School shuns tech, teaches fountain pen

Hey, this reminds me of my former school where they strict rules where we had to wear a uniform, which was a no brainer and not a big deal. But then they continued to restrict other things as well. Like students must use a fountain pen and they regulated what type of pen and color ink. We also had to carry briefcases as book bags. That ok, but not when you develop calluses on your hands because briefcases are not really meant for the average student. I wished the administrators would have taken that into account, but all they cared about was putting up a respectable image.

We would also have handwriting lessons. Don’t remember much except that you were suppose to join the letters in a certain way. Of course, all those lessons went to waste. Here I could write however I pleased. And during my high school days here, I developed what I consider to be the standard handwriting of teenage girls—that big, non-joining style complete circles as dots. I can’t adequately describe it here, but I think people know what I’m talking about.

I think I still have a few left over fountain pens, and some ink cartridges as well. I used those Parker fountain pens, btw. I’ve been thinking about using them again with my moleskine notebooks. I should look for them. I should, but I packed them somewhere up there in my closet. It’s going to be a pain to look for them.

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