The nuns in our parochial school were dead-set against us using ball-point pens. “Bad for penmanship.” So they insisted that we use cartridge-loaded fountain pens. (!!) That requirement never made any beneficial impact on my calligraphic skills (of which I had none), but it always added some drama in class when changing out cartridges; ink splotches on the desks and paper. At least that provided proof to the nuns that we were following their mandate.
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