Handwriting Expert
In preparation for taking the CBEST, I’ve been working on my penmanship.
Word processors and computers are a life saver for one, like me, who struggles greatly with legible writing.
In the old days, every message was written out word for word on notebook paper or a legal pad.
Then came the typewriter days - what a chore it was to make a correction or heaven forbid move a sentence.
Remember the first word processors? They looked like fancy typewriters with digital displays.
With my first computer came WordPerfect and I was hooked!
You could move sentences and paragraphs around with ease.
Editing became part of the science of composition.
But this week I’ve returned to the old school and have been writing on a legal pad.
I need to get my hand in writing shape for two essays.
I’m not worried about composing the essays for the CBEST, I am worried about my handwriting holding up to the scrutiny.
My brain gets moving fast and my hand tries to keep up and the penmanship slowly deteriorates.
My mantra for the essay portion of the CBEST is “slow down, take your time, slow down, take your time.”
How’s your handwriting?
8 Responses to “Handwriting Expert”
When I write for just me to read, it’s hardly legible, though I can read it fine. When I write for anyone else to read, I print. Takes me longer, but others can at least read it.
That’s exactly what I will have to do.
Bingo - same method.
Same for me. I can read my scribble, and have developed sort of my own short hand, but no one else should dare try. It’s completely a brain speed issue. Must write fast enough to keep up.
My architectural lettering was some of the best in school. When I started using Auto CAD all that hard effort with crafting my writing went out the door. Now if I want others to read my handwriting, I focus on making it legible. If I am just writing for myself, I have to be careful to not make it too sloppy or I won’t be able to read it after a while.
Um………..I actually think my handwriting is better than my printing………
My handwriting is excellent, thank you, but your posting brought back a memory for me. My dad’s handwriting was the absolute worst ever, but somehow I could read it just fine. Sometimes he would even ask me to read what he wrote, because he could not read his own writing, IT WAS BAD. Several years after Dad died, I came across an old letter he wrote me years ago that for some reason I had tucked away, and I felt like I had found treasure! I especially liked the “love, Dad” scribble on the bottom of the page. I held the paper to my face and smelled it. Weird, huh?
I still take that old letter out from time to time and do the same thing. To me, Dad’s scribbles are perfect.
Hope you pass. I would never be a able to do the math, no matter how good my handwriting.
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