My tie today is labeled "Tools for Learning," drawn by someone named "Dan" at 13 years of age. It shows scissors, paper clips, pencils, a ballpoint pen, a large eraser, notebook paper and a composition book. Beth and I are very familiar with those items in our preschool guidance of our grandchildren!
It's especially appropriate today (10 June) because it's National Ballpoint Pen Day, celebrated annually to mark the filing of a patent on 10 June 1943.
Pencil Day is celebrated on 30 March. Paper Clip Day is 29 May, and Rubber Eraser Day is 15 April. Composition books appeared in France in the 19th century; the modern style with the marbled cover design seems to have become standard in the late 1870s.
The pairing of blades to form scissors has an ancient history. The earliest patent seems to be that by John L. Starks of Sharon Grove, Kentucky, granted on 15 February 1881.
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