messy handwriting-what if a teacher penalise/ refuses to mark? (1 Viewer)

[QWE-RTY]

Hello everybody, I am currently in year 9 and I need advice for the following scenario:

Almost every assignment/exam involves a written/long answer section. Usually, I completely disregard my handwriting in order to maximise my speed. It is readable however. What should should I do if a teacher penalised me or even refuse to mark it purely based on handwriting? (provided that handwriting is not mentioned in any way on the marking criteria)

This will probably be an issue for the next few years.

Thanks

 

[si2136]

It happens.

Source: Lost a mark in Business Studies

 

[QWE-RTY]

Did you try and appeal to your teacher?

 

[BandSixFix]

BOSTES states teachers CANNOT mark you down for hand writing - if they can't read something, they just ignore it. So they didn't mark you down for hand writing even if they say that - they marked you down because they couldn't find a reason to give you the marks in the first place.

 

[si2136]

Did you try and appeal to your teacher?

Year 11 doesn't really matter and I did rush it

But @B6Fix

Yeah ignoring it is not giving marks

 

[D94]

If what you wrote is illegible, then the marker won't know what you wrote, so that can't be marked, therefore you can't gain any marks.

Improve your handwriting.

 

[Drongoski]

Hello everybody, I am currently in year 9 and I need advice for the following scenario:

Since you are now in year 9, you still have time to improve your handwriting, if you could be bothered to do so. But I have found that improving one's handwriting is not easy. Still, I believe it can be done if you have the right guidance and the will to make the required effort.

 

[Fizzy_Cyst]

As a HSC marker -- If I can't read it, I can't mark it.

 

[Drongoski]

As a HSC marker -- If I can't read it, I can't mark it.

Students with poor handwriting can read their own handwriting but fail to realise that others may find it illegible. I would say from my observation 2 in 3 have poor handwriting and at least 4 in 5 do not know how to hold their pen.

 

[frog1944]

How do you improve your handwriting?

 

[Drongoski]

How do you improve your handwriting?

See me. But it's not easy to correct bad handwriting, I find.