasn't bad enough, this site mocks and also makes fun of kids being stuck on lessons for too long by basically delivering them a back-handed 'compliment' saying "We've already informed your teacher of the great effort you're putting in". And all of this nonsense with this site puts a lot of unhealthy stress and anxiety on our children that they absolutely do NOT need or deserve; and it is stress and anxiety that can actually negatively affect their health later on when they are an adult, or cause our children to get extreme cases of depression. And guess what? All these assignments actually do is make students want to rush through the assignments, which does not do ANYTHING to help them. Kids would rather finish these NoRedInk assignments quickly rather than take their time to look at each question and answer thoroughly. And who can blame them with the brutal and unforgiving sanction system for incorrect answers and the archaic nature of the site in general? And despite there being no fun factors like on Study Island, they try to make the site seem 'fun' by allowing you to pick some 'interests' which will be included in the questions, such as video game, TV, or movie characters, which I think is not only not fun, but also incredibly cringe. I had to use this godawful website in my ELA class in high school and I got PTSD from the cruel and harsh nature of the site in how it supposedly 'teaches' you proper English. It is just cruel, unfair, and downright disrespectful with the way it mocks you for not getting it. And the worst part of all is that this site just causes bad student behavior. It just breaks and emotionally tears students apart in rage and frustration, sometimes to the point they'll break school equipment or even their own personal devices. I have read stories about people breaking devices here on Reddit; it's absolutely horrible and I feel for all of the people who have reacted with device destruction because of the site being so harsh with how it teaches ELA. Calling this website trash would be an insult to garbage. This is just as bad, if not worse, than IXL. And that is absolutely saying something. I hate this website with every fiber of my being and I would even consider this a torture device and downright emotional abuse. Stay clear away from this, and if you already use this in your ELA class, remove it from your curriculum immediately. This is simply the worst tool for ELA to ever exist. Point blank.