January 23 is National Handwriting Day (not to be confused with National Letter Writing Week, Jan 8-14). We can think of no better day for you to practice your penmanship. Take it from our new Words of Wisdom poster series:
Before you can start practicing how to write your Ps and Qs, you need to learn how to hold a writing utensil. According to this poster, apparently you're supposed to hold a pen like a well-educated adult, not some graceless monkey who may use the pen to inadvertently jab himself in the eyeballs.
Some handy tips to remember:
-Hold the pen firmly, but not so tightly as to cramp the fingers.
-Avoid the finger movement. It is not practical.
-The thoughtful student in penmanship, as in other studies, will win.
And for the love of all that's holy, "Keep both feet on the floor."
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| Italics mean the poster is serious. |
Now that you have learned how to hold a pen, what are you going to do with it? Conduct an orchestra? Stick it in your ear? Eat soup with it?
Why not write someone a letter? Or do your taxes? Or make a list of all the reasons you can't eat soup with a pen? According to this here poster, good penmanship doesn't come naturally, so you'd better study up on how to ensure that your ledger is legible:
Here are a few easy tips:
-Write plainly and neatly as possible, rapidly if you can, slowly if you must.
-Neatness, elegance, and correctness are all equally important as mere legibility.
-Making a wavy line to represent a word is an injury to the writer and is vexatious, unsatisfactory, and disrespectful to the reader.
-Vexatious: adjective; causing or tending to cause annoyance, frustration, or worry
-You're welcome.
Now that you're able to hold a pen and form words out of letters on a piece of paper, the possibilities are endless! You could
apply for a job, practice appropriate
business conduct, or
buy a horse.
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| Hey, these posters didn't write themselves. |
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Whatever you choose to do with your new skills, always remember,
keep those feet planted, buddy.
