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My son is 15 and has always had poor handwriting. Any efforts to correct it at primary school (using special grip pencils etc) were unscessful. His secondary school teachers think his handwriting is difficult to read and may affect his exam results. However, they do not think he is bad enough to qualify for being allowed to use a laptop in exams. One of his problems is a very awkward pen grip which has become so engrained that he says he can't change it without drastically slowing down his writing speed which is already very slow (another problem in exams!). Do you think it is worth trying to change his grip at this late stage, and do you run any courses (we are based in south east London) that might help? Many thanks for any advice you can give.

23/03/2010 12:45:11
Liz Turney

It maybe worth asking the school if your child can use voice activated software or predictive typing and extra time in exams.

05/03/2011 13:55:34
Jacqueline Glen

I had very, very poor handwriting as a child and in my early teenage years.

I made a deliberate, conscious effort to change it.

All you have to do is get the pen in the right grip, write maybe 10,000 'a's, then 10,000 'b's

It just takes practise - and the right grip is pretty essential to getting a good end result.

It's no more difficult than teaching yourself to write with your left hand - and I've done that to.

15/09/2011 21:02:30
Albanaich (Member)