I write in mixed cursive/print. Some teachers compliment me. Others comment on how its not good. I guess that averages to average.

Still, I type most everything. And by that I mean everything I can.

RyanRushia

United States2748 Posts

September 06 2011 22:44 GMT

#362

my hand writing is god awful... and when i teach i have to write extra-slowly so kids can read it well... really sucks

SpoR

United States1542 Posts

September 06 2011 22:44 GMT

#363

This thread also reminds me of that troll thread of analyzing people's handwriting

Here is what I posted there:

What do you guys rate my handwriting?

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Poll: Rate my writing

average (12)

44%

below average (9)

33%

terrible (5)

19%

above average (1)

4%

excellent (0)

0%

27 total votes

Your vote: Rate my writing

(Vote): terrible
(Vote): below average
(Vote): average
(Vote): above average
(Vote): excellent

Shinobi1982

1605 Posts

September 06 2011 22:47 GMT

#364

Ladies usually have much better handwriting than men. Mine is nowhere near the level of chicks but it's defiantly readable for everyone I'd say. Which for me is satisfying. :D

Macabre

United States1262 Posts

September 06 2011 22:52 GMT

#365

Chicken scratch yo, chicken scratch.

edit --- this thread has me laughing hard... I'm not so ashamed of my hand writing anymore

lightson

45 Posts

September 06 2011 22:59 GMT

#366

Terrible, only I can read my own writing without having to pause every few words to figure out the next. Infact, my writing is so bad that I stuggle when having to write/fill in formal documents and such (ie. loan, job applications, landing forms, tests, etc) that I usually have to ask for another copy as my first one was "Below Average".

Diks

Belgium1880 Posts

September 06 2011 23:32 GMT

#367

I can draw very well and precisely but my hand writting is soooooo bad, It almost seems I didn't improve since I was 8...

Rebornlife

Canada224 Posts

September 06 2011 23:44 GMT

#368

This just in - Gamers can't write worth a shit hahahaha

Najda

United States3765 Posts

September 06 2011 23:48 GMT

#369

I think hardly legible is the average. Not many young people now still practice their handwriting, and thus it becomes rusty/sloppy.

shineq

United Kingdom1453 Posts

September 06 2011 23:55 GMT

#370

My handwriting is so bad that I was given a typing device in High School (I have no idea what to call it, it was a keyboard with a tiny black and white LCD screen), but that proved to be more of a hassle than a benefit. I've been diagnosed with dysgraphia and I'm also left handed, which pretty much makes my writing look like one big smudge and scribbles.

Chairman Ray

United States11903 Posts

September 06 2011 23:56 GMT

#371

I don't write at all. If I did try to write something, it would be like frankenstein

Scap

United States60 Posts

September 07 2011 00:23 GMT

#372

I have hilariously (and notoriously) difficult to read cursive, ESPECIALLY when note taking. I can read what I wrote but other people can't.
I feel so bad for the kids I TA who have to read my comments..

M0nsterChef

Canada67 Posts

September 07 2011 00:25 GMT

#373

My handwriting sucked in elementary and I often lost marks for it but now in high school it doesn't seem to matter how messy it is.

FabledIntegral

United States9232 Posts

September 07 2011 00:25 GMT

#374

Far better than average for most males, slightly better than average overall. Females in general have better handwriting.

giX

United States185 Posts

September 07 2011 00:45 GMT

#375

i have terrible chicken scratch hand writing. luckily there are keyboards

Xeteh

United States589 Posts

September 07 2011 01:02 GMT

#376

Every time I have to write/sign something I cringe... I just know they're going to think I'm retarded.

intotheheart

Canada33091 Posts

September 07 2011 01:04 GMT

#377

You need a new option. "The worst I've ever seen."

Unfortunately my handwriting bounces between "decent but girly," to "terrible, terrible damage to my eyes."

Stress

United States980 Posts

September 07 2011 03:01 GMT

#378

My writing is tiny so it can be hard to read at times. In general I believe females have better handwriting than males.

zenith8

55 Posts

September 07 2011 12:38 GMT

#379

As long as its readable

If I'd really wanted to I could get it neat but it requires a lot of concentration, time and effort and snail pace writing. It isn't practical to write neat for me when your just scribbling down lecture notes or when you only have 15 minutes left to finish writing an essay in an exam.

Girls in my opinion generally have neater handwriting than boys because in our formative school years whilst we are playing games on the computer girls have those glittery flamboyant colourful "secret diaries" where they write up all kinds of silly things like "which boy I like, who I hate, my dream wedding etc"

If anything give it a few years down the track and what you would consider "neat" handwriting today may only be legible to experts due to the advent of technology. Just like how it is really hard to read those old middle age English manuscripts (Think of those big heavy books that were written with a feather and ink). Although the pen and paper will still exist for a long time because of portability.

Oh and if you haven't already seen it Artosis' handwriting :D

TLDR: neat writing takes time, girls have neat writing coz of silly girly diaries, people in the future will have trouble reading our writing of today.

Altar

United States577 Posts

September 07 2011 12:44 GMT

#380

I've been told that I have girl's handwriting because its so neat and clean. Even my signature is like perfect because I can't stand doing it so no one can read it.