The fist pencil 1662, and  were created by Faber Castell. I do not like using a yellow pencil though only because a truly good student uses a mechanical pencil.  That is why I only use a mechanical pencil but when I do use a pencil I do tend to doodle.  The only time actually need to use a pencil is when I have to do a scantron.  I think its that way because without a pencil you can not ever redo what you wrote.

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