The quadrupod grasp (the one on the left) was shown to be just as efficient as the so-called "ideal" tripod grasp (the one on the right) in an experiment. Trying to change a kid's grasp past the age of 8 doesn't really work because it's a hardwired motor habit by then, and anyway the tripod is no guarantee of handwriting legibility.

Wtf is the difference???

Why are teachers so obsessed with how you hold your pen?

I hold it like the left picture too!

Lmao I do it the way on the right and I've always been told it's wrong

good job being a illustrator

my brother went through the same thing bc he held his pencils "weird" and it literally didnt help him at all

I start out with the right pic but switch to the left pic on occasion

Infuriating. I hold my pencil between my middle and ring finger, instead of between my pointer and middle finger like most people do. So glad no one ever tried to force me to change. Had a teacher notice it was different and ask me about it, and it was the first time I really noticed I did it different, but when I just remarked that was how I wrote, and then tried doing it the "normal" way and found it difficult, she was just like "huh, interesting. you do you." And that was that. My writing was always a little messy but legible, and it was much worse if I tried to write the "right" way, so thankfully no one tried to force me to change.

Did anybody else grab a pen and try both of them out?

Everyone I know tries to make me hold it the " normal way " so that I can " write better " excuse me my handwriting looks like I wrote with my left hand while on steroids if I write like that so no, doesn't work like that.. I hold it with four fingers for a r e a s o n ✨

i have to rig an entire contraption with a ring splint and a rubber band to make my fingers look anything like the first picture, because i have ehlers-danlos. if i try to just hold a writing implement i hyperextend my index finger and my handwriting is TERRIBLE

I’m a righty ;) who’s with me

WTF difference does it make?

I don't hold it like either way, but I was told that the posture on the left is how it should be done.

She was right in a way. The way you were holding your pen makes it so that your hand gets tired faster, your handwriting is messier than it needs to be, and you can't keep up with taking notes by hand. ...///... Learning to hold a pen correctly and relax your hand would have made your life a whole lot easier. ...///... the ONLY thing she did wrong was not explain that to you.

I’ve tried everything too. Tried and failed to just get used to holding it like the right side picture. Tried those grips. I can’t do it. It’s bizarre and I feel like it’s the reason why people’s handwriting is always so ugly and terrible. The left side is the correct way.