PLN 17

Students today believe that a pen is the way to make their permanent mark on history. But what they don't know is that a pen is the only way to permanently show your mistakes to the world. A pen is full of ink and cannot be erased. In "What If?" I learned that today students are to dependent on paper and ink and have forgotten how to simply use chalk and a piece of slate. Chalk is easily erased unlike pen. Back in the 17 and 1800's people used a pen that was made out of a feather and an old piece of parchment paper. Now we are to dependent on fine point pens and lined paper. We have become so technologically advanced as a culture that we don't remember how easy a pencil or chalk is. The only class I'm required to use a pencil in is math because that's the subject that typically has the most mistakes in it. But a writer wants his/her writing to be remembered for many years to come. A pen is easier to preserve. But the problem with that is that it is easier to preserve mistakes. I believe a piece of chalk and slate would make writing easier.