Bad Handwriting

I am ashamed at my lack of good penmanship. I have often been told that I write wrong. I grip the pencil between my thumb and forefinger and then tend to cock my wrist at a 90 degree angle. I also write in a drawn out cursive, mostly because my print letters are embarrassing. I wonder why my writing is so awful but a new article in Time draws attention to "the death of handwriting". The article is worth the read and makes me feel a little better about my own atrocious script. After reading through it I feel comfortable blaming my public school education (sorry Ms. Merrill).