Is it Better to Use Mechanical or Wooden Pencils?
This seems to be a crazy topic for an article but, I have always used both mechanical and wooden pencils, but I’m not which one I like best. Mechanical pencils are definitely more expensive these days but are the easier to use? I have been using wooden pencils lately because lead for the mechanical pencils is even more expensive these days. Also when I use wooden pencils, I personally get bumps on my fingers (don’t ask why). What I really want to know is which is better?
The great thing about having mechanical pencils is that you don’t have to worry about having to sharpen your pencils during classes and annoying teachers. All you have to do is push down on the eraser and write. The downfalls of those kinds of pencils is that you never know when the lead is going to last the day or not. When it does it might be in the middle of a big test or in the middle of taking tons of notes for a huge exam. Mechanical pencils are getting more and more expensive and the economy is getting worse and worse to the point where parents can’t afford getting school supplies for their kids.
On the other hand, you could still use old, classic wooden pencils which I have been using for the past school year. I feel that wooden pencils are easier to use. They cost $0.99 a box. Although I have used mechanical pencils throughout my life, this year I started to use wooden ones because I always run out of lead then I don’t have a pencil so it’s not a good situation to be in. The only bad thing about wooden pencils is that teachers have continuously told us to not sharpen our pencils in the middle of class but what if the tip of the pencil breaks, then what do you do?