Gel Pens

Gel Pens in the 'Greatest 90s School Essentials of All Time'? Oh, come on, it's not even a debate! These were the glittery secret weapons of any classroom status war. Ever try to finish an assignment with a pen that spent more time on strike than writing? Or the sheer panic when your crush asked to borrow one and you couldn't find your coolest sparkly blue? They were more than pens; they were a social currency. If notebooks were the concert, gel pens were the rockstars!