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Behold, my exam handwriting:


(this is actually quite neat compared to some of my other exam papers. I'll upload a page from my english yearly when I get it back. God was that terrible)
lol that's like my writing.
 

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Alright, i learnt how write even uglier and even faster than before: (are these still acceptable/legible?)

73 words/108 seconds = 42wpm ceteris paribus 1637 words in 40mins

And. even even more uglier:

73 words/96 seconds = 45wpm ceteris paribus 1800 words in 40mins
I could read about 50% of that so about 50% would be marked - other words would be guessed. I would try to do something to make it a little clearer - particularly if you are doing a subject that has some of it scanned for markers this year rather than having the marker read the original.
 

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Alright, i learnt how write even uglier and even faster than before: (are these still acceptable/legible?)

73 words/108 seconds = 42wpm ceteris paribus 1637 words in 40mins

And. even even more uglier:

73 words/96 seconds = 45wpm ceteris paribus 1800 words in 40mins
Aerath

When I see this I must apologise for my comment on your handwriting. artosis's look like what a short-hand typist's (know what a typist is?) jottings.

Amazing how handwriting has evolved - or should that be degenerated into.
 
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Did I? Probably, it was horrendous.

Yes, I attest it's pretty bad.

Out of all the handwriting you have, you pick the half decent one :p
yeah :cry:
my english teacher is always complaining about my handwriting. She knows it's me, without even checking the student number. So i'm guessing it's preeeeeettyyyy disadvantageous to not try to change it :(
lol that's like my writing.
I doubt it.
I bet yours is MUCH neater.
Besides, as slyhunter said, I picked a half decent essay :p
 
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my handwriting is pretty bad....and i will have a hell of a lot to write in the HSC :/
 

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My handwriting is bad, but it is very legible... if that makes sense lol

it's hard to explain

maybe i might upload something
 

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Simple fix to messy handwriting.
Those sorts of books have terrible handwriting styles that only look 'somewhat' neat if they are blown-up to 5x normal size. When you use them in an exam they look childish. These books are to blame for most of the ugly handwriting in NSW students
 
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Hmmm.jpg

I remember using those handwriting books. However, I still think I've managed to take some of those cursive skills they teach.

I don't know. This is what my decent handwriting would look like ^
 

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