Well, unfortunately there are a lot of people like that.
One, thing I was taught is this:
Just because someone 'talks' with an accent, that does not mean they -think- with one. You could be an incredibly intelligent person and not write English well, just like anyone else who has not learned it as well as others.
There are many -highly intelligent- people who do not speak or write English well, because it is not their language. Scientists, doctors, physicists... do if someone accuses you of being stupid only by the way you write, then they are the one being stupid.
yeah i can relate with that, my handwriting is very shocking, its scribbles - thought i draw with alot of sensitivity (as my drawing art tutors says i attend drawing classes this year to refresh my old interest, go figure handwrite really shitty but draw well) hate to say I dont think my hand writing has improved since i was 10, while, I did write stuff in school but looking back well not as much as I should have so hence probably 'were let off' somehow as teachers praised and focused on my maths ( i was good back then now forgotten it all) computer programming was another like way back in 1985-1986 i was like the third top student in entire school on computer science , only the teachers didnt interact with me PROPERLY like (their subtle disablist attitudes masked their 'oh Grum can't do that, doesnt understand - maybe one day - sort of attitude - this sort of lack of insight teachers have on with deaf student in the present and in the past, does alot of damage. It is idiotic for teachers to assume its ok to give in and leave it.
Back to the point of handwriting (sorry for being so convoluted, maybe that's my thought-speech dialougne interferring the writing! - the very topic we're discussing right now) the thing about my hand writings is not uniform, it doesnt follow the imaginary lines for the mid-point of each letters (capitals and lower caps, and joining lines in writing as opposed to printing) is uneven though sometimes depending on the handwriting mood (not emotion mood -wierdly enough) the handwriting comes out really good , smooth and flowing leaning to the right side direction then sometime it would (i cant control it) flip over and lean to the left-side while still writing...... or the small loops in the little 'e's become too narrow as its becomes to easily mistaken for an 'i'......
the whole point im saying, ive noticed when ppl see my hand writing, esp strangers or ppl whose dont know me well, in "i cant hear you, let write this down communication tactics employed' then these people judge my intelligence by my handwriting , often the answers i get can be unfavourable.
im not sure if im sticking with this thread topics, but id thought id throw in a comment or two about handwriting along with the grammar problems
my grammer is problematic too, i have to work long and hard to fix, re-read it, and read again at later time/date then re-draft then send off.
like jenni=m i sometimes have trouble to organise my thoughts onto paper..... but when i write i use the computer and do a lot of copy/cut/paste until i get a sentence, paragraph right.....rarely i get a line right out once.... and i think its partly because im deaf, not 'wired' in both biologically and linguisically sense that socialisation/ verbalising communication from really young is something i did not have, i had to be trained in deaf units, and shit, and been verbally slower because of the mainstream oralist method applied on me i was slowly verbalised. I didnt hate it becuase as a child back then i did not know the difference i obliged but all the while bit by bit i slipped behind in class aand the peers outside school. Seem familar?
yeah well i partly think hearing teachers, (and not sure about the present Deaf/deaf teachers - that remain to be seen i know of a teacher aides who 'helps to remind sign language to teachers BUT she doesnt know jack shit about things.....so i kind of am frightened for the kids with this disasterous combination - along with a newly qualifed 'teacher of the deaf whose is hearing -with a 20-25 years teaching experience BUT with NO sign language abilty - ive met her and she is soooooo shyte like an old bag,mean oralist teacher type i cant believe it -anyway) are just lazy when it come to stop analysing the kids, and start FUCKING TEACHING , FORGET catergorising or doing any 'specialist' bullshit. Like i reckon as soon as they stop this erroneous ways of assuming , there would be a lot of difference and wonderous results from the kids could be expected since to less intimidation brought on about from less 'intervention' that interferes with their learning in school. Although some intervention are appropriate but I still think it could be done better and with less over-analysiing.
my 2 cents
All it takes is a applied common sense.