Cursive OR Print? | ADHD Information
Something my g/f and I were discussing the other day. You didn't put a box for illegible scribbles...I chose printing, but the truth is, I combine both print and cursive in my handwriting. If I try to write entirely in cursive, I have to mentally fight to keep my pen on the paper.I always had trouble with cursive writing. I always mixed up the g and q, and never really got the hang of most of the capital letters. I also wrote the occasional capital backwards.
My handwriting is not sloppy, per se, but it is very inconsistent. My letters will all be slightly different sizes, and my siganature looks a little different everytime.
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My handwriting is not sloppy, per se, but it is very inconsistent. My letters will all be slightly different sizes, and my siganature looks a little different everytime.
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My writing is so poor that I frequently can't read it myself. I try all sorts, but now, thanks to the computer, I can put thoughts on paper that people can understand.
My signature is a scribble. 
Mark -
My sig is a line with some bumps in itI never could get some capital cursive letters right eitherHey BCgirl! ME TOO! I use both, in combo! And if I'm writing an important letter, like a thank you after an interview, I may write it several times before I'm satisfied!
And Mark, I just love using the keyboard...it does let word flow a bit better...except when the fingers are cold. brrrrrr
On a bad day, good luck understanding my printing. On a good day, legiable. Cursive? Don't think I could even come close!Me too! I never got capital cursive letters at all. I sometimes switch back and forth from printing normally to printing in all caps. My signature is a scribble.Although I chose cursive, my writing is actually a bizarre combination of the both plus cyrillic (I took russian class in high school and college and for some reason the way you form some of the letters stuck in my brain- like I write my lower case b's like cyrillic "v" sounds. For some reason that form of writing makes more sense to me than english letters do. That is so wierd, really!)
My handwriting is almost illegible it is so loopy. I skip letters a lot, too which doesnt help. i usually write small, neat block lettering and it has to be with a medium ball point pen.
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My printing is borderline illegible...I cant write slow once I start
This is all too funny!
I once remember signing a legal document, my last name is Brown, well I write neat and is basically print but the letters are so close together it is joined, but when i had to sign this paper ( it was unemployement ) the paper was returned saying i didnt sign it adaquately ( i also cannot spell) hehe.
I had to go to a notary public to get my signature notarized!!!
My handwriting is legible but I use a combination of cursive and block writing. Almost everyone that sees my signature says, "You should be a Dr.". I've thought of changing it but there is no way my son could ever forge my signature or anyone else for that matter.
Gotta agree on always writing with the same kind of pen (medium point, blue Bic). Anal? Don't get me started.
I usually write cursive....or at least my type of cursive, because I pick up my pen so much only a few letters are joined before I pick up and start again. No way could I write "Mississippi" w/o picking up 3 or 4 times.
I also have lots of loops in my writing....so, yes, I have loopy writing (no jokes please)
I hate it when someone hands me something that they've written in cursive because it is so hard to read so much of the time.
When I write for others, I almost always type or print.
Is printing another trait of ADD? As soon as I got out of school, I switched to printing all the time. Writing cursive feels as odd and as awkward as trying to write anything with my opposite hand.
John
Usually I can't understand my own handwriting. Then again there are occasions when my handwriting is almost legible. Most of the time, however, I type what I need to get done.
At some time in life I was told that keeping notes will help me. I keep thinking that the act of writing acts as another method of stimulating the brain into remembering the data. For instance, when I say it out loud, I hear it as well thus reinforcing the idea. Well, that's at least what I think that I'm doing. Do I know whether it's scientific? No, it's just something that I thought might work. Who knows, maybe I read it somewhere.
[QUOTE=Mark Goode] You didn't put a box for illegible scribbles...[/QUOTE]I'll second that one.Does anyone's child still have handwriting lessons at school? My step-daugher(ADHD) was sent home with a letter saying she needs to work on this. Which, by the way, we do. I asked if this was something they worked on in class, and the teacher just laughed. I was not aware that it wasn't. I remeber handwriting being a major part of my first grade year. Apparently, it isn't important to be able to write ledgibly, as long as, they can fill in the bubble on their state exams or use a keyboard. Anyone else notice this?
[QUOTE=stepmom2maddy]Does anyone's child still have handwriting lessons at school? My step-daugher(ADHD) was sent home with a letter saying she needs to work on this. Which, by the way, we do. [/QUOTE]
That brings back memories. People tried to work on my handwriting too, but I still could rarely write legibly, no matter how much the teachers tried (though in those days I seem to remember the methods they used mainly consisted of me being yelled at and called bad). Many AD(H)Ders have problems writing, the brain simply moves too fast for the hand to keep up.
Mark -
print but join at most 2 letters toghether. eg. when a small a then a sm. b, or gi, gu, I'll join them. e's, r's, v's, m's, n's stand alone My handwriting is more of "I can't sit still long enough to write legibly" print. It looks more like a doctor in a hurry...i also do a combination of cursive and print, often in the same word. myhusband says it's a sign of insanity....whatever .
The school tried to force me to learn cursive for several years before giving up. My printing is somewhat legible, but I tend to switch back and forth from normal to all caps at random.
Good to hear handwriting is not stressed today, it will be so much easier for my son as he already has writing problems in Kindergarten. Actually my mom was talking about penmanship classes. It seems that in her day they taught penmanship, in cursive of course, right up through college. UGGHHH!
Cursive. It's faster, easier to write for me, and prettier. Printing is annoying and takes forever because you have to write each stroke separately. With cursive, everything connects. I don't think handwriting should be something kids should stress over. However, I do feel it is an important life skill to have. I can't imagine how difficult it would be to go through life having trouble reading your own writing or others not being able to. I mean, I don't think I would have made through high school or college without this skill. My step-daughter has improved a great deal since we began working on this. What cracks me up is that her teacher was reprimanding her handwriting, when all she was trying to do was copy the script the teacher used on the board. Kids learn from example, and hers was it. Why not write in the way she wants wants them to write?stepmom2maddy38439.4392013889Usually cursive since i'm too impatient to print. But when I'm studying and writing important stuff, I print so It can SINK IN so I can read it better!lolI remember when they taught all the other kids to write cursive in 2nd adn 3rd grade. I did not apparently want tolearn it enough to concentrate adn practice the skills for it. thank god for keyboards and the universal acceptance of printing. ghead< =""> I always got a big "U" (unsatisfactory) for handwriting on my report cards in grade school.
Thank god for computers- one day handwriting will go by the wayside and we'll never have to worry about it again! I write with a combination of both, but in reflection I remember going through a phase where I wrote backwards (so that it looked normal when it was held up to a mirror) and THAT I did entirely in script... Odd what you remember when you turn your focus to mundane details![QUOTE=chocoholic] I always got a big "U" (unsatisfactory) for handwriting on my report cards in grade school.
Thank god for computers- one day handwriting will go by the wayside and we'll never have to worry about it again! [/QUOTE]
And one day typing will also be obsolete..with the new technology they have that you just talk to the computer and it types for you. THAT's no fun.
I love to type!I print because it is a lot faster for me. my cursive takes forever and makes my hand ache!! The aching happens of course when you write too long no matter which way you do it but it happens less frequently when I print and I find that I can print much faster as well and it is more readable.Cursive it has been easier for me and my son both.Typing is harder for us do to tracking problems. Can't remember row of keys are.