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I am left-handed and although my cursive was perfectly fine otherwise (properly sized loops, etc.), I was removed from class and given special instruction (by s

I am left-handed and although my cursive was perfectly fine otherwise (properly sized loops, etc.), I was removed from class and given special instruction (by someone... I think she was not a teacher, but a volunteer aide or something) in order to correct my left-leaning slant. It 'worked', but the cost was my cursive was significantly worse. She frequently was out of the room, so I just went very slowly to get enough 'good' cursive to satisfy them. To this day, unless I am really thinking about it, my right-leaning cursive is much uglier than my left-leaning cursive.

burfog 8y ago
You are at a disadvantage, and so you'll need more practice. Perhaps it would help to get a writing tool that doesn't need much force. Funny story: I'm right handed. In high school, I badly injured my right hand. When I first tried to write with my left hand, I found that it seemed easy. My handwriting was perfect except for one thing: it was a mirror image! Switching to the proper direction didn't degrade the quality, but it really really slowed me down.