Speaking from a life of dyspraxia - no, not everyone with sucky handwriting is lazy, many of us would spend 95% of our capacity on making the writing legible and be challenged to learn the actual topic as a result.
In the 1980s that wasn’t really a thing. Besides, it taught me a valuable skill: I partnered with someone who was good at taking notes and I was good at paying attention without taking any notes - she, too, had a problem understanding what she was writing down while writing it down, but took beautiful copies of the lecture. So, afterwards we’d get together and I’d explain her notes to her - which helped me to cement the concepts in my head, at least long enough to get through the exam, and she got her notes explained.
Here’s the thing about “keep at it,” that doesn’t work for everyone. Handwriting is arguable, if I go about 20% of normal people’s writing speed I can indeed make something reasonably legible on the page, but no amount of practice gets that up to full speed.
Same thing with piano playing, three times in my life I have gone through the lesson books - I have a good ear, I can pick out a tune with or without sheet music, with a bit of practice I can read music and play it fluently: one handed. The second book is about adding in the second hand, kids that “get it” breeze through the second book quicker than the first and go on to higher and higher lessons. I am stuck forever at rudimentary two hand playing, my ear-hand coordination falls apart when trying to coordinate two hands to the music. That doesn’t apply to typing, I type two handed just fine, but more than a single note on the left hand is just beyond my capacity to play fluently - like some people can’t remember more than (or even) seven or eight numbers at a time - that’s just their capacity, I’m stuck at six fingers on the piano, I might be able to pull off two fingers on each hand fluently if the transitions aren’t too varied. Same kind of analogy for juggling, most people max out around 5 balls in the air, that’s just their limit no matter how much they practice. Others, I’d wager limit at four, or three.
Speaking from a life of dyspraxia - no, not everyone with sucky handwriting is lazy, many of us would spend 95% of our capacity on making the writing legible and be challenged to learn the actual topic as a result.
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This is why we have accommodations offices at colleges.
No problem giving an alternative for those who need it.
In the 1980s that wasn’t really a thing. Besides, it taught me a valuable skill: I partnered with someone who was good at taking notes and I was good at paying attention without taking any notes - she, too, had a problem understanding what she was writing down while writing it down, but took beautiful copies of the lecture. So, afterwards we’d get together and I’d explain her notes to her - which helped me to cement the concepts in my head, at least long enough to get through the exam, and she got her notes explained.
keep at it. it is worth the pain.
Here’s the thing about “keep at it,” that doesn’t work for everyone. Handwriting is arguable, if I go about 20% of normal people’s writing speed I can indeed make something reasonably legible on the page, but no amount of practice gets that up to full speed.
Same thing with piano playing, three times in my life I have gone through the lesson books - I have a good ear, I can pick out a tune with or without sheet music, with a bit of practice I can read music and play it fluently: one handed. The second book is about adding in the second hand, kids that “get it” breeze through the second book quicker than the first and go on to higher and higher lessons. I am stuck forever at rudimentary two hand playing, my ear-hand coordination falls apart when trying to coordinate two hands to the music. That doesn’t apply to typing, I type two handed just fine, but more than a single note on the left hand is just beyond my capacity to play fluently - like some people can’t remember more than (or even) seven or eight numbers at a time - that’s just their capacity, I’m stuck at six fingers on the piano, I might be able to pull off two fingers on each hand fluently if the transitions aren’t too varied. Same kind of analogy for juggling, most people max out around 5 balls in the air, that’s just their limit no matter how much they practice. Others, I’d wager limit at four, or three.