Well, in a way, this comic could teach younger kids about things they’ll like not encounter. Such as fountain pen, and what happens when somebody is going too slow learning…
In 4th grade they brought out the ink bottles and dip pens to teach us cursive. Fountain pens were a step up. Ball-points existed but were almost as messy as fountain pens until they got the technology right.
Did you ever have to write with a pen, using the Palmer method? Too bad they don’t teach it in school today. It seems that the handwriting today looks like chicken scratches. Or maybe it’s because they text, and don’t know how to write at all.
When I was in the second grade in the mid-50’s, we had to use Sheaffer fountain pens. I still have a couple…but finding the ink cartridges are near impossible.
When I was in gradeschool, desks were equipped with inkwells, but most writing was done with lead pencils. and erasers. One day, I brought to school a piece of black metal that looked just like a puddle of spilled ink (still available at novelty shops) and plopped it down on some of the teacher’s papers! (Kleenexes wouldn’t soak it up for nothing!)
I used fountain pens or pencils throughout school. I graduated in 1964 and we were not allowed to use ball point pens. I still have and sometimes use my fountain pens. One is the side lever load and one used a cartridge which are still available at office supply stores. I still remember the first ball point I ever saw. Some kid brought it to Church one Sunday morning probably about 1959.
Colt9033 over 13 years ago
Well, in a way, this comic could teach younger kids about things they’ll like not encounter. Such as fountain pen, and what happens when somebody is going too slow learning…
pschearer Premium Member over 13 years ago
In 4th grade they brought out the ink bottles and dip pens to teach us cursive. Fountain pens were a step up. Ball-points existed but were almost as messy as fountain pens until they got the technology right.
Yukoneric over 13 years ago
7th grade English required that we each have an ink pen. What a messssssssss…………….
scrabblefiend over 13 years ago
Did you ever have to write with a pen, using the Palmer method? Too bad they don’t teach it in school today. It seems that the handwriting today looks like chicken scratches. Or maybe it’s because they text, and don’t know how to write at all.
Sherlock Watson over 13 years ago
I’ve seen fountain pens and dip pens, but I’ve never written with either; I’ve always used a ballpoint or a felt-tip.
I remember seeing TV commercials for felt-tip pens like the Flair Quick Silver, but there don’t seem to be a lot of them on the market anymore.
jppjr over 13 years ago
When I was in the second grade in the mid-50’s, we had to use Sheaffer fountain pens. I still have a couple…but finding the ink cartridges are near impossible.
Karen Bledsoe Premium Member over 13 years ago
“Like any other pen”… my goodness, that dates this strip! Ah, simpler times, which suits Jeff’s simpler mind.
tuslog64 over 13 years ago
When I was in gradeschool, desks were equipped with inkwells, but most writing was done with lead pencils. and erasers. One day, I brought to school a piece of black metal that looked just like a puddle of spilled ink (still available at novelty shops) and plopped it down on some of the teacher’s papers! (Kleenexes wouldn’t soak it up for nothing!)
Tsali-Queyi over 13 years ago
I used fountain pens or pencils throughout school. I graduated in 1964 and we were not allowed to use ball point pens. I still have and sometimes use my fountain pens. One is the side lever load and one used a cartridge which are still available at office supply stores. I still remember the first ball point I ever saw. Some kid brought it to Church one Sunday morning probably about 1959.