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How the No. 2 pencil became a uniquely American school supply staple

How the No. 2 pencil became a uniquely American school supply staple
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By JOCELYN GECKER AP Education Writer For generations of Americans, a sharpened No. 2 pencil has represented childhood and coming of age. Still a fixture of back-to-school shopping lists, it outlines a child’s first letters, erases their mistakes and lets them doodle in the margins when they dayd...

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