New Fountain pen influenced my son

@Sreekala (34312)

India

March 11, 2017 2:16am CST

My younger son is in 4th standard now, his annual exams going on right now. From next class onwards he can use a pen in school so he told me his class teacher advised all children to start using a pen at home now so they can handle a pen well at the time of next session starts. He demands a fountain pen. Last Sunday I bought a fountain pen for him as he irritated me every minute by his demand. Soon I found out that his new pen influenced him a lot. He was weak in Hindi subject (infact he hate to learn Hindi) because he never wanted to learn it by writing so he made so many spelling mistakes while writing which resulted on getting less marks even though he knows all answers well. Now getting the new pen he becomes fond of writing and ready to write each and everything in Hindi subject. Yesterday was his paper on Hindi and I am expecting good marks this time.

I never expected this kind of change in him while buying a pen.

Do you or your children get influenced this way?

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@shshiju (10342)

• Cochin, India

11 Mar 17

O that a good change and encourage him while writing with his pen. Most of the people write their own name while testing a new pen.

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@Sreekala (34312)

• India

15 Mar 17

Some people have the habit of putting signature with the new pen as a test

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@Sreekala (34312)

• India

16 Mar 17

@shshiju Yes, if your signature is so simple then some one can easily catch it

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@shshiju (10342)

• Cochin, India

15 Mar 17

@Sreekala That is also correct. But it is a danger habit.

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@allknowing (130066)

• India

11 Mar 17

I am glad for your son that this pen did what neither you nor his teacher could do. Long live the pen (lol)

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@Sreekala (34312)

• India

11 Mar 17

I have been keep on telling him to learn Hindi by writing as he makes so many mistakes on writing. But he prefers to make some lame excuses to escape from writing. Yes, the pen did the wonder. I had no plan to buy the pen before his new session starts but he has the habit of asking every minute, when you will buy pen for me' which irritated me and stopping this question I bought it.

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@allknowing (130066)

• India

11 Mar 17

@Sreekala I am glad it turned out to be a good decision.

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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)

• Pamplona, Spain

13 Mar 17

Fingers crossed that he does just fine. A Pen can make a lot of difference sometimes.

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@Sreekala (34312)

• India

15 Mar 17

His final exams over today and he will be in 5th standard in next year. Next academic session starts on April 3, with new pen. Till now he used a pencil for writing as pencil was allowed till class 4. March 25 is his result day

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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)

• Pamplona, Spain

15 Mar 17

@Sreekala Wishing him all the best really do. He will get used to a Pen in time. When we were at School it was wooden one with a metal nib on it and ink that blotched all over the place. Thank goodness they changed it all.

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@Sreekala (34312)

• India

16 Mar 17

@lovinangelsinstead21 I had seen the wooden pen but my memory is not so clear on it as I never used a wooden pen. Thank you so much for your wishes.

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@sjvg1976 (41131)

• Delhi, India

11 Mar 17

My kids will come in 4th standard this year's I am not sure if now they will have to start writhing by pen . I remember we started using fountain pen in 2nd standard and we used to color our hands with blue and red ink.

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@Sreekala (34312)

• India

15 Mar 17

In School, from 5th standard pen are allowed. Till then they have to rely on pencil. Yes, once they started to use pen we have to expect much colourful hands and shirts

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@sishy7 (27169)

• Australia

11 Mar 17

Oh, that's a really positive influence!

Maybe he has some interest in art or drawing, and using a fountain pen allows him to produce writing that looks artistic...

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@Sreekala (34312)

• India

11 Mar 17

All these days he used pencil for his all works because only pencil is allowed upto 4th standard. So he was eager to use a pen. Some of his friend bought and brought fountain pen in school and he become a fan of it.

Anyway I am happy with the outcome

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@Sreekala (34312)

• India

15 Mar 17

@sishy7 Of course, he was bored

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@sishy7 (27169)

• Australia

11 Mar 17

@Sreekala Oh, he's getting bored with using pencils only and the fountain pen is an exciting change for him. I hope he keeps his interest in it up!

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@else34 (13517)

• New Delhi, India

11 Mar 17

@Sreekala LOL!!!!

First of all,please accept tons of thanks for reminding me of and giving me the opportunity to relive my childhood days when I,just like your son,used to be a great lover of fountain pens and got inspired to concentrate on my studies after I received a pen as a gift from my parents.The only difference was that I loved fountain pens that were black in colour,because my teacher used to have a black fountain pen too."Plato"used to be my favourite brand."Plato" fountain pens were at that time very popular.

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@Sreekala (34312)

• India

11 Mar 17

I accepted it with great pleasure

Here my surprise was how he become obedient to me all of a sudden as he was so lazy on writing

I too remember my first pen was a fountain pen gifted my grandfather. Surprising it was also black in colour

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@else34 (13517)

• New Delhi, India

11 Mar 17

@Sreekala WOW!! What a coincidence!!!! A very pleasant coincidencentre indeed.Once my elder brother bought me a yellow pen,but I didn't like it for it was yellow,and not black.

The pen your grandparents gifted you was also black.A very pleasant coincidence indeed.I pray your little princess remains obedient to you for ever and concentrates on his studies......Thanks for a nice response.

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@Sreekala (34312)

• India

15 Mar 17

@else34 Today his final exams are over and on phone he is making so much happy expression on ending it and now it is play time for him till April 3.

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@SIMPLYD (90722)

• Philippines

20 Mar 17

Actually, the type of pen we use can make or make us not want to write . With a fountain pen, I surely would like to write too.

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@Sreekala (34312)

• India

21 Mar 17

In fact we are rarely writing the with pen these days as we are much depending on computers. But the happiness on writing with pen is something different.

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@SIMPLYD (90722)

• Philippines

22 Mar 17

@Sreekala Yes, I admit I am not writing anymore using my handwriting , that's why my handwriting has deteriorated.

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@suni51 (3429)

• India

23 Mar 17

I think most children prefer ball pen rather than a fountain pan these days. I am not sure how long your son would want to use a pan!

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@Sreekala (34312)

• India

23 Mar 17

I was also surprised with his demand. No one uses a fountain pen at home. I think he got attracted with a pen by his classmate and on using a test by himself he become interested with the pen. He also satisfied with the improved handwriting

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@silvermist (19702)

• India

25 Mar 17

@Sreekala This made me think of my grandson last year. Now he is in class 5.

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@Sreekala (34312)

• India

25 Mar 17

Glad to know this. My son just promoted to class 5 today.

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@silvermist (19702)

• India

25 Mar 17

@Sreekala Good to know.And my grandson(Son's son) was promoted to class 6.

@thelme55 (76476)

• Germany

22 Mar 17

That's a good influence. I hope you have known that earlier so it would inspire your child to learn for school.

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@Sreekala (34312)

• India

24 Mar 17

@thelme55 Me too glad on this.

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@Sreekala (34312)

• India

23 Mar 17

I had no idea that the things will turn positively. If I promise something then he has the habit of keep on asking the same till he gets so I just bought to make him silent but it turned really worthy for his exams.

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@thelme55 (76476)

• Germany

23 Mar 17

@Sreekala I am glad about this positive result.

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@responsiveme (22926)

• India

16 Mar 17

Its nice that your son is enjoying his new pen and learning hindi more.

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@Sreekala (34312)

• India

17 Mar 17

Yes, now he is eagerly waiting to open the school for using the pen in school

@Hari101 (1123)

• Chennai, India

20 Mar 17

Yeah, when was child like your son I too keep on writing also my class teacher told me that if you use a fountain pen your hand writing will be good and for that reason I will always be using fountain pen. Even sometimes I slept with that pen. Lol.

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@Sreekala (34312)

• India

21 Mar 17

Yes, fountain pen can make the handwriting good. I already noticed the same with my son.

@homebasedbobbie (1080)

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19 Apr 17

That's good.

@sreeku1993 (75)

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25 Apr 17

Yes..im an MCA 2nd year student. If im writing my exam with a black pen i will be more confident and i can write well..But i cant perform well with a blue ink pen.I dont know why!!