• MathGrunt@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    26 days ago

    Pencils. The ones where you need a pencil sharpener to sharpen them every so often. Mechanical pencils just aren’t the same.

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          25 days ago

          “school says they are because you could technically put in something like 10H and have it not read properly and they aren’t going to check to make sure that students are using the right type of lead.” -a random reddit user like 5 years ago when I asked the same question

          That is the only theory I have heard as to why teachers say that they are incompatible that makes sense to me.