Do you still use pencils?

hi getbiswa No I haven't used a pencil in many years but when I see on it brings back memories of chewing on it as I tried to do my math which I hated with a vengeance. The feel of a pencil in my hand makes me remember cold winter days and the odd odor of steam radiators in our SD. class room. Some memories are much more pleasant than others I am afraid.

I prefer pencils to pens because I always try to be organised. It makes me feel uneasy to see your papers covered with crossed out sentences and such. With pencils, I can always erase them quickly. I reserve pens only for formal purposes.

hey good question for discussion. Pencils are good to draw and they are useful for creative writings. But pen is more used where there is any financial matter in question. There are lot of times when it is important to use pen. And ya, pencil do reminds me of my childhood. It is still a very useful tool for writing. I can never forget my childhood days of using pencil. Do please share such good conversations in future.

I still have it at home. I usually used it to write at home. I usually feel faster to write with pencil than pen. Write with pencil more comfort than pen too.

what is a pencil? is that the thing that you feed into a noise generating machine that eats wood and makes it pointy, also with that yummy gummy usually pink looking thing up top? Or that that modern looking thing-a-majig that looks like a sleek ballpen except when you press that button thingy then it spits out thin shafts of solid ink like thing. XD im confused.... XD

Yes I still do use pencil. It is, however, not the cheapest writing tool there is out there anymore. I think using pencil saves you paper because you don't have an excuse to throw papers when you made a mistake in writing, an eraser will save the problem. I still love pencils.

Yes, I do use pencils but at appropriate places. They don’t make me feel nostalgic, in fact, I’ve never thought of pencils as history LOL…pencils are always useful when you need to underline anything…they can be erased easily and don’t create a mess, so I always use them for that purpose. Pens have their own purpose and of course, now that my son is in school, I use the pencil a lot more in his textbooks and also for his drawings.

after using the pencil, i loved using pens. i always lots of kinds of pen in my bag up to the present. but when i started teaching koreans and they use mechanical pencil, it all came back to me. i started to love using pencil again. sharpening the pencil. placing new leads in the mechanical pencil. using the eraser when you make a mistake. no need to wait for the liguid correction fluid to dry before overwriting on it. or on the correction tape. it gives me a different feeling when i use the pencil in writing. it makes me feel like a child again. and it feels like more professional. or is it just simply the imfluence of hollywood movies? isn't in the movies you see scientists, brokers, lawyers, and other professionals use pencil when they're taking down notes or studying a case. so it is influential in a way.

I use ballpoint pens (the ones that are so cheap they almost give it to you for free). There are lots of them all around the house. Sometimes my grandchildren come and they disappear. Curious. As for pencils, I still have some in my drawer but I never use them. I think that I have them more for sentimental reasons, to remember when I want to school with a pencil tied to a very small eraser by a string. Pencils and erasers were coveted by some kids then, so I had to take care of mine. My childhood pencils are those yellow, number 2 ones. I told you I was old!

I still use pencils, and I really love using them. I have a lot of pencils in my case as I like using them in making notes in documents, or making ticks to other records. In my line of work, pencil is important, as we really can't write permanent inks on client's documents, but since it's really easier to work if you make notes, that's why we rely on pencils, because we can still erase all the marks that we have made.

Hi biswa using pencils for a specific purpose is still quite common. That is because we can erase the written matter, be it a sentence or drawing. Usage of pencils in schools as children was different as the stress was more on hand writing, and generally children tend to be messy with ink pens. But with ballpoint pens it is not as bad, and nowadays pencil usage is becoming out of fashion in schools too. Coming to the point I still use pencil occasionally if I require the matter to be erased.

No sweetie, i am spoiled now. Maybe a pen once in a while, but no pencils. PC, is the in thing and i do get so freaking lazy. TATA.

yup...i still use pencils to do sketching and stuff. but if necessary, i do use charcoal too

Do you know, I don't think that I even have a pencil!!! There are plenty lurking in my son's bedroom for school but I can't remember when I last used one! However I can still recall that distinctive smell the pencilhad as I sat in school chewing the end of it trying to do my work!!

I still do use pencil. In fact I use to write with it first if the document is very important. Sometimes it reminds me of those days when we used to have long pencil with a plastic cap in the form of hand.

I still like to write w/a good sharp pencil. It doesn't remind me of anything tho.

A pencil i still a common writing utensil in my home. you never know when you will need to erase something. Ink is a little too permannent. The computer doesn;t always provide the necessarry means. There is still use for the ageless pencil in my book.

I use pencil at work. It is great with drafts because they could be erased. I use pens only when filling up and signing important documents. I love sharpening pencils, and I don't why, but it seems to be a soothing activity for me. So, you could tell that I'm stressed at work when all my pencils are really, really sharp! lol.

I still use pencils for writing stories and stuff, although nowadays I use mechanil pencils more often. I use pens for class work and other important stuff. Teachers always said I had very good penmenship (I think thats how you spell it), and some friends said I write like a girl, although I knew plenty of girls who had terrible handwriting and boys that had really good handwriting & vice versa. So why do people just assume that girls have really good handwriting & not boys, isnt that stereotyping? Ive never heard a teacher say that though. I really want to learn how to use fountain pens, but they can be sooo expensive!

Yes! I still use pencils...I love the feel of it in my hand especially a non-mechanical pencil. The sharper the lead the better. :)