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Writing

pacalo

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12. Do you receive a lot of compliments when you use the pen?

Reply to Xyzse (Reply #11)

Wed May 8, 2013, 01:56 PM

May 2013

I do, but I always tell them, "It's the pen." I let them use it, tell them to turn the nib at a 45-degree angle, & they always seem to want one for themselves.

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Pass on your tip-trick to better handwriting. [View all] Neoma Apr 2013 OP

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That doesn't always cut it in like, college. Neoma Apr 2013 #2

I'm just happy they are still teaching handwriting in college. TeamPooka Apr 2013 #3

Handwriting, in college? Lady Freedom Returns Apr 2013 #4

Community college. Neoma Apr 2013 #5

Using a calligraphy pen could enhance anyone's handwriting... pacalo Apr 2013 #6

That's what I do! Xyzse May 2013 #11

Do you receive a lot of compliments when you use the pen? pacalo May 2013 #12

Exactly! Xyzse May 2013 #13

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I was taken out of public school after I completed 3rd grade. Neoma Apr 2013 #8

Dysgraphia is real nadinbrzezinski Apr 2013 #9

It's difficult for me to comprehend, but some of next month's high-school graduates . . . Petrushka Apr 2013 #10