How in the World did Chris learn to write? -

[Takayuki Yagami]

I don't want to have a hand in derailing another thread, so I'm starting a new one. Some of the comments in the thread about the newest MHS leak got me thinking about something.
Where did Chris learn to do this?
http://www.sonichu.com/w/images/f/fd/CChanDraws.jpg

My mother teaches elementary and I know for a fact that teachers wouldn't let children write like that. Were his penmanship habits solidified during that weirdness with the school board? Is there any chance Chris missed alot of school during that? Did he just throw a hissy fit when people tried to help him stop? Does anyone have any insight into this?

 

[Roger Rabbit]

Nice thread, OP.

 

[cypocraphy]

He's a moron.

 

[Dr. Meme]

by praying everyday and eating his vitamins.

 

[Hyperion]

No idea how he learned it or why. Unless motherboy himself tells us, which is unlikely, we will never know.

 

[Mauvman Shuffleboard]

Not very well.

 

[Lalala]

Well I'm training to be a teacher and in some cases it's seen as 'the ends justify the means'
Chris would have been a special case in most schools, while every other kid would have been made to learn how to hold a pen properly, with Chris there was always the risk of a tantrum which would disrupt the rest of the class and stop his own learning. Not sure about American education but I would assume that Chris would have been assigned a Teaching Assistant to work with him most of the time. So it's most likely that they tried to get him to write properly, it caused him some form of discomfort or frustration which led to tantrums and the TA and teacher decided that as long as his writing was legible to them and it kept him quiet that it would have to do so he didn't constantly interrupt the rest of the class.

 

[The Knife]

I write with the pen held between my middle and ring finger, too. But then, I also taught myself to write when I was very very young--three or four--and I think people were too freaked out to call me out on it. None of my teachers ever made any effort to correct it, my handwriting's fine, and I don't get cramps or anything. But Chris is the only other person I've seen who writes that way.

 

[BillRiley]

Long story short, Chris writes and draws the way he does because of dyspraxia, an underdevelopment of fine motor skills often associated with autism spectrum disorders. There's a good summary of dyspraxia here.

 

[Le Bateleur]

Sorry OP, but I've wanted to use this for ages...

 

[Takayuki Yagami]

I write with the pen held between my middle and ring finger, too. But then, I also taught myself to write when I was very very young--three or four--and I think people were too freaked out to call me out on it. None of my teachers ever made any effort to correct it, my handwriting's fine, and I don't get cramps or anything. But Chris is the only other person I've seen who writes that way.

Is your grip identical to Chris's?

 

[Very Honest Content]

He stole all his ideas from barely superior sources, mashed them up all together and shat out a horrible recolor that was .

Oh, you mean handwriting, well he had sue happy parents and the homework shows he was a get out of the teacher hair pass upon pain of Borb's legal lash outs.

Plus what BillRiley said.

 

[4Macie]

So as I've stated before, I was essentially what the gal pals were to Chris for someone else in my school days. This individual would throw tantrums for the dumbest things ever, so the teachers let him do weird shit other kids wouldn't get to do. For example, he never learned to tie his shoes. Even in highschool. I don't know how to explain it, but he read weird too. Like he didn't follow thenatural rhythms and stuff. It would not surprise me in the least to find out that teachers let Chris write the way he wanted to so he didn't freak the fuck out. I can picture him like Stuart from madtv "LET ME DO IT!!"

 

[The Knife]

Is the grip identicle to Chris's?

No. He's got his index finger all curled up, like he's holding the top of the pen in place. I just...hold it like a pen, only with the pen resting on my ring finger.

 

[The Maxx]

Well I'm training to be a teacher and in some cases it's seen as 'the ends justify the means'
Chris would have been a special case in most schools, while every other kid would have been made to learn how to hold a pen properly, with Chris there was always the risk of a tantrum which would disrupt the rest of the class and stop his own learning. Not sure about American education but I would assume that Chris would have been assigned a Teaching Assistant to work with him most of the time. So it's most likely that they tried to get him to write properly, it caused him some form of discomfort or frustration which led to tantrums and the TA and teacher decided that as long as his writing was legible to them and it kept him quiet that it would have to do so he didn't constantly interrupt the rest of the class.

Yeah some Sp-ed kids get Teaching Assistants in the States. My mother had a number of kids in her class that had them. And yeah, Lalala pointed out most of the time it's let them do what they want as long as it doesn't disturb the other students. I hate to say it it's mostly so they can get passed in class and move on. Not to say that all Sp-ed students are like that. Many can be taught and learn normally with a bit of extra help and guidance. Chris was obviously not one of those types of students. Seems that his teachers gave him a pass just so they wouldn't have to put up with him tard raging in the class room and putting other students on edge, or the wrath of Barb.

 

[MrTroll]

By shitting himself and doing nothing.

 

[CalmMyTits]

Different kids have different ways of holding pens. Many adults hold the pen between their pointer finger and thumb, pen resting against middle finger. Once in a while I see a pen held between the thumb, index, and middle, resting against ring finger. For any mundane task, people have different ways that feel comfortable for them, but Chris' grip is just... holy fuck.

 

[Pikonic]

Can we stop acting like poor handwriting on an austisic teenage boy is so unheard of?
I can read it, high school teachers would accept that.

 

[fuzzypickles]

He went to school like the rest of us. Except rather than pay attention, he read Goosebumps and played on his Game Boy.

 

[Silver]

Long story short, Chris writes and draws the way he does because of dyspraxia, an underdevelopment of fine motor skills often associated with autism spectrum disorders. There's a good summary of dyspraxia here.

Which I probably also have since I used to have serious fine motor deficits and also I don't hold the pen correctly now

And no teacher ever really tried to correct me past about second grade