Best-selling author Trevor Romain writes about what the world would be like if children did not use pencils in school on his blog:

I read yesterday that some schools are going to stop teaching cursive writing and instead kids will be taught how to write using a computer keyboard.

I am truly saddened.

I am saddened because this action is certain to spell the death of the #2 pencil.

The loss of the good old #2 will be tragic.

I mean, let’s face it, that ageless yellow friend with the useless pink eraser on the top is the one common thread that ties the world of creative expression together….

The #2 is amazing. It does not have an instruction manual. It doesn’t need a warranty. It can draw in any language. It can be chewed and stomped and it will still work. It doesn’t need a battery. It floats. And it works just fine after getting wet.

Without the #2 how can children send quickly scribbled notes to each other in the classroom? They would be reduced to sending instant text messages that can never be kept in a scrapbook.

Read on.

[Image and text, T.R. Used with very kind permission.]