• @PugJesusOPM
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    329 hours ago

    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.

    • Phoenixz
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      54 hours ago

      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

    • @formergijoe
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      118 hours ago

      My partner suffered this form of correction in the late 80s.

    • @mx_smith
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      15 hours ago

      My Grandfather also had this experience and came out ambidextrous