I don't remember in the early grades
at elementary school, big thick pencils which wouldn't roll off your desk, and
Big Chief tablets.
What I remember are No 2 pencils
with a pencil sharpener attached to the corner at the teacher's desk or on the
wall.
I do remember learning cursive
writing in Mrs. Hook's class, with a fountain pen and Shaffer ink cartridges
which came five to a box.
Our school desks came from an
earlier time - most had a cut-out on the right hand corner for your ink bottle.
The glass bottle consisted of a
small ink well at the top where you could refill the ink without getting ink on
your fingers.
The messiness was eliminated with
the ink cartridges as we faithfully learned the Spenserian style of cursive
writing.
Being left-handed, my only
"tattoo" has been a permanent ink stain on the bottom of my left
pinky as it crossed over any ink on the page.
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