[Death by Mirrors]

Uh, I got a fountain pen for starting elementary school. It's a broad custom here in Austria (or at least it was when I went to school). We were not even allowed to use ballpoint pens, because everyone said they would screw up our handwriting. The teacher okayed pencils for maths - where we learned addition and subtraction by drawing little squares or crossing them out - and also in case we were out of ink, but fountain pens were our primary tool. Is it different in other countries?

Granted, most of us had cheap models aimed specifically at kids. Nowhere near a Montblanc limited edition or similar.