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I have been speculating as to why people cannot write properly nowadays. I suspect, in your case, as in many similar cases, you started handling a pencil, crayon, biro when you were in your kindies. You were encouraged to express yourself freely before your hand was fully developed. You handled your pen/crayon any which way you could manage. Your kindy teacher uttered words of encouragement without realising you were not handling your pen/crayon correctly - besiodes you were perhaps too young to do so. From this emerges your eventual and current grip and way of writing. Most teachers under 30 have little idea of the "proper" way to write.

One of the key villains for bad handwriting was supposed to be the writing instrument. Hence we have so many bos threads on the best fountain pen etc.
When I was in year one, I was lazy, and so my teacher would put her hand over mine write for me. I used to have the correct grip, but with her hand on top of mine, making me write, the pressure her hand and grip put on me made me grip the pen like that, and i've been writing like that since- do you get what I mean? :haha:
 

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When I was in year one, I was lazy, and so my teacher would put her hand over mine write for me. I used to have the correct grip, but with her hand on top of mine, making me write, the pressure her hand and grip put on me made me grip the pen like that, and i've been writing like that since- do you get what I mean? :haha:
I'm always curious to understand how & why an activity that was never an issue at all has suddenly become one today. Maybe the good news is, in many states in the US, they are phasing out handwriiten exams.

Tell me: how old was your teacher at that time? About early 20's?
 
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I'm always curious to understand how & why an activity that was never an issue at all has suddenly become one today. Maybe the good news is, in many states in the US, they are phasing out handwriiten exams.

Tell me: how old was your teacher at that time? About early 20's?
It has always been an issue. When I entered year two, the teacher was all nazi on me over my handwriting, but in no way tried helping me fix it. It's getting worse now, because in exams, with all the pressure to write faster, it is getting much much worse. So bad, that teachers circle the sentences/words they can't read and then complain to me about my handwriting when I get the task back. I honestly think my marks would be slightly better if my writing was more legible.

I think she was mid 20's at the time she taught me
 

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I use this atm.


Noone at my school to my knowledge uses fountain pens, except one person. I tried it once since I sit next to him in eco, and I couldn't write a sentence properly cos the positioning of the pen kept screwing with me.
Jetstreams - fast, no smudge, but a bit on the expensive side.
 

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I know the correct grip(s); correcting a bad grip is much harder.
 
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But since you are in yr 11, you still have time to correct your handwriting. The benefits would be great - you already know that. So it is worth making the effort.
 

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I have friends who write with their books almost perpendicular to their body. Their practically writing up the page away from themselves. It's one of the most bizarre things I've ever seen anyone do. And then there are some people who press so hard that they imprint what they're writing onto the next 5 pages. My friend's book felt like braille. And then there's me; I have a gigantic font size. And I also write slowly. English exams kill me. Moving on...

I've tried correcting my grip, and failed miserably. It's ridiculously hard. And I don't think it's my teachers' fault. It was probably my own because I liked to hunch over when I'm writing, and my current grip is more suitable for people who hunch and write with their hand close to their bodies.
 

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My grip is shit and my handwriting is really bad.

Is it worth it to like to totally fix it?? I can write fairly fast (~4-5 pages in 45mins) and my teachers all can read my writing?
 

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I'm pretty much in the same predicament as you, quick but end up with a bruise near the tip of my foundation finger (hurts bad).
 

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I absolutely love Lamy fountain pens. I had a matt black fountain pen (nicknamed Ol' Blackie) that went missing in action, so I decided to buy two more, one white and one red.
I highly recommend Lamy pens, they are comfortable to hold, write beautifully and are affordable.
 

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I'm pretty much in the same predicament as you, quick but end up with a bruise near the tip of my foundation finger (hurts bad).
If yr finger hurts, it is probably a sign of "wrong" writing technique.
 

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