Once upon a time, a co-worker’s son went through bootcamp and she would share his progress with us in the butt hut (smoking spot outside). The strangest thing happened with his letters one December. He’d been in boot camp for about 2.5 months and his handwriting dramatically changed. It was erratic, slanting left to right, swooping up and down, compressed and expanding and that doesn’t include the content; there’s no question he was cracking. It was the last letter she got from him until 2 months later. That next letter was neat and perfect, better handwriting than he’d ever had. He came home to visit for a week; totally different person. They successfully cracked his personality and reformed him. I knew they did it but I never saw it reflected like that in handwriting so dramatically.

The strangest thing happened with his letters one December. He’d been in boot camp for about 2.5 months and his handwriting dramatically changed.

It was erratic, slanting left to right, swooping up and down, compressed and expanding and that doesn’t include the content; there’s no question he was cracking.

It was the last letter she got from him until 2 months later.

That next letter was neat and perfect, better handwriting than he’d ever had. He came home to visit for a week; totally different person. They successfully cracked his personality and reformed him. I knew they did it but I never saw it reflected like that in handwriting so dramatically.