Fixing silly mistakes with proper mathematical handwriting

I used to have this problem when doing maths where I would read my own handwriting wrong: I'd read my u's as v's and z's as 2's. I called these "silly" mistakes, but they added up.

I used to have this problem when doing maths where I would read my own handwriting wrong: I'd read my u's as v's and z's as 2's. I called these "silly" mistakes, but they added up. I thought that I was making these mistakes because I wasn't focused enough during exams. I made a point of sleeping more, meditating, double-checking my answers. This did help, but I still made silly mistakes once in a while.

One day, probably after a particularly terrible maths exam, I looked up a more legible handwriting font recommended by John Kerl and I made some small changes like writing a 2 with a loop at the bottom, writing a u with a downstroke on the right.

These changes took a moment to get used to, but the tiny adjustments were enough to never make these kinds of mistakes again. Now I can focus on making serious mistakes instead.

I guess I'm trying to say that sometimes a quick fix is better than trying to go after the "underlying problem", especially when it's a fix for a silly problem.

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