Explanation: It used to be fairly normal for teachers in the US, at least, to ‘correct’ left-handed children by striking their hand or otherwise punishing them for using it for primary-hand tasks. My great-uncle suffered this bizarre form of correction as a child.
This was a thing I’m Europe as well in the 50’s. My mom regularly got a slapping with a ruler or got kicked into the coal shed for writing left handedly
Explanation: It used to be fairly normal for teachers in the US, at least, to ‘correct’ left-handed children by striking their hand or otherwise punishing them for using it for primary-hand tasks. My great-uncle suffered this bizarre form of correction as a child.
One of my high school teachers became ambidextrous because of this.
They tied his left arm behind his back at a certain point because he just kept using it.
This was a thing I’m Europe as well in the 50’s. My mom regularly got a slapping with a ruler or got kicked into the coal shed for writing left handedly
The good ol’ days. Kids these days don’t appreciate a good coal shed anymore.
To be fair, they don’t make coal sheds like they used to… 🤷
My partner suffered this form of correction in the late 80s.
My Grandfather also had this experience and came out ambidextrous
This happened to me in 2003 in upstate New York
my dad and grandma both went through this