It comes off those genes. The fifth-grader from Sacred Heart School in Cullman, Ala., was named grand champion of this year's national handwriting contest. The Gillette Co. Both companies have conducted research indicating that sloppy script causes problems on and off the job. Illegible handwriting stumps mail-sorting machines at the U.S. Postal Service, meaning some federal tax refund checks never reach their destinations. And bungled longhand is a headache for pharmacists, hospital staff and office workers, says Zaner-Bloser vice president Richard Northup.
Doctors are notorious for their scribbles.
We learn the drugs in school and usually you can figure it out. I remember that Jennifer's looked as if she had written with some degree of ease and fluency. People first noticed Jennifer's fluid style when she learned cursive in second grade. It improved under the guidance of handwriting instructor Sister Tonette Sperando, who tells her students penmanship is an art. Now, we're going to make a loop.