My granddaughter found the pencil sharpener we installed 25 years ago in our pantry. It is conveniently at her height. I have not let her see me use it, though I did have the opportunity to sharpen three old school lead writers which I haven’t done for years. We just don’t use pencils, but she did and then ran dry.
Ah! Remember elementary school and delaying your return to the desk at the pencil sharpener? Meeting a friend there to discuss recess activities? Sharpening until you had a little nub and then had to get a new pencil? Good old days.
I hope kids still get to do that. They should based on the 24 lead pencils every back-to-school list requires. None of that mechanical lead stuff! You miss the entire olfactory bliss.
School starts next week!
