You know, they don't really teach handwriting skills in schools anymore. Guess it's another casualty of the computer age. But handwriting is more than pretty letters -- it's said to be better for your brain than typing (writes she via her keyboard), and it would undoubtedly be better for your motor skills (both development of and maintenance of them). How many of us have lamented the degeneration of our own handwriting since the advent of the mouse?