[Magdalen] pencils

[Lynn Ronkainen]

agreed on pencils/pens and flatware...

I read an article this past summer on the need to return to cursive writing, 
citing a wide range of related skill development that the author believed 
were linked to that, and not just physical dexterity, other more cerebral 
things.
Lynn

website: www.ichthysdesigns.com

When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have not a 
single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me." 
attributed to Erma Bombeck
 "Either Freedom for all or stop talking about Freedom at all" from a talk 
by Richard Rohr

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From: "Cantor03--- via Magdalen" <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
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Subject: Re: [Magdalen] pencils

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>
> In a message dated 9/8/2015 12:17:12 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> gracecan at gmail.com writes:
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> I loathe  the feel of mechanical pencils! But then, I don't like the hard
> regular  pencils, either! (#3?)>>>>>>>
> Grace -
>
> What is this "feel" of pens and pencils to which you refer?  I've  never
> encountered this term in relation to writing instruments before.
>
> And on the subject of pencils, I see a majority (USA) of pictures
> taken of persons writing, and they are clutching pen/pencil in the
> most awkward way.  In my day in grammar school, the teacher
> would yank the pen/pencil out of the student's hands and show him/
> her the correct way.  But, then, we had a regular penmanship  class
> through grade school.
>
> There is some of the same awkwardness in handling flatware,
> I've noticed.
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>
> David Strang.
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