By Joshua Hong
Staff Writer
Number
two pencils were all our first type of pencils, but is it now the
beginning of the reign of mechanical pencils? The conquest of the
mechanical pencils was swift and strong; they engulfed the whole country
in one power swing. People were intrigued by this new lean (lead),
clean, writing machine, but was this actually the truth? Everyone was
led to believe that this was a better, more efficient new alternative to
our beloved number two pencils, but we were WRONG!
I am currently an owner of this so called “efficient new
pencil,” but what in the world is so efficient about mechanical
pencils?! Nothing, nothing about it is efficient. So far, during my
career at Webb, (currently a sophomore) I have broken countless
mechanical pencils not due to my enormous finger and hand muscles; they
broke because of the horrid mechanics of the mechanical pencils. As if
this wasn’t heck
already, more problems arose while I was trying to write on some sturdy
Staples college ruled paper, after the first few words, my lead broke
all of a sudden. Why did this happen? The answer is because the .5 mm
graphite lead simply could not handle my chiseled wrist. But when we
look back to our past, this never happened to number two pencils. They
could take the heat, and support my muscle mass unlike the useless
mechanical pencils.
We must work together to bring back the number to pencils.
We must all join forces to take down the empire of mechanical pencils.
Do this, not for yourself, but your country. The lumberjacks of America
(mostly Canada, shoutout to Mr. Hamilton) endure the hardships of
cutting down huge trees in order to make number two pencils for all of
us, so we can do well on our tests and essays. This is what America is
about, helping each other do well in our school life in order to go
successful later on. So to help our struggling Americans, we must bring
back the number two pencil dynasty.
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