When I went to school in 1973 I went with a name badge that said "My name is KIRSTEN, and I am lefthanded"! And that was a school run by nuns! Kirsten
>From: "Lynne Staff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: left-handedness >Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 19:50:34 +1000 > >I cannot believe that as recently as 6 years ago, teachers believed that >children should be (forcibly if necessary) right-handed. When I was 5 >(1962), I remember the teacher tying my left hand behind my back so I could >not use it. I had a very assertive mother who, when I told her what my >teacher did to me, went to see the headmistress, and this treatment stopped >immediately. > >I might add, I have legible, neat and "forward" sloping writing, also >having gone from pencil writing to pen and ink, without too many smudges! >Remember those slope cards? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Darren and Lorraine > To: ozmidwifery > Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 12:53 PM > Subject: Re;ultrasounds > > > There are a few men in my family - grandfather, uncles, who are >left-handed. Maybe it is a genetic thing. I don't feel that intellectually >they are disadvantaged. It's not a disability, but it 'has' been treated as >a disability/problem in the past. Left handed children were often labelled >clumsy, slow or even stupid, when they may be highly intelligent but >lagging behind right-handers because of simple things like trying to cope >with utensils designed for right-handers and they have different brain >organization resulting in different modes of perception. Only 8 - 20 >percent of the population are left-handed. My little boy is quite a >character so I feel that it suits him to be a left-hander. Once when >someone said to him, 'Hello, how are you? He replied "I'm a left-hander". >When my eldest right-hander son was in pre-primary 6 years ago, he's >teacher believed all children should be forcibly encouraged to be >right-handers. I was young and naive and didn't give her opinion much >thought. Now I'm horrified that she wasn't able to recognise children for >the gorgeous little individuals that they are. > > Lorraine Sharpe > 'Goldfields Birthplace' > Kalgoorlie WA _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe.
