Not surprising – kids these days don't know what to do with a pencil or pen.
Sorry, but that is not true. Technology has been implemented into classrooms, perhaps too much, but mechanical writing instruments are alive and well in schools today.
I workout at home, but I also walk; my walk takes me past Lincoln Middle School, and I rescue pencils that I find around the school.
Well done! Somebody had to step up and save them, you did the right thing. Besides there is a special place in the afterlife for pencil savers....money in the bank my friend!