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I remember school desks with ink wells set in them. Thatwas grade 1 or 2 or 3 and we didn't get to use them. Only were allowed pencils.
I am proud to say that I am old enough that I was (for one term!) an ink monitor for grade 6. That is, I had the duty of arriving in class early and had to fill up all the ink wells from a big glass bottle. There was a special apron in the cupboard with the big glass bottle, and I had to wear it during the task. I doubt that apron had ever been washed as it was stiff enough to crackle and was completely covered in spilled ink.
Great story! By grade 5 time I had been moved to Canberra. Not sure what we used there, proably biros if they had been invented and accepted by 1966.