Messy handwriting and SAT/ACT Essays

<p>I am trying to teach him the D’Nealian (sp) printing which is half printing and half cursive because I think it will yield a more readable essay. Like cursive, you turn the page at an angle and the letters are slanted like cursive. Supposedly, a person can write faster this way.</p>

<p>(he prints because his cursive is uglier than his printing – by teacher requests!)</p>