I grew up with a brother who is five years older than me, so I encountered problems when I entered kindergarten. In school they were teaching us how to write print, but when I was at home with my brother I would watch him write in cursive. I wanted to be just like him, so I would practice over and over until I learned new letters to write in cursive. For some reason I learned how to write his name first. When in school I started to write Eric in cursive on everything because I was so proud of myself, but then I began to get in trouble for this. They didn't like that I was learning cursive before even learning all the letters in print. Eventually, I gave in and only wrote print at school, but it didn't keep me from learning cursive at home!