Crappy Handwritting ??

baby*cham*bell

Is anyone else worried about their handwritting? i no its silly, but mine sucks i'm afraid they won't be able to read anything by the end of my history / geography paper

Cherry_Pie

Maybe you're destined to be a doctor so!!!!

Yeah my handwriting is poor to begin with, but deteriorates as the exam progresses. Not really much you can do about it apart from try to make a conscious effort to be neat.

*Angel*

My handwriting sucks too, but I'm more worried about getting the information down to be bothered about it. I physically cannot write neat when I'm pushed for time, so there isn't much I can do about that.

newgrange

If your writing gets so bad as to be illegible you will have to make a conscious effort to make it clear. Remember the examiner could be doing hundreds of papers, and get to yours after a long day, so you should make sure he/she is not going to give up trying to decipher your scribbles.
Poor handwriting could also play a part in the discretionary marks the examiner can award - if they have just had some real difficulty deciphering an essay, it would be understandable if they then gave less marks for style than they would have for a legible script.

Cherry_Pie

Dont worry about it!!! My friend has the WORST handwriting in HISTORY! Absolutely terrible can't make out a word with out severe concentration! She got 590 and is doing medicine! Obviously handwriting doesn't matter!!

Africa

obviously it does you want the examiner to be able to read it...

Just make a consious effort to make it legible, neat it not nessacery.

newgrange

If handwriting is illegible it very much matters. I have corrected scripts and can assure you there are always some that end up getting no marks for a complete section as neither the examiner nor the Supervising Examiner can work out what the hell the candidate has written.
Nothing more annoying than candidates throwing away marks through poor handwriting, not attempting enough sections, not answering the question asked, etc..

Cherry_Pie

or perhaps the examiner will think you're an excentric genius...lol
Ah Africa's right ! Just do you're best with it!!! And good luck!!

randomfella

newgrange wrote:

If handwriting is illegible it very much matters. I have corrected scripts and can assure you there are always some that end up getting no marks for a complete section as neither the examiner nor the Supervising Examiner can work out what the hell the candidate has written.
Nothing more annoying than candidates throwing away marks through poor handwriting, not attempting enough sections, not answering the question asked, etc..

are u correcting this years leaving cert? and what subjects do u correct?

ThenComesDudley

I'm in the same boat, my advice is to PRINT. Like the good aul days back in primary, everything you write from now to wednesday and so on practice printing, ie no joined writing.After a day or so you become hella fast and it's pretty ledgible..its always easier for someone to decide what a letter is when it's not joined to another. :cool:

newgrange

No I don't correct Leaving Cert., and I'm not correcting this year.

I know the protocols though, and I have experienced trying to 'get' marks for a candidate from a paper that was illegible - it is very frustrating for the examiner, though not as frustrating as candidates who leave out questions, or do not answer what they are asked. In short, examiners are NOT trying to fail candidates, but poor handwriting and missing/unanswered questions are a major reason for losing marks.

My subjects are History, Geography and Environmental and Social Studies. I have corrected History and ESS in the past, at Group., Inter., and Junior Cert. level (H & O).