One of my student’s parents bemoaned his poor penmanship. She was talking about his printing, not cursive or joined-together letters or script, whichever word one chooses to use. Students use google docs for assignments and there they are corrected. I stopped using cursive in 2004 when none of my students could read what I wrote.
Someday he must be able to sign his name to checks or contracts. Not true, I discovered. Major banks in Britain did away with paper checks, and here in the US, one can sign a contract online. I have. However, one must sign his or her name to an absentee ballot. Mail-in ballot?
My sister has handwriting that is as good as calligraphy. She practiced a lot. Whatever the case might be, what upstages it all is proper punctuation, especially hyphens, those pleading orphans and pesky interlopers.
Someday he must be able to sign his name to checks or contracts. Not true, I discovered. Major banks in Britain did away with paper checks, and here in the US, one can sign a contract online. I have. However, one must sign his or her name to an absentee ballot. Mail-in ballot?
My sister has handwriting that is as good as calligraphy. She practiced a lot. Whatever the case might be, what upstages it all is proper punctuation, especially hyphens, those pleading orphans and pesky interlopers.