http://styronblog.com/2009/12/03/she-must-be-sane-her-handwriting-is-beautiful/ How people, businesses and nature compete Wed, 16 May 2012 21:18:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://styronblog.com/2009/12/03/she-must-be-sane-her-handwriting-is-beautiful/#comment-553 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 04:16:18 +0000 http://olp09.wordpress.com/?p=1145#comment-553 Being left-handed (where you’re pushing the pencil in unnatural shapes and not pulling at an age where fine motor skills are dicey anyway) and being taught penmanship by nuns who tried to switch me didn’t help. I remember 4th grade as the year I had to cursive my way through a 500 page ream of paper after school — 10 pages every night before I could play. I can mirror-write beautifully from right to left. But you have to turn over the paper to read it, and people freak out when they see me do it. Rosemary’s baby or something. When in doubt, I print or semi-print. On the positive side: probably my difficulty with penmanship made me a writer. And I can read almost any handwriting out there. Go figure. *|:-)

]]> http://styronblog.com/2009/12/03/she-must-be-sane-her-handwriting-is-beautiful/#comment-552 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 12:04:25 +0000 http://olp09.wordpress.com/?p=1145#comment-552 I think good penmanship is a result of practice at an early age, as affected by innate ability. It’s no more a sign of cognitive ability than the ability to sing in tune.

]]> http://styronblog.com/2009/12/03/she-must-be-sane-her-handwriting-is-beautiful/#comment-551 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 04:39:45 +0000 http://olp09.wordpress.com/?p=1145#comment-551 Is the converse true? Reading– A. History–A. Science–A. Mathematics–B+. English grammar — B+. Penmanship–really really squeaky D.

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