Monk goes to high school

[PHILLYQ]

This past Saturday I went to a high school fair in NYC(My son is in the 8th grade.), and it was a very crowded affair, with thousands of students, parents, etc. Numerous high schools had booths set up at this fair, promoting their school as the 'one' to go to, etc.

My son is interested in going to Stuyvesant HS, a very rigorous academic school that requires a verrry high score on the standardized test for the specialized high schools in NYC. So, dutiful father I am, I go by the Stuyvesant booth to get any info they have and get a booklet. They list the usual Nobel prize winners(3 of them!) that you'd expect, a few actors, some in the business world, and... Thelonius Monk! He's a 1935 graduate. Now I REALLY want my son to go there

[marcello]

Here's a interesting link for you......Monk's High School Work

[Joe G]

Wow - That script! How many kids learn penmanship like that nowadays?

[Michael Fitzgerald]

None. They have way too many other things to worry about on the standardized tests.

Mike

[7/4]

I looked at a few of them. It's interesting how in most of them, the script leans left.

[Kalo]

Was Monk a lefty?

Interesting that his favorite magazine, at that time, was Boy's Life (at least that's what he wrote for the teacher).

[Free For All]

the script leans left.

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As do most Monk tunes.

[Kalo]

Damn, if I was high school, I'd go to Monk!

Left-leaning or no!

[Jim Alfredson]

My penmanship is terrible. Always has been. Something that has always interested me: Why do 99.9% of women write the same? Men always have funky handwriting, but women's handwriting all looks the same.

Ever notice that?

[Joe G]

No. Probably because it isn't so. :rsly:

[Chuck Nessa]

My penmanship is terrible.  Always has been.  Something that has always interested me:  Why do 99.9% of women write the same?  Men always have funky handwriting, but women's handwriting all looks the same. 

Ever notice that?

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SEXIST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[7/4]

My penmanship is terrible.  Always has been.  Something that has always interested me:  Why do 99.9% of women write the same?  Men always have funky handwriting, but women's handwriting all looks the same. 

Ever notice that?

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Most of the notes on my desk are printed, rarely script. Script is for signing things like checks, IRS forms, credit cards and so on.

[Kalo]

My penmanship is terrible.  Always has been.  Something that has always interested me:  Why do 99.9% of women write the same?  Men always have funky handwriting, but women's handwriting all looks the same. 

Ever notice that?

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Not having had contact with 100% of women, I don't feel I've got the data to confirm or deny this.

Today's penmanship (and penWOMANship) seems to be pretty dire in general.

I made my own handwriting up, though I will admit that it was influenced by comic books.

I think that when I was in grammar school (late 1960s-early 1970s), the teaching of penmanship was on its last legs.

[Kalo]

My penmanship is terrible.  Always has been.  Something that has always interested me:  Why do 99.9% of women write the same?  Men always have funky handwriting, but women's handwriting all looks the same. 

Ever notice that?

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Most of the notes on my desk are printed, rarely script. Script is for signing things like checks, IRS forms, credit cards and so on.

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You're right. Printing is the mode nowadays. My own handwriting is an idiosyncratic blending of script, printing, and mimicry of typesetting.

Edited September 20, 2005 by Kalo

[Kalo]

My signature, on the other hand, is entirely illegible, but I guess I'm stuck with it now.

[Jim Alfredson]

No. Probably because it isn't so. :rsly:

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You didn't get many love notes in high school, did you, Joe?

Okay, neither did I. But the one(s) I did get were written in the same handwriting. And I have five sisters and two of them write just like other girls I know. The other three are all artsy and shit so that doesn't count. Just like my wife.

But seriously... I have no proof... and maybe I was over-shooting with the 99.9% thing, but its at least 75%.

There needs to be some serious research in this area.

[Jim Alfredson]

And before someone gets to be a smart-ass, NO my sisters didn't write the love notes. Christ, you people are so predictable.

[Kalo]

I guess that the girls who wrote me love notes in high school were all "artsy." I still have those notes (buried somewhere) and they didn't write alike at all.

[Jim Alfredson]

Fine. I'm full of shit.

I'm going home now.

Wait, I am home.

Uh, so how about those Lions?

[Kalo]

But in the dark they all feel alike (the notes, that is).

[Kalo]

Fine.  I'm full of shit.

I'm going home now.

Wait, I am home.

Uh, so how about those Lions?

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Wait, don't go home yet, Jim (at least metaphorically).

I have a test. Next time you have a gig, mention that all guys have funky handwriting but all girls write alike as part of your stage patter. If you get a laugh from most of the crowd, you're on to something.

Edited September 20, 2005 by Kalo

[Adam]

I learned penmanship and forgot it all. One geometry teacher put it, "What is this, do you write with a shovel?"

The only cursive I can do now (without great concentration) is my signature, which is pretty legible, until half way through my last name. But I went entirely to printing when I went to college.

I actually don't know if I can remember how to do a cursive 'Q." How distressing is that?...

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Not very.

[Joe G]

No. Probably because it isn't so. :rsly:

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You didn't get many love notes in high school, did you, Joe?

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Back then, I subscibed to the belief that the only thing cooler than bands that got lots of chicks were bands that scared chicks!

YEAH!

[Jim Alfredson]

Rock on, Beavis.

[Noj]

I have neat penmanship, and several different styles.