Confession: I have the handwriting of a serial killer. If I were to send a handwritten letter to Quantico*, they would swoop down on my so quickly with a hockey mask, straight jacket and a moving dolly that I wouldn't know what hit me.
And I give all of the credit to the woman in this picture, Mme Connolly, my first grade teacher.
**And as luck would have it, I got Mme Connolly for a teacher again in grade 2 AND again in grade 8. But what happened to her when I was in grade 8 is a whole other story!
And now I have the daunting task of helping to teach someone how to write! I think this homework task will best be left to Hilary. One person with illegible handwriting in the family is more then enough.
*Yes I'm Canadian, and no the FBI doesn't have jurisdiction here, but I'm pretty sure that most of you who read my blog have never heard of CSIS. That, and they don't have a cool place like Quantico.
**Can you guess which one is me?
***Keep in mind that this is my recollection of events some 30+ plus years later. It may well have only been 2 weeks, but it is cemented in my mind as having been a whole lot longer.
4 comments:
I also have the handwriting of a serial killer. For me, it was blamed on the fact that I was left handed. After much discussion between my adoptive mother (who was also left handed, but has beautiful handwriting) and my first grade teacher, it was decided that nothing could be done. From that time on I was treated as if I had a disability, teachers would very calmly and quietly ask me to read my papers for them. While that was maddening, I'm glad I was not subjected to rehabilitation as you were.
I have to go with the "Virginia is for Lovers" kid. Not because she's the one who pops out the most but because of the shape of the nose, cheekbones and eyebrows.
Second choice is the girl with the missing teeth sitting in the front row. The shape of the jaw seems to be a bit different.
Who is the kid in the second row, far left?? The one standing up so straight, proud, and happy...such a trooper!
C'mon! It's been a week now. Which one ARE you???
I have horrible handwriting as well. I am a nurse so I often joke that I should have been a doctor because I have the handwriting of one.
Seriously, it is embarassing sometimes though. For several years it has been my new years resolution to re-learn how to write. So far... nothing!
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