i used pencil in writing - what about you?
By missjahn
@missjahn (4574)
Philippines
August 30, 2012 7:48pm CST
i mean of course we need sheet or sheets of paper when we are writing, but what are you using in writing? is it a pen or a ballpen? for me, i would like to use pencil in writing. when i have examinations, quizzes, making drafts, jotting down important notes, making poems, songs, essays and etc. - i used pencil for doing these things. why? i feel advantageous when i used this writing material it is because it is easy to erase and in making corrections. so my work would be clean, at least. unlike when i used ballpen, it is hard to make corrections and that if you do, your work would be messy to see because of corrections and of erasures. so from the two given materials, i love using ballpen.
i know that it has disadvantages too upon using it. it can be erased easily if someone would making fool or fun of you. so be aware. and that using it is not formal, and that is it okay to use it when you are making drafts and writing informal letters or jotting down. and should use ballpen to make used of it, making myself good if cannot perfect it in writing activities, that i should be careful not to make mistakes to have a clean output. very necessary to the field i had chosen someday. you know teaching profession is great in having school paper works and in making lesson plans, school records, and etc.
but what i can do, so as my professor in the school i used to enrol used to asked me that why i used pencil everytime we have writing activities (quizzes, exams, writing essays, poetry, etc). my answer is simple, it is because sir, i can easily erase and make corrections to my piece or activities i do in writing.
and you know what, one of my classmate used the same thing too, maybe he was contaminated by me 
or yet, he saw the relevance of using pencils in writing. thanks buddies ")
or yet, he saw the relevance of using pencils in writing. thanks buddies ")2 people like this
10 responses
@alberello (4752)
• Italy
31 Aug 12
Well, I must say that you're the first person I hear say that you love use a pencil rather than a pen.
Everyone does as he believes, however, I note that there are some things which are absolutely not allowed to write with a pencil.
Just think of the important documents such as bank checks, certificates, various documents, tickets for public transport, etc..
Even if a monthly subscription bus is completed in pencil, and then erasable you could also, if controlled, be liable to a penalty.
So in my opinion better to use the pencil only for their own drafts at home.
@missjahn (4574)
• Philippines
1 Sep 12
oh yes, haha.. i know the distinction and the inportance of using ballpens in writing important signatories or formal write - ups. since it is okay with all of my professors as i used pencil with my quizzes and writing activities, i have no problem using it. but of course, i know when to use ballpen and to use pencil. just enjoy using pencils because it can be erased easily.
thanks alberello
@41CombedaleRoad (5952)
• Greece
31 Aug 12
I'm going to be the second, alberello. I enjoy using a pencil for all creative work but I agree that forms and anything formal must be done in ink, whether ballpoint or fountain pen.
I like the feel of a soft lead pencil on paper and perhaps because of that I write much more tidily. I take my time about it. It never runs and it does not dry up. I even enjoy the process of sharpening it when necessary. I do all my drafts in pencil, especially if I write poetry or anything that needs to be edited several times. I have a soft rubber that erases well and my drafts look good even after several amendments.
@missjahn (4574)
• Philippines
1 Sep 12
@41combedale - so means to say that it is not me who love to use pencil in writing and that aware when to use ballpen or pencil at any occasion. so thanks for joining here :)
@Professor2010 (20162)
• India
31 Aug 12
While in school in class one that was in 1951, we had to use slates made of real stone and chalk, next we used pencil and paper, next step was use of pen and ink, but we had to use a pen that had split nib and we carried ink in a inkpot
there were no ball pens, while i was in class 3rd my dad gave me a fountain pen..
ball pens came much later..
@watersprite (168)
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31 Aug 12
Whilst ball pens are very useful and convinient, I would still always use my fountain pen for preference, I'm just alot more comfortable writing with it, failing that I'll use a pencil before being reduced to using ball points.
@missjahn (4574)
• Philippines
1 Sep 12
never tried using that pen dipped in ink. my mom told me that in older times, students used stick and leaves of bananas as their materials for writing. then later on thus one like you mentioned. oh yes nowadays, lots of brands of ballpens are sold in the market. you just what you want. sometimes i hate to buy ballpens because even the ink is not used a half of its proportion, this ballpen would not write at all.
@watersprite - maybe you can tell me what is the whilst ballpens? just curious about it. i do not know that one maybe you can share it to me only if you feels like to do it so.
so thanks to both of you for the replies in here.
@Rasniki09 (183)
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31 Aug 12
Unless I am filling out some paperwork I use my computer or phone. I hate to write and when I learned how to type and send emails and such that was the best thing ever.
@missjahn (4574)
• Philippines
1 Sep 12
well, i should not choose teaching career and should choose medicine courses for am too lazy to write. if you can only see my writings, gosh, not good penmanship at all. it looks like written by doctor as he gives receipt to his patience for what one should buy a medicine. but if i need to write goodly or neatly, i can see that i have a good penmanship. how many times i was being selected as secretary in the class and on any school organizations and club before way back in high school. so that means, my writing strokes were too far off. but i guess our interest to write would somehow the result of our writing styles. i do not know why it is too tiring now when i write something more if i am in a hurry. better thing that my professors could understood my writing activities now in college
thanks for joining in here :) @lonelyjem (74)
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31 Aug 12
ilove the way using pencil becouse its look so romantic and its easy to erase
@missjahn (4574)
• Philippines
31 Aug 12
so good for you that you found it romantic as you use pencil in writing. oh yes, i agree with you, it is so easy to erase to make some corrections or erasing incorrect informations, or correcting spellings, grammars and change the deliberation or thought of your message as you write it in a piece of paper.
thanks to you for replying and have a happy day... :)
@elsino91 (440)
• Poland
31 Aug 12
I would always use pencil at school to take notes because I didn't see the point in using pen since I would always write my notes out in clean when I got back home. For me, I use pen when I want something to look nice and I already know what to write. Pencil for me is when I write in rough or when I'm forced to write really fast. Out of pens I always use ball point pens, I tried using fountain pens before because when I see people write with them it looks so nice, nicer than with a ball point pen. But then I tried to to write with one myself and soon gave up. It smudges too much and it was always hard for me to get things to look as nice. Ball points are simple and don't run out as fast as fountain pens and don't have to be constantly sharpened like pencils but on the other hand pencils don't run out as fast.
Overall I use ball point pens now and pencil only when I want to write something out in rough before writing it in a nice way.
@missjahn (4574)
• Philippines
1 Sep 12
oh yes, i just use signing pen for some important writings like my projects that need to be written or a signing a certain paper. usually i used ball points because i like the writing quality of it unlike using sign pens that it will marked even at the back of the paper. so thanks for joining here :)
@futtie (1)
• Canada
31 Aug 12
I actually love using a number 2 pencil because it's so easy to use and I love the way it writes, and if you make a mistake you can easily erase it, the only hassle is that you have to deal with pencil shavings but that's not a big problem fo me. I don't really like mechanical pencils because the lead tends to brake very easily and if you run out you need the correct number of lead and I find that really annoying and I don't like the way it writes. I like pens as well because the writing just flows out of the pen, but for me it just seems a bit more messier for me, because you can always smudge it by accident and it makes a mess on your paper, your work surface and even your hand. So that's why I prefer to use number 2 pencils! :)
@rogue13xmen13 (14403)
• United States
31 Aug 12
I usually use a pen when I write. I only use a pencil if it is an exam. I like to use a pen because it is often cleaner to use than a pencil.
@hsofyan (3446)
• Jakarta, Indonesia
31 Aug 12
I noted in cellphone / smartphone / Tabulet. Unless fill out the form, I use a pen.
@missjahn (4574)
• Philippines
31 Aug 12
hello there, how are you?
uhmpt, nice suggestion you point out in there. but most of the time, i was out and do not bring my laptop all the time. even in the house, if have something to write, i used pencil in making drafts or type in in ms word. do not use tablet for i do not have a gadget like that. or for example i have an idea in mind that would be a good topic to have or to start here in mylot, not to forget it, i saved in my cellphone drafts.
thanks to you
@verolop29 (1096)
• United States
31 Aug 12
Sometimes I use both. But when I make a mistake while writing in pen, I just use whiteout to correct my mistakes. For those that don't know what whiteout is its this white looking paste that looks like nail polish.
@missjahn (4574)
• Philippines
1 Sep 12
i still do not like to have erasures on my final writings. i do not know why things happened that the more i exert to be careful not to make mistakes, the more i made lots of it. so when making drafts and informal writings i prefer using pencils. thanks for joining in here
@missjahn (4574)
• Philippines
1 Sep 12
really? i do not know that until now that you tell us it here. all i knew is that ballpens are hard to erase. erasures can make your work messy and dirty. i love coloured pen too. it would give delight to the sight seeing different ink colors written on paper. thanks ever for joining here - God bless
