Does your handwriting vary?

Yes! I had no idea that there is someone else in this world with same problem. When I had exams as a teen, I had to remember to use the same handwriting in each part. My teachers scolded me few times for giving my notebook to someone else to write in it. Once I've even got tge lowest possible grade and it affected my final grade negatively.  The teacher told me, she would remove this grade if I bring her notes written only by me, so I had to copy tge whole notes with one only handwriting. It felt like a bully and I was disheartened,  although geography was always one of my favourite subjects. I decided to not copy the notes, it didn't make any sense to me and I was angry and amazed how could the teacher not believe me that it was all mine.

Yes! I had no idea that there is someone else in this world with same problem. When I had exams as a teen, I had to remember to use the same handwriting in each part. My teachers scolded me few times for giving my notebook to someone else to write in it. Once I've even got tge lowest possible grade and it affected my final grade negatively.  The teacher told me, she would remove this grade if I bring her notes written only by me, so I had to copy tge whole notes with one only handwriting. It felt like a bully and I was disheartened,  although geography was always one of my favourite subjects. I decided to not copy the notes, it didn't make any sense to me and I was angry and amazed how could the teacher not believe me that it was all mine.

My son got a bad grade in English last year. The teacher said she thought he'd used ChatGPT to write his essay (he hadn't), because it was too well structured (he's smart) and he was using big words (he likes reading). So, his choice was to dumb it down and get a higher grade, or keep up the standard and keep failing. He's had an astonishingly bad run of teachers over the years.

I had two teachers gang up on me once when I was about 15 and force me to take part in the school debate team against another school because I was "the smart kid". The debate was not in my first language. I could comprehend the language reasonably well, but couldn't speak it anywhere near fluently. I tried to explain this, but just got bullied into doing what I was told. It didn't go well. A classic case of situational mutism. In front of an audience. For two rounds. The teachers blamed me when we lost. On the bright side, I wasn't asked back!

And back on topic... My handwriting varies with the audience. I suppose I'm a classic people-pleaser (see above). I write clearly and legibly if other people are going to read it, but write in a scrawl if it's just for myself. My scrawl has very little consistency to it.

Teachers can be real bullies and take advantage of their “higher power”! I got so badly bullied by like all the teachers where ever I went  good for you for not obeying that “teacher” of yours