With the start of a student’s education system engaged in trains them into the skill of handwriting. In most of the cases they just copy the teacher without the understanding of what they are doing and why. In a way they depend more on the skills of scribbling which they have gathered since they started toddling. Once they replicate the drawing properly they are trained to associate it with similar sounds taught through ages. The fact remains that until their 3rd grade they start learning various things without any understanding of the mistakes which they seem to have in their writing. Once on to higher education they understand the importance of legible writing as they have their grade/marks dependent on their writing skills. After they are through their higher education in to professional courses & into the mad world they have lost sight of the effects their handwriting is going have in the coming future.
Often professionals had to pay punitive damages just because of handwriting illegibility and the most common among them are medical practitioners, book writers, media personals ect. The main cause in this type of cases are, illegibility of written mater leading to wrong interpretations thus causing collateral damages.
Don’t you think we should save ourselves from committing such errors which can be corrected……….? ]]>
These children of today will become the citizens of tomorrow. They will the torch bearers of tomorrow.
You must be wondering why this statement?
Because, I with my 10 years of research on over 100.000 handwriting samples have come to a conclusion that a handwriting has a lot to contribute when it comes to shaping the “person” in an individual.
Children with illegible handwriting often become introvert with low self esteem. This happens mainly because the child is often scolded by his teachers in front of the entire class, which humiliates him & he also faces a similar situation at home too. It is more so a situation of never ending mental torture that a child has to go through.
A child with low confidence always avoids eye contact with his teachers & this affects his entire learning process during his school days. Eventually this reflects in his total grades at the end of his sessions. It has a fallout effect on his future, as the child is left behind when it comes to picking up subjects of his choice in his higher studies.
This is one major reason we can conclude that handwriting contributes in shaping the personality & the success chart of a child.
Although computers have come to the rescue of such kids to quite an extent, but when it comes to learning of the spellings, having a good vocabulary or developing a sound written or even verbal communication has a lot to contribute.
Parents should understand the above discussed facts & counsel their wards, make them understand the benefits of good handwriting and also the adverse effect of an illegible handwriting. ]]>
People born after 1980 generally have a distinctive style of handwriting: a little bit sloppy, a little bit childish and almost never in cursive. The explanation for this is that computers are responsible for increasingly illegible scrawl, but that’s not the case. The simple fact is that kids haven’t learned to write neatly because no one has forced them to. “Writing is just not part of the national agenda anymore. The parents, teachers, all are responsible for the present state of affairs.
Cursive started to lose its clout back in the 1920s, when view point was that because children learned to read by looking at books printed in manuscript rather than cursive, they should also learn to write the same way. By World War II, manuscript, or print writing, was in standard use across the U.S. Today schoolchildren typically learn print in kindergarten, cursive in third grade. But they don’t master either one. Over the decades, daily handwriting lessons have decreased from an average of 30 minutes to 15. More over these lessons are hardly checked by any one for quality, making the writer also very casual toward this activity.
The education fraternity has for inexplicable reasons are not stressing on the fact that learning a language, adding to one’s vocabulary, learning spellings all depends on the writing skills of the students. The parents & guardian need to be educated on these facts, because this in long term going to affect the entire career of their wards.
I firmly believe, handwriting can never loose its importance. It is just a passing phase. ]]>
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.
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
]]>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.
]]>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.
]]>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.”
]]>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. ]]>
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.
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