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CRACK
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 Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 7:49 pm Post subject: How far down do you hold a pen/pencil? |
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| Something I noticed a long time ago is that I always hold a pen or pencil near the bottom, like right on the curve part. And I've been commented in Elementary school on how tightly I grip a pencil. At times I try to hold it a little further up, but then I am forced to write at more of an angle and that is awkward to me. |
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coregazer
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sometimes my hand slips onto the curve. sometimes even onto the nib/tip. but often at the end of the pencil. near the curve
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tomboy4good
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I tend to do that too! My grip is so tight that I have a callus on my finger from all the years of pressure. Also, I prefer pencils to pens (easier to correct my mistakes that way).
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2ukenkerl
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| Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 7:56 pm Post subject: |
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| As I recall, I did that ALSO! People actually FORCED me to change my grip about the time I was 12. |
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kip
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I did the same thing. I've actually broken the tip off a pencil or two.
I use pens now. But only certain ones, they are fatter than pencils, so I seem to grip them higher. And I don't usually write anything of import, so it doesn't matter if there are scribbles all over.
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Kauf039
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Always hold near the tip. Pens with a rubber "holder" are useless to me. I loved the pencils that when you sharpen them are all smooth at the tip (made from shavings or not real wood... *shrug*) because it doesn't hurt as much to use them.
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ghouna
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| Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 8:28 pm Post subject: |
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| I love writing with fountain pen, but i grip it very tightly and it is a bit painful, also my fingers have callous too. |
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2ukenkerl
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| kip wrote: | I did the same thing. I've actually broken the tip off a pencil or two.
I use pens now. But only certain ones, they are fatter than pencils, so I seem to grip them higher. And I don't usually write anything of import, so it doesn't matter if there are scribbles all over. |
WOW! You just reminded me! I did the SAME, and I STILL remember the tip going against my finger, so I DID hold it like that! |
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camelonajourney
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| Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 8:30 pm Post subject: |
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| Near the point. I've gripped it so tight that over the years a little nub has formed on my fingers to compensate. |
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BokeKaeru
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| Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 8:37 pm Post subject: |
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| I had that same problem too. I can hold it farther up now, but only thanks to physical therapy for my motor skills. Same thing with a fork, except for the fact that I still slip up there at some points. Especially in the latter case, I don't understand why people have such a problem. :\ As long as I can control whatever implement I'm using, how should it matter to them how far down I hold it? People pay attention to the strangest things. |
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dougn
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I've never really noticed how other people hold pens, so I have no idea how my grip compares to that of an average person.
I do know that I have a tendency to press down very hard when I write. |
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Yeah, I hold the pen down really low and it feels good to feel the point on the paper. I used to write so small so nobody knew what I was writing and I found that if I held it down low then I could write really small, so small that it would be within the blue line of the notebook paper.        |
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Dragonfly_Dreams
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Yep thats how I hold it too. Its so very very hard to teach my children how to hold their pencil when it feels so WRONG to hold it "correctly."  |
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Sora
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| Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 8:58 am Post subject: |
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I can hold a pen everywhere. Never had a problem with that.
Gripping a pen far down is indicating difficulty with motor skills and that kind of thing.
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SpiceWolf
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When I was in primary school, they made me use these sort of silicone/rubber triangles they slid over the pencil.
They were supposed to correct your grip I think.
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