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Even though we do it every day, writing is one of the most complex tasks that human engage in, involving both motor and critical thinking skills. Some children are born with a naturally legible/ good handwriting, but ask the parents whose child’s handwriting is illegible others may let it go but ask the child who has this problem. Illegible handwriting is almost a ‘Disaster’ for some ……

In every Disaster, only family has the major concern, others may think that it may never happen to us. While an illegible handwriting is a pain for the child, it becomes a nightmare for the Mother. Every Parents Teachers Meeting (PTM) in the school is a pre-decided day of INSULT for the Mother as all the teachers have a serious complain about handwriting of the students.

Mother feels so embarrassing in that situation when she has been humiliated because of her child in front of the other parents.
She has very positive concerns because she can actually see her child becoming a back-bencher and not performing to the expected levels. She lives through unseen fears of future of the child being affected due to the lower grades; he may end up in schools owing to his handwriting. This often results into parents looking down upon their child as not so competent because making comparisons with other kids is an in-built notion that every parent carries. This behavior can even lead to a child feeling neglected in her home. Perhaps, this is one of the reasons contributing to the depressed adolescent.
It has been proved that illegible handwriting does affect the entire learning process of the child because of the regular negative remarks by his tutors, peer, parents etc. This affects his confidence and his normal learning abilities;
It is imperative that awareness about corrective options be made easily available for both parents and teachers.

A year long rigorous activity of Handwriting Olympiad 2011 with the Objective “to enhance the awareness of handwriting amongst the students and parents even in this hi-tech era also” finally culminated with the declaration of the champions. Write right organized this Handwriting Olympiad 2011, wherein over 3000 schools participated.

60 State Champs were selected from 1.5 lac students who participated across the country.
It was a three layered process of Selection of the State Champs

Initially the competition was conducted at School level in school premises; the competition was divided in two categories Cat A – 4th to 7th Std., and Cat B – 8th to 12th std.
Two school champs were selected, one from each category from every school and other 9 students were selected for Elite Handwriting club Members.
The School Champs then qualified for District level. Two Students from each Category in every District received various prizes and trophies at District Level.
District Champs qualified for State Level , and two students from each category were selected , and State Champs and Ist runner-up were awarded the Cash Prize of Rs. 2500/- and Rs. 1500/- respectively.

And Finally 60 Students were qualified for National Level Competition which was conducted at Hotel
Sayaji, Indore on 23rd Jan 2012, “World Handwriting Day”.
National Champion, Runner-up and 1st Runner-up from both the categories were awarded the cash prize of Rs. 50000/- , Rs. 25000 and Rs. 12500 respectively.
Certificates, Trophies and Gift Hampers were also given.

Every student was given a participation certificate. Every handwriting was analyzed by experts based on 56 parameters, and necessary corrective advices were given based on their handwriting to one and all.

The entire school fraternity was highly appreciative of the efforts made by handwriting experts in analyzing the handwriting and giving very practical and implementable advices to the students.

Write Right proposes to continue their efforts of establishing the importance and benefits of handwriting in a student’s life by organizing the next handwriting Olympiad 2011

Human Communication starts even before a toddler starts to walk or a child starts to talk. If you give a pen or pencil to a child he starts scribbling on a piece of paper or on whatever object that he can lay hands on. Believe me, these scribbles by the child are the first means of communication adapted by the little one to express himself. These basically are uncontrolled scribbles which forms base of controlled scribbles for which children are trained to learn alphabets, words, sentences and the language itself. Thus we can conclude writing is the first mode of communication the human child starts with even before he actually stats to talk.

Many children can comprehend as well as express written thoughts. These unique abilities of communicating through a native language clearly separate humans from all animals. Human speech as well as writing is highly dependent on the neuronal network located in specific sites of human being. Humans have developed an ability to communicate through oral language.

The Importance of Handwriting cannot be neglected in this hi-tech era also.

While some people seemed to be blessed with beautiful and expressive penmanship, others spend their entire adult lives wondering why their handwriting resembles a child’s clumsy scrawl. Fortunately, there are many tactics you can use to improve your handwriting.

In today’s computer-driven society, opportunities to practice penmanship and improve your handwriting are few and far between. However, regular practice is the most important step to improve your handwriting. Learning to write is similar to learning how to throw a baseball—you can’t expect perfect results on the first try.

To improve your handwriting, it is helpful to analyze your penmanship to determine what you like and don’t like about your lettering style. Are your letters slanted too far in one direction? Are some of your letters noticeably larger or smaller than others? Is the spacing between words uneven? Compare your handwriting to the writing of your friends, family, and coworkers to see how you measure up. Knowing what areas need improvement will make the process to improve your handwriting much easier.

There are many people who believe that your choice of writing instrument will affect your handwriting. To improve your handwriting, visit your local stationary store and pick up a variety of pens. Many people find that their handwriting improves when they use a fountain pen, but you may have your own preferences as well.

Proper technique is often the key to good handwriting. Research has found that many people who have poor handwriting form the letters with their fingers. They put the full weight of their hand on the paper, use the fingers to form the letters, and pick the hand up repeatedly to move it across the paper. This results in a tight, cramped lettering style. To improve your handwriting, let your shoulders and forearms do most of the work. Your fingers should only serve as the guides to forming your letters.

For some individuals, posture has a minor affect on handwriting as well. When you’re slumped in the chair, it’s difficult to form your letters properly. Sit up straight when you write to give your arm enough room to move across the page.

If you’re serious about learning to improve your handwriting, consider taking a calligraphy course as well . Although calligraphy is most often used to address wedding invitations or create decorative art pieces, the techniques you learn will improve your everyday handwriting as well.

Thus, Legible Handwriting and Calligraphy as a gem is an ornament in Prosperity and Refuge in Adversity.

In a broad sense, calligraphy is merely handwriting, a means of recording and transmitting information, sometimes clearly, sometimes not, but in most instances hastily and with little regard for its appearance. The World of Calligraphy is something more. It is an art—indeed the chief form of visual art—with a history, a gallery of great masters and hallowed traditions. It is an art of grace and elegance which inspires wonderment for its appearance alone.

What distinguishes Calligraphy from ordinary handwriting is, quite simply, beauty. Handwriting may express ideas, even great ideas, but to Artist it must express the richer dimension of aesthetics. Calligraphy to the Artist is “a spiritual technique,” flowing quite naturally from the influence of Nature.

The word of God revealed in the holy books, have inspired generations of calligraphers who have sought to reproduce its words with a perfection of style worthy of its contents. Nature has exerted a more subtle, a more indirect influence on the development of calligraphy: by discouraging the graphic representation of human beings and animals it channeled the creative energies of artists toward other decorative arts, especially calligraphy.

It is true that calligraphy is created in seconds, by means of single unrepeatable brush strokes, but it doesn’t mean that there are no rules governing it.

“The art of giving form to signs in an expressive, harmonious and skillful manner” . The story of writing is one of aesthetic evolution framed within the technical skills, transmission speed(s) and material limitations of a person, time and place is what we call “Calligraphy.”

What if your power goes out? Your Blackberry runs out of juice? You’re stranded away from a printer? There are times that legible handwriting is absolutely crucial. Whether the power is on or off, odds are you have work that must get done. You may have to write out a document by hand and Fax it to a client, or you may be writing in order to type it up later. You may even have to scribble down the phone number of a tow truck. No matter which, the effort is worthless if no one can read it after-wards. It’s practically a version of Murphy’s Law: if you write down something important, it’s bound to be illegible.
And there are jobs that may take you away from your computer — hard to believe, but true. If you’re interested in philanthropic work that will take you deep into a third world country, it’s in your best interest to have good handwriting. Even if you have access to email at all hours of the day, the people you might work with probably won’t.
From the above, I intend to say, howsoever hi-tech you might be, and it may not be true for your surroundings. Hence, keep your writing skills updated because this is one ability of yours which will take you through any of the odd situations.

There are several diseases and conditions that can affect the brain and, in turn, the motor skills required for writing notes by hand. Neurologists can often tell a great deal about what is happening inside someone’s skull by looking at samples of their handwriting — especially if they have past samples. For instance, you can follow the progression of Parkinson’s disease in a patient very clearly through writing samples — handwriting can show the affects of the disease even in very early stages.
Different neurological disorders manifest themselves in different ways, especially on paper. Some can cause an overall decay in handwriting skills, while others can cause a patient to drop letters or words. There are, of course, a wide variety of psychologists who use graphology (handwriting analysis) for the purpose of understanding a person’s mindset as well. However, there is far more controversy about graphology than the simple observances made for the purpose of diagnosing neurological problems.

To conclude, we can say that handwriting can be of great help to both an individual as well as the medical professional.