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well i know for tests they prefer it 'cause all wooden pencils if they're number two pencils have the same type of lead like 2HB lead or whatever...mechanical ones however can come in a range of lead hardnesses resulting in different degrees of darkness and stuffs...like there's lead that writes lighter or darker...and since the scantron is kinda selective with the darkness of that i guess that's why they prefer it...or maybe they're just too annoyed of the clicking. I remember one of my old teachers hated the noise so she only permitted wooden pencils or pens that have caps, not the retractible ones... or maybe most teachers are aliens that can't handle the noise of lead pencils..it's like their kryptonite and if you use it too long they'll all DIE!! ...or not whatever...
Regular pencils do not make that clicking noise.
because they had to use them,they are quieter,and sometimes have better erasers
Haha, funny, I always thought it was the other way around. Because mechanical pencils, you don't have to get up to go sharpen them and interrupt the class.
I don't know why they would prefer regular pencils, though.
Maybe because they don' t have to ask their neighbors for lead?
I'm a teacher and I prefer mechanical ones. One of the reasons though is because of the scantrons. They only read dark lead (#2 pencils). Of course, the mechanical pencils are often #2 pencials anyway.
Another reason why is because their students (depending on how young they are) may not have the dexterity in their fingers required for thin mechanical pencils and therefore recommend wooden ones (remember those old fat kindergarten pencils?).
Most teacher do that because they last longer
You may find this with the teachers who are from the baby boomer age . they grew up sing regular pencils and did not get to use a pen until they were in grade 5 or beyond. Ball points were bad things because you would 'spoil your handwriting'
The mindset continues..
You will find the same thought in their acceptance of computers as a teaching aid against traditional classroom teaching.
Off the top of my head:
Pencils are more sturdy & last longer.
Younger children are prone to repeatedly break the lead in a mechanical pencil.
Erasers & lead for mechanical pencils can get separated or lost from the actual holder, whereas a pencil will always stay together.
More pressure can be exerted with a pencil if you have to go through several pages to make copies.
The feel is different between the two.
I like mechanical ones myself. Reasons:
They have a constant writing width. I know that doesn't matter to some people, but I like that. As regular pencils get worn down, the width of the stroke get thicker. I have horrible handwriting, and that thin, constantly the same stroke width really appeals to me.
Kids don't get up constantly to sharpen them, but you do have to deal with them constantly fiddling with them - adding more lead, getting the lead to come up. And they can break, too. And that can be annoying to a teacher and frustrating to kids. I remember taking a math test my senior year and my mechanical fell apart. I spent several minutes trying to get this thing back together. But I don't mind students fiddling with them as long as they are listening to me. And I can easily get their attention and tell them to stop the fiddling until I set them to an independent task.
As for the thinness that somebody else mentioned - grippers can help that problem out, but mainly for older kids.
I prefer mechanical myself, but I teach seventh grade and I can see where teachers might institute this rule. You remember the student in grade 7 who's pencil was always taken apart on his desk, leads scattered on the floor?
This can happen at least 3 times per week. I sometimes want to give that kid a pointy stick to write with, or let him take apart my computer to fix it.
It depends on which teacher you ask. Some scantron forms explicitly state a regular number 2 pencil. Pencils are a lot cheaper too. I personally prefer the mechanical pencils. You can keep a sharper point, and I like the fine point. Unless it's a scantron, I would think that a teacher is a control freak telling you what kind of pencil to use.
Wow remember those huge unweildly pencils they made us use in kindergarten. It was so hard to write with those. They always told us these were easier for small children's hands. I guess my hands just wouldn't cooperate. As soon as they gave me a real pencil, my ability to write legibly improved a million times. Those non rolling huge crayons were a disaster too!
I do think teachers need to take some time to explain to their students how to hold the pencil correctly. The way some people hold a pencil/pen is bad for the hand. Also, believe it or not, some students do not know how to write, only print. That's a useful, time-saving skill I think everyone should learn.
But I digress. I think you have to ask the specific teachers what they prefer and why, because I know many teachers who prefer the mechanical pencils.
Now when a student has one of those clicky pens it drives me up the wall... but I digress again!
I don't allow them for several reasons:
1. The lead is too thin - it breaks easily and scratches the page when writing, making erasing difficult (and impossible to do completely).
2. The annoying clicking noise.
3. They're expensive, and easy for another student to take. at least with regular pencils they aren't too expensive for the student to replace.
4. The lead is too dark for day-to-day use. Schools over here use HB pencils for the most part, and the leads in those are 2B.
5. The barrel is too thin. Some of these mechanical pencils have thinner barrels than traditional pencils.
6. When a student writes with one, it looks sloppy. I don't know why, but it just does.
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