About Handwriting....

[Alexander1970]

Yep I am a lefty but was forced to use my right hand to write the whole time I was at School. And because of that my writing looks terrible.

The "Old Fashioned Learning Method" ?
(...A "loving" blow on the "wrong" Hand with the Ruler...)

 

[JuanMena]

The "Old Fashioned Learning Method" ?
(...A "loving" blow on the "wrong" Hand with the Ruler...)

On the head! And then, ear gets pulled.

 

[Alexander1970]

On the head! And then, ear gets pulled.

Ahhh...no...that was too much for the Hand Writing.

That happened on other "Activities" like "Chatting" (...not that Way you all think of...) during Lessons
or forgetting your Homework.

 

[JuanMena]

Ahhh...no...that was too much for the Hand Writing.

That happened on other "Activities" like "Chatting" (...not that Way you all think of...) during Lessons
or forgetting your Homework.

I had the unfortunate fate of being one of those kids.

 

[Alexander1970]

I had the unfortunate fate of being one of those kids.

Yes....and....?
What is the Problem.....these Pedagogical high quality Methods was quite normal in my Childhood.
.....and did not make an Psycho from me.....


.......I think so......or......hmm.....

 

[JuanMena]

Yes....and....?
What is the Problem.....these Pedagogical high quality Methods was quite normal in my Childhood.
.....and did not make an Psycho from me.....


.......I think so......or......hmm.....

Are you implying that I'm a psycho?

 

[Alexander1970]

Are you implying that I'm a psycho?

I think these "Methods" in earlier Times mostly did not hurt...if they were justified.

 

[JuanMena]

@alexander1970 thinks that I'm a psycho!

 

[Hells Malice]

Left handed for pretty much everything though i'm ambidextrous to a degree. I play pool with my left hand primarily but can switch to my right for angles my left can't do. Strictly for writing i'm like... can'tbedextrous cuz my handwriting is pretty shit with both hands.

right since at basic school this was the only allowed way.
nowadays they're less strict.
but it was either right or doing one year extra for not listening and trying hard enough.

I remember going to a "ghost town" exhibit years ago where they showed a school from the 1800s that also only allowed students to be right handed.
I'd be embarrassed for any schools that still use a policy from back during pioneer days...

 

[FAST6191]

I remember going to a "ghost town" exhibit years ago where they showed a school from the 1800s that also only allowed students to be right handed.
I'd be embarrassed for any schools that still use a policy from back during pioneer days...

For the record the regimented lessons and focus on test taking is largely a hangover either from Prussian military schools of similar vintage or "we need happy factory workers" from a few decades after that.
No particularly good reason either -- it is awfully poor at getting people used to the modern world of work and there are plenty of better methods for either overall quality or getting the most out of everybody.

 

[JaapDaniels]

Left handed for pretty much everything though i'm ambidextrous to a degree. I play pool with my left hand primarily but can switch to my right for angles my left can't do. Strictly for writing i'm like... can'tbedextrous cuz my handwriting is pretty shit with both hands.



I remember going to a "ghost town" exhibit years ago where they showed a school from the 1800s that also only allowed students to be right handed.
I'd be embarrassed for any schools that still use a policy from back during pioneer days...

it's because of the pencil we used (and it's not been a total waste):

this type of writing is some art if you get it done right.
but holding these pencils slightly curved at an other angle would just destroy the paper and spill ink.
it was a defect in design of these pencils (working like that swan feather) that some people hated it.
but there's no other way to get a gothic writing style done proper:

 

[DinohScene]

I'm ambidextrous but I prefer right.

 

[Julie_Pilgrim]

I'm right handed

 

[DaFixer]

Right and my wife both

 

[FarellM]

I can only write with my left hand. I brush my teeth with both hands and want to learn to do everything with both hands.

 

[Deleted member 668561]

Other, I use telekinesis

 

[The Catboy]

I use both hands for everything other than writing. I used to write with both hands but don’t anymore due to nerve damage in my arms caused by an immune disorder.

 

[Deleted member 668561]

 

[Stwert]

Right handed for writing, I’m neatest with that, ambidextrous for basically anything else.

These days though, I don’t do an awful lot of writing by hand. Mostly it’s just jotting down notes for games I’m reviewing, with my trusty fountain pen and Moleskine.