i had one like these at school too. i often think about whether i should visit her again … just as an “update” sort of years later …
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StarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works 1 week agoI remember my dad would tell me his teachers (mean ass nuns) would make him put his knuckles on the desk and smash that shit with a ruler until he stopped using his left hand
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notwhoyouthink@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
Holy shit, I’m so sorry your dad went through that. Like how is smashing a child’s hand less of a problem than that child using their ‘other’ hand to write?
Honestly, I’d really like to know what people were so concerned with. All I ever heard was ‘it’s not the correct way’, and the only evidence my mind can stretch to support this is based on the fact that sure, it’s a right handed world and certain things are more efficiently and even safely used with a right hand. I’ve also heard a few cultural reasons regarding cleanliness but these are from cultures far removed from mine and obv never given as an actual reason (to me directly) why using one’s right hand over their left is preferred.
Idk shit like this and many other examples just remind me of how quickly others turn to control and rigidity when faced with something they don’t understand/doesn’t ‘fit’ into their mental presets. This post officially has me in my feelings this morning.
StarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
I mean it was jersey in the 70s, he’s never been too broken up about it
mx_smith@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Yep my mother and grandfather both went through that shit. It made my grandfather very ambidextrous.
fartographer@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I remember my classmate telling me that they did the same to her in Louisiana public elementary school in the late '90s. The teacher even told her that it was because she was using “the devil’s hand.”
scytale@piefed.zip 1 week ago
Can confirm. My kindergarted teacher in the early ‘90s slapped my hand with a ruler. Not sure if it was for religious reasons (there was no indication) or she just thought it was wrong. I write with my right hand now and my penmanship is shit.
Auli@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
80s I was told I was holding it wrong. Don’t known if I would have been left handed as penmanship from both hands sucks.