[tomwed]

I'm left handed and so the side of my hand rubs over what I wrote. I can't remember what grade we left pencils behind except for math and started using fountain pens, my worst nemesis, my undoing. It wasn't until I started typing that people suspected I may not necessarily be a slow learner. Nothing stands in the way of writing a well constructed paragraph then when you can't make out the words.
One of the many downsides of going to Catholic school was that everything you handed in, all your homework had to include your full proper name on the left side top line, the full day and date on the right side, the name of the school on the second line, Immaculate Conception School, your grade on the right side, underneath that centered was the subject. It didn't hurt to put a JMJ on the very top of every page too. In our minds the nun was thinking "Is this exactly the right answer? ---well he does have a JMJ on the page so I'll just give it to him."