My handwriting has been described in a number of colorful ways throughout my life — my favorite being a comparison to an epileptic’s vomit — so I know it’s bad. Tragic, really. I think it’s one of the reasons I took so strongly to typing. But combine my lack of skillful penmanship with chalk, one of the most heinous writing materials ever created, and you can say goodbye to any form of legibility. This is an incredible handicap for a wannateach, and I know I’ll have to work on it. But how does one go about correcting a flaw that was introduced into the system from the beginning? Try learning cursive from a man whose hand was broken-in by writing literally millions of pages as a medical student before the advent of computers, and see how great your handwriting turns out! 
