multicolored mechanical pencils. A few don't even care or use pens -_- but we're not worrying about them now. What are the real pros and cons of the two and is there really a difference?
First off is the never(or hardly ever) changing #2 wooden pencil. Sometimes with plastic over them or little stickers. Only one type of led and the eraser doesn't come off. One student said, "I like watching as the pencil gets smaller and smaller as I sharpen it and eventually it's smaller than my pinky [finger]" this isn't really something the pencil can help but it's a preference nonetheless.
Another student added, "Whenever [my] pencil breaks I can just sharpen it and it doesn't run out when you most need it." Some students think that having a pencil that lasts and doesn't get dull after a few sentences is good enough. Others need to make sure their pencil is always pointy and could spend minutes sharpening them.
A few just like them because they can chew on them like beavers(which is pretty disgusting).
Now for the Cons of the #2 wooden pencil. One always enthusiastic student said "Sometimes my [wooden] pencil breaks and then I sharpen it and then it breaks again and then I repeat what I did and it doesn't even sharpen anymore, there's just an opening where the led should be so I just break it" hopefully they throw it in
the garbage after snapping it.
Another student when asked the same question said " The [wooden] pencils starts out sharp but then get dull as I'm writing so I have to keep sharpening it." This student seems to be annoyed with the consistency of the wooden pencil and has to stop from writing to sharpen, leading to be condemned to forever sharpening and not writing as they should be doing.
Multiple students also think that moving about the room for a sharpener or using an electronic sharpener disrupts class time and is just annoying.
Next there is the large array of mechanical pencils. With all the colors in the rainbow and different shapes and sizes. There is also around three types of led and led pencils, there is the 0.5mm led, the 0.7mm led, and 0.9mm led. 0.9mm led being the thickest and 0.5mm led being the smallest. One mechanical pencil using student said that "I usually put around five pieces of led in my pencil so it won't run out and I don't have
to worry while I'm writing. If I lose [it] or someone takes my pencil all my led is gone, so..."
Another went on to say " I like led pencils because they [the led] don't break in my book bag and I don't like writing with those really small pencils like the others [wooden] get after sharpening it a few times. It's like the pencil can only be used a few times and the more you write the faster you have to get a new pencil."
A third student said "I end up writing neater when I use the mechanical pencils, because the led doesn't change and they [mechanical pencils led] don't break as much as people say."
There are also cons to mechanical pencils. Some are they pencils can run out of led when you're writing something then you have to ask the people around you if they have any. Another con is sometimes you
can't tell if the eraser falls off and all your led falls onto the floor. One befuddled student said "Sometimes the led just doesn't come out [of] the pencil, [it] gets stuck, I have to take it apart and see that everything is there and accounted for, but it just doesn't work so I have to get a new one"
A second student said " I can't use led pencils, the thin led always breaks. I end up writing a little, but end up going through all my led. For some of the led pencils the erasers that are supposed to go on top
of the regular eraser just don't fit.".
Some people prefer wooden pencils and others mechanical. They both have commendable(pros) and substandard(cons) things about them. Some people say it doesn't matter what you write with it matters what you write, othersdon't write at all or type. You can write with a mechanical pencil, or a wooden pencil either way they are both #2. Seriously have you ever seen a #1 pencil? You think about that.
I like the part about the beaver :)
ReplyDeleteI have to say, I don't like the mechanical pencils, perhaps because I'm a bit old school like that. I like the way the wooden pencils feel. But at the same time, I can't stand shiny wooden pencils or ones with tassels. Those are just annoying.
Thanks for making me think about something so ordinary and important!
I enjoyed this! But Peter and I think this article is too long. ;O!
ReplyDeleteMs.Shah, mechanical pencils are more easy to function. When it runs out of lead, all you do is insert another lead inside the mechanical pencil. For a regular pencil, when the point breaks you have to get a sharpener or you won't be able to use it! Also you can use mechanical pencils for how long you want. You can't for a wooden pencil!
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e_e all this for pencils or pens good job
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