Somehow my toddler nephew is having his twelfth birthday this month. He's in accelerated math at his middle school, which gives me flashbacks to Millard Lefler Junior High School.
When I was his age I received a mechanical pencil for my birthday. The pencil was pimento red, and I bet I still have it in a box someplace. I thought it was totally cool having all the little leads and replacement erasers. My math class gave me cool points (and Lord knows I needed every cool point I could get in junior high) because of my groovy pencil. That mechanical pencil was a connection to my engineer dad, like having a guardian angel on my algebra shoulder.
At the Montessori school where I teach it is a huge honor for a student to have a mechanical pencil. The kids have to pass certain levels of handwriting and math before they are allowed to bring one to school.
I know that there are lots of disposable Bic mechanical pencils out there nowadays. I want to give my nephew the real deal--an engineer-worthy mechanical pencil to be his middle school talisman.
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