by JH 15 Replies latest jw friends
More than ever, we use our computers and printers to write whatever we need to write. It's neat and we can edit our mistakes without anybody noticing. But on the other hand, we practise less and less our handwriting. When I look at my parents handwriting, I find that they write so much better than I do.
So, do you find that you have a nice handwriting?
Sure. To me it's just a mindset. Once a good handwriter, always a good handwriter. Just let your mind flow to the penmanship zone and let the spirit take over.
Mine looks like total crap now.
I think that girls are generally better hand writers than boys. When I was at school, my writing was terrible and I was constantly being berated because of it. Then, one day, I simply sat down and made myself write well. To this day, I am still neat and legible.
eyeslice
You've got to be kidding, I write prescriptions for a living. It's a tradition ... baaaaad handwriting.
SadElder writes:
You've got to be kidding, I write prescriptions for a living. It's a tradition ... baaaaad handwriting.
So you're one of those guys!!! I've always been really good at deciphering illegible "orders" - but it is an artform. heh heh I'm always ready for a challenge, but when in doubt a quick call to clarify has never been a problem. (BTW, an ophthalmologist I once knew has impeccable penmanship - he didn't mind some good-natured razzing about it either. ) I've also noticed a distinct trend of deteriorating penmanship that correlates to how far along a young physician is in their residency, and once they become attendings... it usually goes to heck in a handbasket.
JH, to answer your question, my handwriting is still nice, but it depends on what the handwriting is for. It's important to me that my work-related documentation is clear at all times, but it can get messier than I like when I am rushed. If I'm making a grocery list that will end up in the garbage, though, I don't care as much about my handwriting as I do when I am writing a letter to friend. Love, Scully
At least sometimes i can read my own notes ... does this apply for a "nice" handwriting?
Mine is still as "nice" as it ever was in school.
Unfortunatly few people can read it.
Despite using the computer, I still do lots of writing. I also keep up communications with friends and family through "snail mail". Sometimes though, my grocery lists end up in shorthand, which hubby can't read. I took two years of it in school, and still use it when I'm in a hurry to put something down.
Everyone says that I have a beautiful "hand". I suppose I will credit my grade school teachers and my mother for helping me to learn that one must write so that the other person can read and understand it.
.....unlike doctors and lawyers today, who's signatures look like "silly string" on paper.
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I've always had very good penmanship and still do. I liked someone's post about setting their mind to do it well and they did.
I've always felt why bother with writing if it's illegible? What's the point? And is it really true that some people are incapable of legible penmanship? And these people are smart enough to become doctors? I don't think so.
If someone's cursive writing is illegible, then they should print, imo. That is, if they want to be understood and if they don't, then why bother?
Or could it be some kind of benign unconscious arrogance (since it takes someone else 3-4 times longer to decipher it so that the writer's time is worth so much they can't print it and the reader's time is worth so little that they should waste it)?
Pat
