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I went to a school that taught normal handwriting and I had some of the neatest handwriting in the class. I changed schools where they insisted I wrote “joined
by lloydatkinson 4y ago
I went to a school that taught normal handwriting and I had some of the neatest handwriting in the class. I changed schools where they insisted I wrote “joined up” and my handwriting went to shit - looks absolutely terrible even today unless I put in a huge effort. I blame the school for hampering my ability to write correctly.
When I do write anything now I have to write slow and make a conscious effort not to write joined up. That way, it’s actually neat and readable again.
- iso1631 4y agoExactly the same with my kids, 3 years of great legible handwriting, then it all wen backwards because the national curriculum driven by 90 year olds thinks writing for other people is a key skill, despite well over 99% of written communication being typed.
- jeltz 4y agoBut cursive is not even very good for reading.
- denton-scratch 4y agoI have the same experience; my cursive was deemed too messy, so they gave me personal handwriting classes. I ended up with a script that was a cross between formal script and spidery rubbish. Nowadays I try hard to make recognisable letter-forms, and I link them up if it seems flowing and convenient. It's a struggle; often I can't read my own shopping lists. Dammit, the buggers taught me to write so that nobody could read it. And this was an expensive school.
- thom 4y agoThis is what I’ve watched happen to my son in school. Genuinely neat, readable writing that was plenty fast, ruined by hours of lessons on joined up writing, all of which took away from actual learning.