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was forced by a right handed teacher to do things CORRECTLY
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I don't think any teacher now would tell a left-handed child that it was not writing correctly or force it to use their right hand but, sadly, that's what used to happen and I'm grateful to have had a mother who stopped it in my case.
I hope that any teacher with a left hander in front of them would not imply or say that they were holding their pen incorrectly either. What they would do, I hope, is try to offer advice in the case of left handers who are clearly finding writing a physical strain, who get upset because they tend to smudge when they get the side of their hand dirty or who are reluctant to write because it is not as quick for them.
The whole point is that doing it should be comfortable. If twisting your body is comfortable then fine, let it be. The trouble is that it is not usually comfortable at all but they do not know how to change or what to do to improve the situation. Many are simply not aware that it is the twisting that causes their discomfort.
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I am right handed and when I write my hand is below the line of writing so when I write R to L I don't smudge the writing. My first husband, also right-handed, was an Arab who had no trouble writing in either direction and I had no trouble writing my limited amount of Arabic R to L.
Perhaps this is because we were taught how to hold a pen/pencil "correctly" whereas left-handed people perhaps aren't given so much help.
My 15 year old right-handed daughter holds her pen very strangely as she wasn't taught in the same way but seemed to be allowed to develop her own hold. I can't picture where her hand is in relation to the line of writing so I don't know whether she would have trouble R to L - an experiment for tomorrow!
I am interested in the relatively high numbers of left handers too. I think that nationally the figure is usually estimated at 10%.
Is there something about motorhoming that appeals to more left handers?...or is it simply that more men answer? (more men are reputedly left handed)
When I was at school there were still a few diehard adults who tried to 'correct' my left handedness. (My mother would go into battle on my behalf!) You never hear of that now so perhaps it is just a reflection of the fact that people are now 'allowed' to be left handers!
I teach young children and left handed scissors etc are available for them. When I teach handwriting I am fairly confident in modelling it to the children using my right hand, but demonstrating how to do something on the computer is so much more difficult with the mouse in my right hand. Although I do not reconfigure the buttons I always use it in my left hand! I inevitably end up demonstrating with the mouse in my left hand and bless them I often find some of my right handers trying to swap their mouse over in order to emulate me! Such loyalty!
Shirley
In the 70's my brother had his left hand tied to the chair to try (at the Catholic school we attended) and force him to write with his right hand. He never told anyone until the last couple of years.
He also writes 'upside down' with his hand above where he's writing. Maybe that is because the school never tried to help him write (not correctly) comfortably.
Interesting thread...
Angela
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I am interested in the relatively high numbers of left handers too. I think that nationally the figure is usually estimated at 10%.
Is there something about motorhoming that appeals to more left handers?...or is it simply that more men answer? (more men are reputedly left handed)
When I was at school there were still a few diehard adults who tried to 'correct' my left handedness. (My mother would go into battle on my behalf!) You never hear of that now so perhaps it is just a reflection of the fact that people are now 'allowed' to be left handers!
I teach young children and left handed scissors etc are available for them. When I teach handwriting I am fairly confident in modelling it to the children using my right hand, but demonstrating how to do something on the computer is so much more difficult with the mouse in my right hand. Although I do not reconfigure the buttons I always use it in my left hand! I inevitably end up demonstrating with the mouse in my left hand and bless them I often find some of my right handers trying to swap their mouse over in order to emulate me! Such loyalty!
Shirley
Another possible reason for the 'high' number of responses from left handers is that, due to their experience of not being the norm they are more interested in a thread on this subject and more willing to vote on it.
On the other hand the small size of the sample could easily be the only reason for the apparently higher proportion than in the general population.
Some years ago three unrelated males in the same house as me were all left handed. They were my son, my lodger and my partner. I became aware of this at the point where a male left handed friend was also visiting, so there were four left handers staying in the house. The right handers were myself, my daughter and my other son. This was interesting but I just put it down to coincidence.
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