for years and years my teachers,parents and peers would feel the need to tell me how poor my hand writing was in comparison to everyone else's including those younger than me!!
making me use handwriting sheets for primary school children aged 5, at aged 13 - highly embarrassing and something a stubborn child like me refused out of pride,jelousy and principle - no one elce my age,to my knowledge, was using these ...
Even now my handwriting still is pointed out to be poor, despite life mostly being around computer based things. even had a supervisor at work laugh at my writing not knowing i have dyspraxia and dyslexic tenancies.this was on a list for my own use for stocking shelves, which no one else would have needed to see, so id used short hand as well, but it was felt an unnecessary comment.
i told her and she apologized ,but i was since told shouldn't have had to be in that situation regardless.
so, in may this year (2011) on the 6th
i wrote the following about my frustration about the importance of handwriting in schools and exams, despite the fact it's fastly becoming obsolete.
so, if you care to, enjoy! :
Bug infestation…
Its you who makes me use this fountain pen
Make these chicken scratches again and again
You who wont let me adapt
Pens are pens and that’s a fact
That spider that crawled across my desk
Fell in the ink, and made this mess
Is called my brain talking with my hand
Using commands it cant understand
So PLEASE just get off my case
It’s just my handwriting
Its not the fate
Of the human race
