Church of Jeff
Samhain Night@jeffowski Being left handed until the 1970’s, actually. I was in third grade when the controversial at the time decision was made not to force left handed people to write right handed. My teacher had NO idea how to teach cursive to a left handed student like me.
@stevewfolds@samhainnight @jeffowski In 1960’s, I smeared fountain pen ink across exam blue books. Used to write in a big hook to let the ink dry. Ball points were a blessing. :)
Nebulous Menace (Sandy B.)@samhainnight @jeffowski yup. All the handwriting advice I got made things worse. [And my wife, in Greece in the 70s, was literally told that was the Devil's hand by old ladies.]
bodhidave@nebulousmenace @samhainnight @jeffowski
Traveling in Italy with a group of American teens in the 70s, we stayed for an afternoon at a nunnery.
When one of the nuns saw my friend writing in her journal with her left hand, the nun took the pen and placed it, with a smile, in my friend's right hand.
My friend moved it back to her left and continued writing.
The nun did the same thing again.
My friend again put the pen in her left hand and now looked at the nun and said,
"And I'm Jewish."
@nebulousmenace @samhainnight @jeffowski
The nun crossed herself and walked hurriedly away.
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You may know, the Latin word for "left" is ....
"sinister."
🙂 🙏
Irina@samhainnight @jeffowski I was in first grade in 1964 in the Netherlands and there was a left-handed version of the early writing curriculum. Didn't get to test it, because I was ambidextrous with a slight preference for left but had broken my left arm in the summer holidays so learned to write right-handed. (Reflexes are still left, fine motor control went to right)
Tucker@irina @samhainnight @jeffowski I'm the opposite. Fine motor went to my left with gross motor and strength to my right. Very confusing to people that I play ping pong left handed and tennis right handed.