Seriously thoughtful Kids just don't cursive like they used to.

[pshrynk]

Originally Posted by meeera

You don't have to have poor handwriting as a doctor. Unless it's caused by some medical condition, it's a choice you make. I chose to have good handwriting because I am a doctor: it was important that my notes and prescriptions be legible.

I was never so glad as when the electronic medical record came along so that I could be sure that my scripts were legible. I'd get carpal tunnel symptoms from trying to write well.

[WT Sharpe]

Originally Posted by pshrynk

My cursive really sucks. But that has more to do with being a doctor than anything else. The lowest grade I ever got on anything was a "D" in fourth grade in handwriting.

I know my signature greatly and swiftly devolved when, during my time as a medic in the Army, I had to sign two kazillion shot records.

On the bright side, I now have a signature even professional forgers would have trouble copying. (Hint: it's nowhere a neat as what's in my signature below.)

[issybird]

There's an article in today's NYT about the importance of handwriting, both printing and cursive, in child brain development.