Glad someone else hates it. My writing looks terrible in black, presentation has gone out the window. I use a biro now because of the unwashable thing >.< looks awful.

My friend was reading about unis and some are going to change their offers to reflect the new a* grade *woe*

There are washable pens? I didn't know that.

And I love writing in black. Blue is too light.

What about navy?

When I last tried a 'blue-black' cartridge, it came out some horrible dark green. I resolved never to use it again.

Random wrote: You're kidding? I've never used black ink - it looks horrible, and is impossible to find washable black!

Bother them.

I know. I hate black ink, but apparently blue doesn't photocopy well enough or something.. Grr. Need to get black ink cartridges. And get black ink marks on my nice blue-stained pen! Shocking.

Bother them. That means I'm going to have to write in black for 2 months or more. They could just get better scanners! We pay enough for the exams.

i heard it was because they didnt scan...but i thought blue always scanned better...

We'll never get it changed. Sigh, black ink it is. Black does show up better on a black and white photocopy.

no cabbage sherlock :P they are always having a go at me for my handwriting now 'you will loose valuable marks if you write like that' no one noticed when it was in blue :(

My teachers have given up complaining about my handwriting. Mostly because I just point out theirs is worse.

I used to have really bad handwriting, then went on a course to improve it. Now, my brother sometimes acts jealous

jealous of handwriting?

I can kinda see where he's coming from.. struggling to read your own writing is pretty irritating.

Yeah. I can write fairly normally, but when they only give you so much time on a test I have to go faster. And then my writing gets sloppier. It's a vicious cycle.

If I try to write to fast, my hand starts hurting, so the writing messes up, and I can't write legibly for a bit. Extra time is helpful though...

I can read my own handwriting, but nobody else can unless I deliberately make myself write more slowly and less sloppily.

Which gives me a mild smug sense of superiority, in a sad way.

Tsk, you all are missing out on the mythical presentation marks.

I have gr. 10 Science, Computers, History, and Latin. Extremely easy. I have a 97 in Latin, *happy happy happy*

They're for spelling, punctuation and grammar. I get full marks on those.

Spelling, punctuation, grammar, and clarity of explanation or something. No marks for legible handwriting. Fortunately.