Fountain pens 'too risky for under-14s'

emad

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Sat Nov-12-05 11:07 AM
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Fountain pens 'too risky for under-14s'

Fountain pens 'too risky for under-14s'
By David Millward
(Filed: 12/11/2005)

Fountain pens are too dangerous for children under the age of 14, the British Standards Institution says.

After decades when young pupils were encouraged to master penmanship, the benefits of developing good handwriting are now seen to be outweighed by the risk of swallowing the cap.

Waterman has inserted a small slip with its pens which reads: "This product is not intended for use by anyone under the age of 14 years."

British Standard 7272, drafted in 1990 and updated several times, sets out strict guidelines on how pens should be made.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/11/12/npens12.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/11/12/ixhome.html

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pitohui

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Sat Nov-12-05 12:26 PM
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1. penmanship is a thing of the past anyway

kids can't write in cursive, many can't even read it

we're dinosaurs

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Conan_The_Barbarian

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Sat Nov-12-05 02:14 PM
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2. we just type instead

we only have to jot down bits of notes at school, anything of any significance is typed so really penmenship is an obsolute skill.

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