School shuns tech, teaches fountain pen

[Kayla]

I love being in the classroom

[blossom]

I just bought a little fountain pen from smiggle this holiday. My dad has beautiful handwriting. Not a genetically passed on talent if our family is anything to go by!!!

[jackydenel]

I don't make this comment as a Luddite, but MJHS offers an interesting and refreshing idea. One of the things I enjoy about writing on paper (when I draft--and sometimes revise--this way) is its slowness. This is particularly true in the times when I use one of my fountain pens. I should also add, however, that I compose and revise (more often revise) at the keyboard. While I wouldn't suggest (C&W folks fear not) that we abandon our class blogs, wikis, and other tech- enhanced writing classrooms, it is a useful reminder that slow writing (like slow food and slow cites) may have its place.