Do you still know how to use a pen?

You are so right, with all the technology and advances that we have now a days, we barely utilize pens and/or pencils. But at least at my work I still get to use them often, because there are alot of forms that need to be done manually, sounds weird especially when now a days everything is computerized. What scares me the most are my kids, with the technology they have now a days how will they ever learn that type of penmanship we have, because now a days most schools are going "green" and utilizing computers more often. That's a bit of a scary thought...HMMMMM

My penmanship was not very nice to begin with, I've always had problems and lots of people complaining they can't understand my writing, but now it's a total disaster, even I can't understand what I've written, after a while. Except for shopping lists and writing down a phone number or so, I don't write much by hand these days, and I don't think I'm going to, either. There are so many things to do, that I dread the though of being slowed down even more by writing things with a pen. Still, I envy people who have a beautiful handwriting.

Hi. beamer88. Yes, I still know how to use a pen. I use a pen everyday. At least a couple of times in a day. I still have a great penmanship regardless of how long I am on any new technology.

I think it is unfortunate that Handwriting is no longer taught in school.

hello beamer... i still use pen to write a note. i think pen is more simple than other gadgets. so it is old but it still usefull. nice topic...

I have to otherwise I can't withdraw my money in the bank (if there is one) if I don't know how to write my signature. It can proved to be useful when we have to go into legal transactions. I know almost everything are already automated, but we haven't reach that point when we have to rely solely on biometrics to identify ourselves.

I too am makin g efforts here. I am planning to write one page of cursive writing so thta my handwriting would retain its neatness.

My handwriting stopped working in primary school. We had to take notes while the teacher talked and I found that I could not write fast enough so I went back to printing and have been doing so ever since. I long ago lost the skill of holding my pen properly for nice writing, long before I found computers. The need to take notes at high speed, such as university lectures, can destroy nice penmanship.

No, I only know how to use a pencil, haha!~The pen which needs to be dipped in ink I've never used before, and the feather that I'm allergic to, it's make me sneeze everytime...haha!~Okay, enough of the nonsense, of course I still do know how to use a pen. As a matter of fact, I still use it every day?

Yes, I know how to use a pen but mostly I only use it on writing what I need to buy at grocery or writing cards to people. Other than that, I don't need to use pen anymore not like when I was at work.

I love to use a pen even though I have my netbook with me all the time. For some reason I find that my mind tends to run free when I just get a pen and notepad and write my thoughts down. This is what I do when writing my blogs or a new page on a website, I will write it all on paper first then key onto my netbook. I know this is quite time consuming but as I said my thoughts seem to come easier this way.

Using keyboards and the like does have some little effect on my penmanship that I tried to improve even after school, but in I way I do not really care because my penmanship is not that perfect ( I'm left handed you know). I think it does not affects it that much because I've been using keyboard and the like for just like ten years but I have been using the pen, pencils, brushes and the like since kindergarten.

Using pen on daily basis is my strong habit and being a Graphic Designer I always draw my idea in a sketch formate first and than after applying some different kind of methods to make it perfect so I have no problem to use pen so far.