East vs. West ... and a little bit of bragging on my kid

[ORChick]

I was a contrary child, so I learned the rules for when the grades were important, and flouted them when I could, just to annoy the teachers.

That is the exact reason I don't write in cursive. I hated it, it hurt my hand, and my 5th grade social studies teacher would not accept any work that was not written in cursive. I would write in cursive in his class and printed in all my other classes. In my defense, my print was much, much neater than my cursive, so I imagine that my other teachers were actually grateful for my stubbornness

Actually, I do write in cursive, but have developed my own form over the years. For example, several letters I write in the capital form even when small - s,r. X and y are printed, rather than cursive. I also took a few elements of the Irish language (Gaelic) way of writing, and added that in - hard to describe. Its very distinctive, and easy for me to write, and for others to read, but does not conform to most *official* rules.