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What they don't talk about is how fucked some teachers were when it came to teaching writing.
Fucking drill sergeant ex nuns had 1st through 3d graders writing the letter S for hours. That's not how you're supposed to learn what a cramp is. I've got a lump on my middle finger cradles a pencil to this day.
Even this article has issues. It recommends holding the pen at a low point for "more control", which translated to "you have to hold the pen at the very end" in real life, which led me a lot of cramping and the pen sliding away.