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[–] EABOD25@lemm.ee 48 points 8 hours ago (5 children)

1950? This happened to me in the 90s

[–] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago

Where are you from, Alabama 100 years from now?

[–] KingJalopy@lemm.ee 19 points 6 hours ago

Same here but in the 80s. Teacher would slap my hand with a ruler and force me to switch to my right hand. She also regularly told me I was evil and had the devil in me. My mom came to the school after she found out and nearly killed that teacher.

I'm still a lefty.

I may or may not be evil...

[–] thisNotMyName@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago

Started school in 2001, my mother - a lefthanded person herself! - tried the first 4 years of primary school to get me to write with the "correct" hand (unsuccessfully)

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 24 points 8 hours ago (1 children)
[–] EABOD25@lemm.ee 16 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

3rd grade teacher, first day of school. Was writing my name on my desk card. Next thing I know, I had yard stick slam down on my wrist. Got hit so hard that my wrist was swollen for days after

[–] MohamedMoney@feddit.org 5 points 5 hours ago (2 children)
[–] EABOD25@lemm.ee 4 points 2 hours ago
[–] gift_of_gab@lemmy.world 14 points 4 hours ago

Their wrist, they already said.

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[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 8 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I was gonna say '80s, but you beat me by 10 years. I used to be left-handed, and my physio spotted it immediately: something about early muscle formation.

But as it was a conservative region of the country, I guess I shouldn't be surprised at the 'classic' teaching style.

[–] EABOD25@lemm.ee 9 points 7 hours ago

I'm still left handed. I don't break lol