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Jan. 10th, 2006 07:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
nnyI have a theory.
When we are terribly wee, the criteria as to which subjects we excel at is not really all that stringent. Mischeivous experimentations with powder paint, eggs, precarious buildings and (in one particularly memorable case) urine mark one for the sciences, whereas the possession of neat handwriting naturally means one is far better at English.
These early impressions influence our opinions of the subjects and the effort we are prepared to put in, of course.
Which would be why doctors have such atrocious handwriting.
When we are terribly wee, the criteria as to which subjects we excel at is not really all that stringent. Mischeivous experimentations with powder paint, eggs, precarious buildings and (in one particularly memorable case) urine mark one for the sciences, whereas the possession of neat handwriting naturally means one is far better at English.
These early impressions influence our opinions of the subjects and the effort we are prepared to put in, of course.
Which would be why doctors have such atrocious handwriting.
