[Magdalen] pencils

[Jay Weigel]

I personally wish American schools would teach children to write Italic
script as they do in most European countries. It doesn't need to be
"converted" as printing does to cursive, and it's highly legible. When I
had pen pals from European countries I could always read their handwriting
very clearly.

On Tue, Sep 8, 2015 at 2:04 PM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com> wrote:

> Michigander (love it) here *never* used fork as shovel. Had demanding
> parents who taught me good table manners... even my kids have said that
> they are grateful my ex and I did the same for/to them.
>
> Lynn, who remembers in 4th grade being asked to 'set' several round tables
> for 8 in the cafeteria for lunch (@private school) and the other two girls
> assigned with me to this task had never before set a table with silverware,
> napkins, plates or glasses... mon Dieu!!
>
>
> 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
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Scott Knitter" <scottknitter at gmail.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2015 12:44 PM
> To: "Magdalen at herberthouse.org" <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] pencils
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 8, 2015 at 12:31 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen
>> <magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
>>
>>> There is some of the same awkwardness in handling flatware,
>>> I've noticed.
>>>
>>
>> I remember arriving in Michigan in first grade (we moved in midyear, I
>> think...quite disruptive) to find that Michigan kids mostly used a
>> fork like a shovel, clutching it in their fists. Even back then I
>> thought we Wisconsinites must have been ahead of the Michiganians.
>> (Hm...I just noticed that the official newspaper term for someone from
>> Michigan isn't known to Microsoft's spelling checker, but
>> "Michigander" is. I've never understood where that 'd' comes from and
>> never liked it.)
>>
>>
>> --
>> Scott R. Knitter
>> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
>>
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