I had a 5th grade teacher who did not appreciate my artistic talent for putting circles to dot my i’s and tails on my y’s and G’s. Show me one 11 year old girl in the western hemisphere who doesn’t use circles to dot her I’d. But, I digress. I spent that summer at schools end to teach myself to print... in caps too, rather than cursive. Guess I showed her!!
Me. I never did.
I nailed 4 marking periods in 5th grade handwriting with a grade of F... with 4s for “effort” on a 1 to 4 scale, 4 being lowest rating. I took up block writing... capital letters. People often compliment my writing when I handwrite something to communicate a message to someone else... but when I am just scratching out notes for myself... 4s for effort still.
Oh... and my signature... people say I have a doctor’s signature. It can be pretty illegible.