tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post1583695661789385982..comments2024-03-26T13:46:42.738-05:00Comments on 4 Quarters, 10 Dimes: The Handwriting on the WallDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03463621516644789183noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-21510075168600589552011-07-07T14:40:37.073-05:002011-07-07T14:40:37.073-05:00French kids don't learn to print block letters...French kids don't learn to print block letters. They learn cursive from the get-go.<br /><br />Furthermore, they have points taken off for bad penmanship.Beatrice Desperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10843520699216089362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-3802775207621150552011-07-03T16:35:30.168-05:002011-07-03T16:35:30.168-05:00Well, it probably wouldn't do you much good. ...Well, it probably wouldn't do you much good. I'm a historian, after all.<br /><br />"Who steals my purse steals trash."Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03463621516644789183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-77094478600319482792011-07-03T15:13:07.353-05:002011-07-03T15:13:07.353-05:00Sounds like an interesting signature. Care to send...Sounds like an interesting signature. Care to send me a sample on the bottom of one of your cheques? ;-)TimBohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16128235274340905534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-29301985435072977382011-07-03T14:14:36.080-05:002011-07-03T14:14:36.080-05:00My problem is just stubbornness plus being out of ...My problem is just stubbornness plus being out of practice. I rather like my nonstandard letters, and I just don't write anything by hand anymore unless I'm printing - and nobody has ever been able to read that. <br /><br />In 7th grade my teachers decided that my nonstandard capital D's needed to become standard, which I did not care to do. This is why my signature today is essentially printed, though you'd be hard pressed to tell.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03463621516644789183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-51212341749321382982011-07-02T13:16:10.860-05:002011-07-02T13:16:10.860-05:00I've always had a terrible time writing in cur...I've always had a terrible time writing in cursive. I learned cursive in grade 2 and looking back at my old scribblers (well named!) I see that my writing hasn't changed in the least. I used to get lots of hand-writing homework and criticism, but I could never seem to improve. I felt very bad about it all.<br /><br />The only saving grace is that when I went to work for my father briefly when I was 18 the rest of the staff had a big problem: They couldn't distinguish my handwriting from his. I had simply copied his writing from the beginning.<br /><br />Now I just print everything. I can print very quickly and I can usually even read it as long as no more than a week has gone by. After that it is just chicken scratches.TimBohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16128235274340905534noreply@blogger.com