Does good handwriting reflect higher education?

If I remember right, my Philosophy professor said that the uglier the handwriting, the better the personality. I enjoyed the lessons in Philosophy.

I think good handwriting is more a reflection of artistic ability. Those people I have worked with who were designers had beautiful handwriting. When I was younger (and did a lot more art), I had very nice handwriting, but over the years, it has deteriorated. I always had a bump on my finger from writing so much in school. Now it's gone. It's all typing on the computer, which at least allows everyone to read what you are trying to say, although some folks need to work on their grammar and spelling! I think most people have bad handwriting because they are in a rush to write down whatever it is they want to say.

Absolutely not..and for that matter proper spelling isnt really a good indication either...I know a few highly educated ppl who suck at both writing and spelling...I also know some not so highly educated ppl who spell quite well and have beautiful handwriting.

Hi, I don't think good handwriting necessarily means that a person has higher education. Just as you mentioned, we are now mostly using the keyboard or keypad, thus we spend less time on writing by hand. For me, I type faster than I write, and my handwriting is so bad that even I myself can't decipher what I have written.

I'm sure that I've heard somewhere that you can tell a lot about a person by their very writing alone! I don't think this would apply to me though as I no longer enjoy handwriting. I much prefer to type letters and things on m computer and then print the letter off. When you have very nice, neat handwriting this shows that you take care and are organised as a person, you like to do things well. I'm not sure this proves that you are educated! The only thing that is going to show that you have some kind of education is your use of language, the words you use and so forth. If you read a lot then chances are you are going to have a good vocabulary. Andrew

Hello Getbiswa. It's an interesting point, and I believe the answer is definitely no, good handwriting has nothing to do with education. I have very nice handwriting - I'm not just saying that, it's what other people tell me. I'm also educated to MA level. However, I put my good handwriting down to the fact that, when I was at school in the late 1950's and early 1960's, wekkly handwriting lessons were part of the curriculum. We were taught to write properly, and it stayed with me. Even though I hardly ever write anything with a pen these days, I haven't lost the handwriting skill.

Good handwriting is an outcome of habit inculcated in school . We were punished if we did not use chain [cursive]handwriting in our school[in junior classes this was taught to us].My handwriting is very good and I owe it to my school and my old tuition master who made me write handwritng every day, were it a holiday or working day.I got a University rank an d gold medal once and I still rememeber how beautiful the paper looked [Narcisstic though it may sound,I am saying this to highlight the effect of good writing] and it was the same with my Tamil paper . I remember my old teacher with gratitude at this juncture.At one point of time everyone used to go gaga over my handwriting .Nowadays, my Tamil handwriting has gone down because I tend to write fast thereby reducing the quality.But, I wish to maintain this handwriting and still do keep writing some question papers or so. But, whetehr handwriting reflects education or not is not definite.I am a post graduate and all my lecturers in my PG classes did write neatly.I cannot speak for others.

Definitely biswa, I think good handwriting reflects not only higher education but also the characters. The truth, however, is that good handwriting is a reflection of how much time you have spent practicing. Unfortunately, students, as they go higher in their education, their handwriting deteriorates. I think good handwriting is an absolute essential. You are the one who is responsible for your education, and for your life. Educators often err in linking good handwriting with smarts. Handwriting can be viewed as a social activity, as finger and hand movements which result in strokes, and as letter shape formations. Writing a letter or note to someone is a social activity involving interpersonal communication. Knowledge of handwriting can help anticipate behavior patterns. In that sense, predictions can be made about how someone might behave in a given situation and how they might react to particular stimuli in the future.

Hi Get, No. There are people who were not professionals but are artist when it comes to writing and lettering. so once you have a good penmanship or great hansdwriting it does not follow that you have higher education. it depends upon the person. if you want to improve your writing skills it's not yet late. we can always make good with ours. but as long as it is readable or you write legibly there will be no problem.

This doesn't follow otherwise doctors should have better penmanship than ordinary college graduates. .

i think higher education means bad handwriting.not only i have seen this but this is my personal experience. i am doing engineering and this is my pre final year.and if i compare it with my handwriting of senior secondary, year by year , it is getting detiorated.....higher education means more written work that too at high speeds..

Nope, i think not. I have bad writing too but I am not less educated. hmm, I think education is measured from the job he is doing, if it works out well or not.

i dont think so. because quality of writting and eduction doesnt have any relation to mind. become more educated depends in effort and amount of attention that given to a subject thats known as eduction.now days the quality of attention is more important than quality of writing. thanks.

Hi. I don't think so. There's no direct or cause-effect relationship between education level and handwriting, especially in the computer age. People don't write as much as we did. I knew some well-educated people have bad handwriting and contrariwise. But I've heard an old local saying which goes: you look like what your handwriting looks like. It refers to people's looks rather than their education levels. :)

it may be a possibility to have a good writing when you have higher education - but it is not necessary. i mean, people who spends most of their time writing would hve better handwriting skills than us - who spends so much time typing than writing (even if we have higher education). I think writing, like sports are practiced too, when you write all the time, you improve on the strokes, thus improving the overall appearance of what you have written.

I actually have pretty good handwriting, and I am not highly educated. On the other hand, doctors are highly educated, and from my experience working in a hospital back in the late 1990's, I can tell you that most doctors have TERRIBLE handwriting. I don't really think that a person's education level has anything to do with how good their handwriting is. I think it has more to do with how much the actually care about their handwriting. I believe that everyone has the ability to write clearly and neatly, but that some people don't because they simply do not want to take the extra time to do it.

Good handwriting comes from practice and the desire to write beautifully. Penmanship, like education, just doesn't mean what it used to. Some people write too fast and end up with a sloppy script and others take their time to carefully execute legible writing.

NO! It just shows that U took the time to practice practice & practice your penmanship so that it's faultless!lol Should know, I did just that and people (WOMEN MOSTLY)say, "U have very good hand writing for a MAN?" WTH??

No my handwriting does not reflect my education. Unless you have a lot of time to dedicate to practicing your writing, there is a good chance your writing isn't going to be the best. I also find that stress and sometimes a lack of patience can have something to do with it. When you are in a rush to write something, your handwriting commonly looks worse than if you took the time to write it correctly.

No I don't. Doctors have some of the worse handwriting. So if anything, bad handwriting reflects higher education.