13-year-old with awful handwriting (really, printing)

<p>My D can’t write in cursive worth a darn. She had to write " I certify that this essay is the result of my own efforts" at the bottom of her college essays and it must taken her 5 minutes to write it twice and even had to white out one word and rewrite. She can’t even remember how to make certain letters in cursive. She has always printed everything she has to write, even on the SAT. She says she can print faster than writing in cursive and her printing is legible. I don’t know if it’s because she learned to print first in elementary school and then started typing assignments soon after that she never really felt very comfortable writing in cursive. She’s a very bright kid. I guess it’s just not high on her priority list.</p>