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Oklahoma Pre-K teacher allegedly calls being left-handed 'evil' and 'sinister' (kfor.com)
4 points by JumpCrisscross 10 months ago | hide | past | favorite | 6 comments


Treat a small child like they're evil, and by the time they're a grown-up they probably will be. Becomes a self-fulfilling prediction.

Laugh at Oklahoma if you will, this could happen in any state of the US, stupid is everywhere.


I got this in first grade (1963). They tried to force me to write with my right hand, and did force me to learn to use right-handed scissors -- note that left-handed scissors are very hard to find even today.


The Simpsons had an episode [0] where Ned Flanders opened a Leftorium store for left-handers.

Piano kind of forces one to develop agility in both hands.

[0] https://simpsons.fandom.com/wiki/The_Leftorium


Sinister merely means "left" in Latin, it's apparent origin.


Out of all the things to have to waste your time on.


I thought he explained that "race" doesn't exist in humans, but no just one teacher who thinks that a trait makes people evil and not the circumstances they are in.




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