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I love reading his EWDs, I had a professor who worked with him who mentioned he made his students work use pens while taking his tests. To make it less likely f

• westurner 3y ago
  Perhaps to make it easier determine how to correct instruction. - "Guidelines for keeping a laboratory notebook" (2019) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19123430#19126809 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19123430#19126809
• float4 3y ago
  > he made his students work use pens while taking his tests This is very common in the Netherlands, I think that's why it was a rule of his. In general, the Dutch education system seems to be against pencils (at least this was the case until recent; I'm Dutch and mid 20s). You're tought to write using a fountain pen, not a pencil. In high school, you're allowed to switch to ball point but absolutely not to pencil. In university, write with pretty much anything you want, but... not with a pencil. If you do take your test with a pencil, there's genuinely a chance your teacher will give you a 0, although most of the time they'll probably be forgiving. I majored in CS in the Netherlands and every test was done with good old pen and paper. Students still make mistakes all the time, which is why everyone uses a scrap sheet.
  • wara23arish 3y ago
    Same for me, growing up in the middle east. We used fountain pens for everything. And using pens/pencils wasn’t allowed for tests/submissions etc..