That directive is not coming from all schools, however. We've outlawed Pokemon. We've outlawed scooters. At Clarendon Avenue Elementary School in Mukwonago, however, the complaint from a sixth-grade teacher was that one burst last year and stained carpeting, Principal John Shanahan said. Tough to read The most common beef, sounded at places like Richmond Elementary School in Lisbon, is that the pens' ink can be too light and difficult to read.
Gel pens are great, and they're creative, and they're motivators.
When you're correcting over 100 papers, it makes it a little hard to see the writing. Siegman's stance is bad news for her pupils, who favor the multicolored inks. Acknowledging that's the teacher's prerogative, those firms nonetheless question why educators would want young students to stop using a product that gets them interested in writing. But she can also see why some teachers don't want the pens in the classroom. She experienced some problems with the pens in a previous job as a sixth-grade teacher in Greendale.