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Tools of the budding writer: fat pencil, Pink Pearl eraser and paper with dashed guides...is this still done this way?

#1: CB Paul (cbpaul) on Aug 8, 2019 [HINT]

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Fun! When my son was a tot, (early 2000s), we bought a pad of this paper, to teach him his letters and numbers. Or maybe we had to print some blank pages off the computer. Either way, the ruled paper is still available, whether classrooms use them or not.

I know that they stopped teaching cursive in school.

They likely still use this type of paper to teach printing, though.

For however long that lasts...

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I became an accountant when dinosaurs still roamed the earth. We used 7- or 14-column pads, pencil for handwritten assignments and pen for the entire work environment. I always had a supply, so I used them for every single thing. There's no question that I'm grateful for and reliant on computers and their applications, but to this day I find that when I'm stuck on anything, not just work, I *think* better on quad paper, which is my replacement for a 7-column pad. I'm guessing it's some combination of sense memory and thought patterns brought forward.

Interesting discussion. Nice puzzle, I don't usually do ones this large.

Yes, this is still done in MANY schools. Some schools no longer teach cursive and some don't even teach print hand writing beyond basic letter formation, but MANY schools (and caring teachers) still do...IN ADDITION TO keyboarding skills in schools that don't have dedicated librarians or technology teachers. A lot falls on classroom teachers when they start cutting budgets and special programs. With no curriculum or classroom budget, and supplies they buy themselves, many teachers find a way to keep teaching kids what they need to know. They are true working class heroes <3

Putting pencil or pen to paper is so different from tapping on a keyboard. You choose the size of the letters, the depth and width of the impression, the slant, the height of the cross-bars. You get to choose the style of your letters, the spacing between letters and lines, and there must be something gained from perceiving what you've written and how it looks...some feedback on your mood, your stability, you energy and maybe unconscious thoughts. Keyboard entry can be much faster, but writing is a much richer experience.
And I agree completely on what heroes teachers can be.

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Thanks for your comments, BlackCat. I struggled with making the puzzle more solvable with line logic, but in the end I released it as is to keep the image intact. Just recalled another memory of the cranked pencil sharpener at the front of the room that had several hole sizes to work with normal pencils and the fat pencils we used in early grades.

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Found to be solvable with moderate lookahead by wombatilim.

El azul no es soluble lógicamente en absoluto.

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