Perhaps education is different over here but we have a heavy emphasis on essay questions in exams. As an example I think my History A levels were 3 hour exams with 1 short essay and 1 long essay. I used to end up with pages and pages of writing which I just could not have written in print (although the legibility of my writing could be called to question :p )
Once I got to uni though exams seem to be pretty worthless and have been reduced to multiple choice questions and much more emphasis placed on typed coursework. This probably has something to do with going from one of the top colleges in the country to a pretty shite uni doing a vocational style degree so I get into the work place without £30k of debt.
When something has to be legible such as government forms etc then I will put it in print but for everything else I just write "joined up" as it is easiest and flows.
I think I was taught handwriting when I was about 8 but it wasn't government tested. It was much the same as spelling, you have an informal test every week and that's it.
I have never been taught to type, I found it fairly intuitive, you press the button with the picture of the letter you want.
Once I got to uni though exams seem to be pretty worthless and have been reduced to multiple choice questions and much more emphasis placed on typed coursework. This probably has something to do with going from one of the top colleges in the country to a pretty shite uni doing a vocational style degree so I get into the work place without £30k of debt.
When something has to be legible such as government forms etc then I will put it in print but for everything else I just write "joined up" as it is easiest and flows.
I think I was taught handwriting when I was about 8 but it wasn't government tested. It was much the same as spelling, you have an informal test every week and that's it.
I have never been taught to type, I found it fairly intuitive, you press the button with the picture of the letter you want.
