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#13
In the "old" days, we weren't allowed to be left handed.
Growing up, I used to get smacked by the teachers for using my left hand. The result is, I write with my right hand, with a left hand slant!
So, I'm an honorary lefty.
Watson
Growing up, I used to get smacked by the teachers for using my left hand. The result is, I write with my right hand, with a left hand slant!
So, I'm an honorary lefty.
Watson
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My mother was a leftie and teachers punished her for that. As a result, her handwriting was terrible. I, too, am a leftie. She took me to school and told the teachers to leave my handwriting alone-- that she had already taught me to write. I had teachers who moved my paper so that my paper was in the same position as the righties; no wonder lefties had such a hard time learning to write. I do hope that we are "over" trying to make everything uniform for students and respect students for their individuality.
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Watson, I am basically ambidextrous and I had to be taught the "I write with my right hand" in first grade... didn't get smacked but I got yelled at quite a bit because I would just pick up the pencil/crayon with whichever hand was closer.
My handwriting has always been horrific!
My handwriting has always been horrific!
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My DH writes right hand, and shouldn't. We figured out that when he went to school at 4 the nuns taught him to write with his right hand. He could play sports with either hand so we figure he is really a Lefty. Happy Lefty Day, Everybody.
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Location: Kentucky live in WV
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I celebrate being a leftie that was changed to write with the right hand, cut with a left hand, eat with the left hand...it appears the teacher only noticed writing with a right hand. I might have been awesome as a total left hand person.
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