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Maddies Wench
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 Posted: 11/20/03 - 10:48 Post subject: Handwriting - poll not poll NOW WITH RANT
Do you use cursive when you write?
Do you print?
Do you use a unique combination?
I'll rant about it later. I'm just curious..
The reason I ask is that I spent a grueling hour trying to help Ian write 15 spelling words in cursive, and I know they are following a different style than I was taught.
Wouldn't we be serving these kids better to teach them to print neatly, sign their name, and TYPE efficiently?
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crazyfrog
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Posted: 11/20/03 - 10:49 Post subject:
unique combo...
somewhere between legible and chickenscratch depending on what im writting...
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gretriever
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Posted: 11/20/03 - 10:52 Post subject:
Print. Since junior high school.
My (full) signature was best described as "a ball of yarn after a cat's done playing with it."
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MechEngDropout
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Posted: 11/20/03 - 10:53 Post subject:
Print. It's legible, and much faster for me.
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AlaninTX
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Posted: 11/20/03 - 10:54 Post subject:
I have a condition known as dysgraphia. It is a bit like dyslexia. I cannot make my hands draw what my brain sees or tells them to do. It started with literally not being able to stay inside the lines when coloring.
I spent two years with a penmanship tutor when they attempted to teach it to me in school. It was frustrating for everyone involved to watch me make zero progress. When I sign my name, if I really, really concentrate, it still looks like a child's work. I certainly cannot draw, paint, etc..
My normal signature looks like a scrawl. But you know what?...
No one has ever had a problem cashing a check I ever signed 
So I print when I have to. That still looks pretty bad, but usually you can read it.
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MastrBrewr
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Posted: 11/20/03 - 10:57 Post subject:
I print like a 3rd grader. I write cursive as if I have Parkinson's. (no offense to anyne, I just don't have steady hands at all)
So I try my hardest to avoid writing anything. I'd rather find a way to type.
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brie k
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Posted: 11/20/03 - 10:59 Post subject:
Always cursive unless I'm writing something for the kids to read. I have nice penmanship.
Hubby uses a combination of both, drives me nuts.
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keltic63
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Posted: 11/20/03 - 11:01 Post subject:
Print all the time. the cursive looks terrible. I had to practice and practice so I could teach it when I did my student teaching, but it did me no good.
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bburgoyne26
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Posted: 11/20/03 - 11:03 Post subject:
I print and rather poorly...much prefer the computer...I have shakey hands too...I think it's called familiar tremors...darn...and I wanted to be a brain surgeon or a Swiss watchmaker!
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cherylpf
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Posted: 11/20/03 - 11:03 Post subject:
print all the time, and even thats very illegible. I can't remember how to write in cursive 
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robp
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Posted: 11/20/03 - 11:17 Post subject:
Print 95% of the time. Many years of drafting at an actual drafting board refined it enough to be pretty legible. My cursive is terribe and I often can't read it. My first F on a report card was in writing....
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elkid
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Posted: 11/20/03 - 11:18 Post subject:
I used to have beautiful penmanship. Years of computer use, however, have reduced it to something truly awful. I use a combo of cursive & print. I can't count the number of times I write something down and don't know what it says. Seriously, my writing is worse than my truckdriver mouth.
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Pug
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Posted: 11/20/03 - 11:22 Post subject:
| crazyfrog wrote: | unique combo...
somewhere between legible and chickenscratch depending on what im writting... |
+1
Sounds like me!
I print.
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airehead
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Posted: 11/20/03 - 12:25 Post subject:
I print so there are no mistakes as to my true intentions.
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msparks
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Posted: 11/20/03 - 12:53 Post subject:
Fine cursive handwriting in elementary school but switched to printing for increase in speed in junior high. Never looked back....
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