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[–] Seleni@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

My grandmother was beaten in school for using her left hand. Then they tied her hand behind her to force her to write with her right hand. Being left-handed was the sign of the Devil in those days.

As a lefty myself, I’m glad they don’t do that anymore! Now they just leave us alone with our terrible smeared handwriting.

[–] Waveform@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Yikes :S They didn't do that to me, but they did 'correct' my left-handedness in preschool. I'm now only slightly ambidextrous, but I did discover I can write with my left hand... backwards. It's sloppy, but every stroke is a mirror image of what I write with my right hand...