Heh, I remember copying letters, and how they joined to another from the blackboard. We had to repeat it over and over and over, then add them to words.
I did all of that and got battered for not getting it right, the church school was the worst much like Shambles describes, I'm not convinced I wasn't left handed as I picked a pencil first with my left hand bu at the time they "encouraged" you to use your right.
My writing is shameful and like I said I hold a pen like a left handed person, so if using an ink pen, which was compulsory at the church school my hand would be resting on the line I'd [its written so I'd have to have a piece of blotting paper to cover the line I'd just written which made i difficult to keep up and so my handwriting was worst as I got anxious and rushed it. I can see that now but obviously not then.
Its something I often mention and talked about in counselling, I don't mind people taking the piss out of it because its there in black and white and undeniably shit, I've even gone so far as to scan a form and then use Photoshop to type in the details.
I have gone back to an ink pen as I suffer RSI in my right hand a little, its probably related to a motorcycle accident but they can;t be sure so I can't use a normal mouse I use a track ball and that doesn't cause me the problem but I also cant right with a ballpoint for any time, I seem to pres to hard or something and my hand then aches really badly so ironically I use an ink pen again.
Now my writing is a scrawl of joined up capitals that even I have trouble reading, I use a computer more and more, I would never give anyone in my work place anything in my handwriting unless I really had to, if I cant get a soft copy then I have to painstakingly print in my very best printed capitals which takes an age.
Anything official is filled in by Mrs atm and I just sign....in fact didn't I sign a cheque the other day and I haven't sen her since ???
