In Germany, school children learn German script with fountain pens first and then graduate to ballpoint (in/around our equivalent of high school, give or take a few years). I’m a recovering stationery nerd…I have a few fountain pens, some fabulous ink (soooo many colors), a glass pen, and many dip nibs.
Bernice probably doesn’t make any resolutions—that way she can exude smugness when she tells folks that she never breaks them. ;-)