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Thu Dec-08-11 04:20 PM
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| 45. Being left handed is a boon for bookkeepers/accountants...use left hand to wright right hand on |
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calculator...or in the old days of calculators...never had to lift my hand off the calculator to write down the answer...I was a wiz kid!
Went to Catholic school in the mid 50's..never tried to change my handedness..but there is a book 'Sinister People' about being left handed...
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| -I am left-handed. Teachers used to get on my ass about my handwriting. |
raccoon |
Dec-08-11 08:03 AM |
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Years ago they used to try to "correct" left handed |
HockeyMom |
Dec-08-11 08:10 AM |
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Evidently I went to school years ago, and I did. n/t |
elocs |
Dec-08-11 08:12 AM |
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I am a "corrected" lefty. I went to Our Lady of the Most Vicious Blood. |
msanthrope |
Dec-08-11 08:41 AM |
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I liked antagonizing the nuns |
HockeyMom |
Dec-08-11 09:33 AM |
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I went to that school too! |
TuxedoKat |
Dec-09-11 08:06 AM |
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Me too! |
Quezacoatl |
Dec-09-11 09:12 AM |
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They tried to do that to my aunt in the 1940's |
lbrtbell |
Dec-08-11 09:27 AM |
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My grandmother did something similar. |
Gormy Cuss |
Dec-08-11 09:51 AM |
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My teacher grandmother DID 'correct' my left-handedness. |
SammyWinstonJack |
Dec-08-11 09:36 AM |
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I am the same way |
HockeyMom |
Dec-08-11 09:53 AM |
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Maybe a mix of inherited and something else? |
Foolacious |
Dec-09-11 08:21 AM |
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When I was in grade school they tried to switch lefties to use their right hand. |
elocs |
Dec-08-11 08:11 AM |
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do you know when they stopepd doing that? they did that to my mom in the 50s. that was long gone by |
dionysus |
Dec-08-11 08:16 AM |
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Don't know. I was in grade school in the late 50s, early 60s. |
elocs |
Dec-08-11 08:21 AM |
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It became acceptable in the 60s |
izquierdista |
Dec-08-11 08:24 AM |
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according to my lefty DH, Catholic school nuns in the 70s tried to get him to switch |
eShirl |
Dec-09-11 07:58 AM |
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My teacher kept handing out left handed pencils |
The Straight Story |
Dec-08-11 08:12 AM |
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You ought to be ashamed of yourself. Making fun of a group of people who have a |
raccoon |
Dec-08-11 08:21 AM |
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as a lefty, it worked well for me. then again, i'm pretty much ambidextrous |
dionysus |
Dec-08-11 08:28 AM |
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Yup, my only right-handed skill is using a scissors. |
kiva |
Dec-08-11 08:55 AM |
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LOL about left-handed mousing |
lbrtbell |
Dec-08-11 09:29 AM |
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No, it's usually a 'hey, can I check X for a second?' |
kiva |
Dec-09-11 01:57 AM |
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I am Left handed. |
RC |
Dec-08-11 08:56 AM |
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Yep, same here. |
yesphan |
Dec-08-11 08:13 AM |
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in the old days they forced everyone to write right handed. i would have been screwed. yes, finding |
dionysus |
Dec-08-11 08:15 AM |
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Nowadays I just turn them around so the spiral is on the right side and start writing at the back.nt |
raccoon |
Dec-08-11 09:38 AM |
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try goin to school in the 50's. my mom was left handed. they did not let you be left handed. they |
dionysus |
Dec-08-11 08:14 AM |
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ditto.. |
ewagner |
Dec-08-11 08:19 AM |
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Being left-handed in a right-handed world can be tricky |
BanzaiBonnie |
Dec-08-11 08:15 AM |
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My grandmother had her left hand tied behind her back to force her to write right. |
Swede |
Dec-08-11 08:22 AM |
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It is still done. |
mstinamotorcity |
Dec-08-11 08:35 AM |
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Yep, leftie born in the 60's here ... |
Myrina |
Dec-08-11 08:37 AM |
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As a lefty myself, let me just say |
VWolf |
Dec-08-11 08:38 AM |
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Born in 1973 |
JustAnotherGen |
Dec-08-11 08:38 AM |
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I got the same treatment. |
CanonRay |
Dec-08-11 08:39 AM |
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I started my first year of kindergarten in 78 (?) My mom was the only other left handed person I |
ejpoeta |
Dec-08-11 08:46 AM |
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My wife writes left handed.. |
trumad |
Dec-08-11 08:47 AM |
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I am too, I consistently got C's in penmanship. Isn't it fun to |
shraby |
Dec-08-11 08:48 AM |
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That happened to my sister in the '60's. |
Javaman |
Dec-08-11 08:51 AM |
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Penmanship *always* kept me off the honor roll |
Aerows |
Dec-08-11 08:54 AM |
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Grades K-2, mid 1950's, my teachers constantly took.. |
PoiBoy |
Dec-08-11 08:55 AM |
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I started grammar school in 1950. They accommodated my |
MineralMan |
Dec-08-11 09:11 AM |
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Back-handing and extreme tilts to paper are adaptations |
HereSince1628 |
Dec-08-11 10:20 AM |
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I didn't get to go to recess in 1st & most of 2nd grade |
alc |
Dec-08-11 09:31 AM |
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I went to elementary school in the early 80s and had similar issues |
Godhumor |
Dec-08-11 09:43 AM |
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My mother was a lefty & had beautiful handwriting. |
CrispyQ |
Dec-08-11 09:47 AM |
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In seventh grade the Sister sent me to 3rd grade |
Kingofalldems |
Dec-08-11 09:49 AM |
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I re-claimed my left hand a few years ago. |
no_hypocrisy |
Dec-08-11 10:00 AM |
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Teachers probably knew from experience that lefties were difficult students |
HereSince1628 |
Dec-08-11 10:10 AM |
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Being left handed is a boon for bookkeepers/accountants...use left hand to wright right hand on |
angstlessk |
Dec-08-11 04:20 PM |
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In Germany we used to use fountain pens in elementary school |
Blaukraut |
Dec-08-11 05:16 PM |
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They tried it with me too in Austria. My mother put a stop to it. |
hobbit709 |
Dec-09-11 05:26 AM |
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I can't believe they used to think left-handedness was a disorder that need to be "corrected". |
Odin2005 |
Dec-09-11 07:44 AM |
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My great-aunt had her left hand tied behind her back when she was |
polly7 |
Dec-09-11 08:02 AM |
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Everyone is born right handed.... |
aka-chmeee |
Dec-09-11 08:05 AM |
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You wouldn't be today but you sure were then as I remember the grief the Lefties had |
madokie |
Dec-09-11 08:09 AM |
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raccoon |
Diclotican |
Dec-09-11 08:38 AM |
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My brother was left handed and the nuns tried to |
mohinoaklawnillinois |
Dec-09-11 08:52 AM |
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Agreed, I was forced to write right handed and my handwriting sucks |
Motown_Johnny |
Dec-09-11 09:01 AM |
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I write, eat, and shoot pool left handed |
loyalsister |
Dec-09-11 09:15 AM |
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