You are what you write...

I have a hobby which allows me to decipher a person's character...that is, if I want to.
The ability to 'read personality traits'  through one's handwriting is NOT fortune telling...yet each time, when on a whim, I reveal to some of the students their character, they are taken aback, and then have the misconception that I can foretell what's going to happen to them.

Graphology is the art and science of analyzing handwriting.
It started off as a hobby to while my time away back in the days when I was in varsity. Someone was offering to teach the craft, and I signed on for workshop. It was fun.

Of course, I am not an expert in it.  But I would say I know enough...to keep the students'  during the moments when things get a little dull in class. Some people get freaked out if I reveal certain aspects of their behaviour...though this craft is combined with some degree of perception and close observation.

There are many things that can give you away...
the degree of one's slant, the size, the pressure, the font, the loops and curls, the sharpness, and so on.
I do know that some companies which believe in graphology ask their potential job holders to send handwritten resumes, so that they can 'verify' the true character of a person.

I have one disclaimer.
Though I have this knowledge, I do not use it to 'probe' into the characters of my students.
It does not work like that...

My only wish is that those with minute writing, and messy scrawls would really use large neat script...that's the kind of writing that I want to be able to read!

Want me to read yours?