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My 15y/o has terrible handwriting. Got him a tutor a few years back—didn’t help. He is bright, and manages, because so much work is on computer these days—but there is a time that he needs to be able to write legibly. Any ideas?
OT (Occupational Therapy) works on handwriting. Also how does he hold his pencil. You could try getting something like this to promote the proper grip.
My 8th grader is in the same situation. He holds his writing instrument wrong. We've tried a few methods to help him, all have failed so far.
Or maybe just bad handwriting. When I was young, I was told I held my pencil "incorrectly"-- two fingers on top, pencil rests on ring finger, rather than one finger on top and pencil rests on middle finger. Finally got myself one of those pencil grips somewhere between 2nd and 4th grade and learned to do it correctly. Handwriting is still bad.
They stopped teaching cursive writing in schools and some kids don't even know how to read it. He can improve his handwriting by just practicing but pretty much handwriting style is set at a young age. I remember learning cursive writing in 2nd grade. Don't worry, most work is done on computer and in the future he may have an assistant to help with the writing part.
My 15y/o has terrible handwriting. Got him a tutor a few years back—didn’t help. He is bright, and manages, because so much work is on computer these days—but there is a time that he needs to be able to write legibly. Any ideas?
Not that it will help your situation any but others dealing with the same thing should take issue with the problem 10 - 12 years sooner than you did.
Well, all this about "young people can't read longhand" makes me even more determined to keep writing in longhand.
Put me in a lecture, taking notes that I'm going to need later, and I guarantee I can outwrite anyone who prints.laboriously.every.single.letter.separately. Why on earth would you want to do that when longhand is so much faster and easier?
In the old days, we would take drafting classes where they taught you to print in block letters. This helped a lot of folks. The only time I use cursive nowadays is signing my name.
Does your son have an interest in art? Maybe a calligraphy class would help him out.
In the old days, we would take drafting classes where they taught you to print in block letters. This helped a lot of folks. The only time I use cursive nowadays is signing my name.
That's what I meant about entering engineering/tech. When you job includes lettering a drawing, adapting block lettering for use as your standard handwriting is a lot easier and more legible than script.
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Originally Posted by turf3
Well, all this about "young people can't read longhand" makes me even more determined to keep writing in longhand.
Put me in a lecture, taking notes that I'm going to need later, and I guarantee I can outwrite anyone who prints.laboriously.every.single.letter.separately. Why on earth would you want to do that when longhand is so much faster and easier?
I can certainly understand wanting to preemptively defeat annoying geezer-launched comments.
There's a big difference between the painstaking lettering that a draftsman would do on a drawing and using a block lettering style as one's standard handwriting, and I'll gladly sacrifice some speed for much greater legibility.
That's what I meant about entering engineering/tech. When you job includes lettering a drawing, adapting block lettering for use as your standard handwriting is a lot easier and more legible than script.
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Well, I am a practicing engineer and I take all notes and write all my handwritten stuff in longhand. Lettering is not writing, as you should have been taught in drafting class.
Printing every.single.letter of every.single.grocery list, to-do list, notes to oneself, notes on a logbook, etc., etc., etc. would drive me nuts - when I have right there in my muscle memory a much faster and equally legible way to do it. Hell, if I could write shorthand I'd use that (like my mother did).
I am an Ivy League graduate and high school valedictorian who has made a living as an editor for more than 20 years. I also have a severe learning disability (ADD) with other add on issues. My handwriting is TERRIBLE and manual writing is difficult for me. A friend who reads a lot of science articles claims it's because my brain is sending my thoughts out faster than my hand can keep up with, but I think it's just terrible fine motor skills.
Let your son be. Handwriting has nothing to do with future success in my experience.
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