Take a look at the following picture please.

Do you have hand writing issues and cannot change your style to make it neater, or easier to understand? Read on.

In the years I’ve offered home tuition, one of the things I have noticed is how bad the tutee’s hand writing is.

Mostly it has been indecipherable due to years of doing their own thing when it comes to writing. You know the adage, learn how to do it properly and then you’re free to screw it up.

I have asked them often how they learnt to write and they can’t remember so I’ve reminded them that we used lines with two solid lines and a dotted line between them. The capital letters are required to hit the top and bottom lines and the lower case hit the dotted and bottom line.

You’re remembering now eh?

So you can imagine their horror when I remind them that if the marker cannot decipher what has been written, they are required to mark it downwards. It might make them lose points dependent on how poorly written their exam paper is.

It has amazed me over these years in education that so many rules are regularly broken. Here are some classic mistakes in written exams. Some of them are too ridiculous:

1. “aMeRiCan fIlMs aRe GoOd.”

One student always in every word added capital letters in the middle of words.

2. “My name is peter williams.”

Incorrect use of capital letters. It is more common at sixteen than you’d care to know. I’d say 50% of students don’t do this right.

3. Making each letter hit the top line and the bottom, regardless of whether meant as lower case or capital letter. Usually, this is coupled with the earlier mistakes.

4. “I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO WRITE.”

The use of nothing but capital letters throughout their piece of writing. As a marker, this would seriously get on my nerves.

5. “each word written all at the lower case.”

Unbelievable, but true!

Whilst the example above might not be perfect, it is easily readable and is neat and tidy. If you want to improve and have bad hand writing, it is up to you to make the necessary changes.

Next time you write something (typing not allowed as it autocorrects) consider these errors in your words.

You know the saying, “practice makes perfect.” I also say that “Perfection is attainable!”