Handwriting, please assist me.

I was with it entirely for 6 lines but afterwards have a fair bit of difficulty with a few words, however I can get most of them and definitely get the argument which is the most important thing (although I am a little lost towards the very end). I am sure an experienced examiner would do better than me. I was always told by my teachers that my handwriting was borderline illegible and examiners might be unable to mark it, but it was never a problem. I have a sneaking suspicion it might have helped me via my exams being eventually delegated to senior/experienced markers more often, as that would explain consistency in my English Lit results lol.

you didn't have handwriting class in like year 5 brah?
just spend like 3 days writing neatly, copy comic sans or arial font or something
print out a bunch of notes you wrote in that font and just write them out on lined paper trying to get as close to the actual font as possible
10 pages of notes later you should be all set

Unfortunately with actual exam revision I'll struggle to find time to simply work on handwriting, maybe will just have to hope the marker has got the right prescription of glasses on hahaha.

Yeah, I did that but I still can't write legibly

I too, have very messy handwriting, however, yours is legible to me. Mine is a little better and still teachers complain about it a lot, so I guess its worth discussing. I do feel this is an issue exam boards fail to really highlight. An examiner will have seen hundreds up different types of handwriting, so its likely they just get better at adapting to different handwriting styles to decipher script.

Some students are given extra time, or a scribe if there's a health problem, this is subject to the exam board though so I think its worth talking to a teacher or an exam officer about it, don't hesitate to PM me though

just break your writing hand and type your answers on a laptop

I too, have very messy handwriting, however, yours is legible to me. Mine is a little better and still teachers complain about it a lot, so I guess its worth discussing. I do feel this is an issue exam boards fail to really highlight. An examiner will have seen hundreds up different types of handwriting, so its likely they just get better at adapting to different handwriting styles to decipher script.

Some students are given extra time, or a scribe if there's a health problem, this is subject to the exam board though so I think its worth talking to a teacher or an exam officer about it, don't hesitate to PM me though

Yes, I have heard of all these conditions but of course would not like to think that I might have one in case I am just an idiot when it comes to writing, haha.

It won't be dyslexia because I don't have problems with spelling, numbers, or the actual formation of the word on the page.

As an indication last year in my three science assignments I got over 15/20 in each of the two typed ones and then in chemistry I got 8/20 for a handwritten one, but it was probably just s**t lol (although I didn't feel it was that bad, how silly of me)!

As you can see in the attached page, I sometimes miss out large sections of words or important letters and I don't know if this is a symptom of something.Also, sometimes if writing smaller words I will write the second letter first and then realise I have missed the vital start

just break your writing hand and type your answers on a laptop



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Hello,

I have never been offered any help to do with my handwriting with exams etc., however I feel I struggle to write in a legible format for exams under the time limit and often lose marks for words being hard to understand, perhaps a couple of marks per exam in cases.

I will attach a scan of part of a timed past paper I did for Higher English (note that this is equivalent of A level I believe) but it isn't really about the level anyway.

I completed the paper within the specified time however I feel like the handwriting is something that even I can barely read.

Please could someone let me know if this is legible and if I should be given some sort of help when it comes to exams in order to make it a little better/not to lose marks?

Thanks,
Ben.

Dyspraxia

oh you have an excuse tho! do you get extra time?

And a scribe

I have dyslexia and actually have no spelling or number problems (yeah i have the word formation problems but that's probably more the dyspraxia symptoms i have) so i wouldn't write it off on that basis:P If you have no problems with reading or memory at all then fair enough. With your significant difference between writing and typing you're doing yourself a disservice but not at least looking into it being something more than messy handwriting. You don't sound like an idiot when it comes to writing.