I'm right-handed but my sister and niece are left-handed. My sister had a horrible teacher in first grade. The teacher would slap her hand with a ruler and tell her, "Good children don't right with their left hand. Only wicked and evil children are left-handed." My mother didn't know this was happening until my sister brought a sheet of ABC's home to work on. When asked why she was trying to write right-handed my sister told her what was happening with the teacher. My mild-mannered Mom was livid! She called the Superintendent and the Principal to schedule an appointment the next day with them and the teacher. I can still remember her telling Dad, "I told them if they thought my daughter was evil then they've not ever seen evil and wicked if this right-handed mother ever sees or hears of this again." Needless to say, the teacher was fired the next week. Wahoo Mom!
Both my sister and niece although left-handed they bat, use scissors, cut meat, and open jars right-handed. I think this is due to how Mom taught them to do what was natural and comfortable to them and not what society wanted them to do. I only say this because my niece didn't have an awful teacher like my sister did.
I still give them guff after all these years for being left-handed. Heaven help those who do the same because I'm the first one there in defense of left-handers when they're called slow, stupid, backwards, slackers, evil, and other derogatory terms. Although, my sister does give a mean Evil Eye. Maybe she is a wicked child after all. LOL ;) Love you Sis
I'm right-handed but my sister and niece are left-handed. My sister had a horrible teacher in first grade. The teacher would slap her hand with a ruler and tell her, "Good children don't right with their left hand. Only wicked and evil children are left-handed." My mother didn't know this was happening until my sister brought a sheet of ABC's home to work on. When asked why she was trying to write right-handed my sister told her what was happening with the teacher. My mild-mannered Mom was livid! She called the Superintendent and the Principal to schedule an appointment the next day with them and the teacher. I can still remember her telling Dad, "I told them if they thought my daughter was evil then they've not ever seen evil and wicked if this right-handed mother ever sees or hears of this again." Needless to say, the teacher was fired the next week. Wahoo Mom!
Both my sister and niece although left-handed they bat, use scissors, cut meat, and open jars right-handed. I think this is due to how Mom taught them to do what was natural and comfortable to them and not what society wanted them to do. I only say this because my niece didn't have an awful teacher like my sister did.
I still give them guff after all these years for being left-handed. Heaven help those who do the same because I'm the first one there in defense of left-handers when they're called slow, stupid, backwards, slackers, evil, and other derogatory terms. Although, my sister does give a mean Evil Eye. Maybe she is a wicked child after all. LOL ;) Love you Sis