Rectified
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I'm a corrected lefty.
I was left-handed up til Kindergarten.
It's all good, but I can't hold things the right way. (Whee! Pun!) The results of my clumsy Kindergarten attempts at "correction" stuck, and until now my attempts at "normalizing" end with a scoff and the conclusion that my old way works better for me. I can never get the hang of the “standard” technique.
The way I use a pair of scissors is made fun of, no matter how many times I insist that doing it like I do it is easier. (Try it!) Holding it with my thumb at the bottom and my index finger on the top apparently makes me look like I have murderous intent. My elder sister says it's scary how the blades are "coming at her", but don't scissors always "come at you" either way? :D
In 2nd Grade, I remember sitting next to this boy who would triumphantly mutter, "Finished!" to himself after copying notes from the blackboard, lightly pat the recently-filled notebook leaf, and examine the calloused side of his middle finger where he lodges his pencil. He sometimes even offered to let me feel it for myself--which I did at one point. I remember genuinely saying "Wow!" and letting him be smug about it because that thickened layer was like the star- and happy face-stamps you earn in Kindergarten.
The only extra layer I ever got was a layer of goosebumps whenever Ms Dizon would suddenly decide to collect notebooks to check if we took down notes because I barely ever did. Sadly, even if I had, I'd never be able to develop that coveted physical proof of diligence because I always have my pencil poised in the middle of my thumb and my middle finger, both directly facing each other, and you can’t get calloused friction ridges on your fingertips, can you?
I hold my cutlery weird too. :/ And because everyone says you're supposed to hold chopsticks as you would a pen, there's my clumsy version, with the thumb opposite the fingertips of my middle and the ring finger. They work fine, I swear! :D
Not the best transitions, I guess, but good enough, huh? :)
Using computer mice and tapping in mobile phone keypads I do the "normal" way, since I was pretty much right-handed when the technology came in.
Why my parents and my pre-school teachers forced me to make the change, I'm not quite sure. I wasn't even aware that it was taboo to be a lefty until recently. Maybe they believed in those. Maybe I really was right-handed all along. Those're all in the genes right?
In a relaxed hand clasp, my left thumb always overlaps the right, (Idk which my leading eye is, though) and I still wear my watch on my right wrist out of habit. ;)
PS. My sky blue pen with the Pomeranian sticker is pure money, innit?
I'm a corrected lefty.
I was left-handed up til Kindergarten.
It's all good, but I can't hold things the right way. (Whee! Pun!) The results of my clumsy Kindergarten attempts at "correction" stuck, and until now my attempts at "normalizing" end with a scoff and the conclusion that my old way works better for me. I can never get the hang of the “standard” technique.
The way I use a pair of scissors is made fun of, no matter how many times I insist that doing it like I do it is easier. (Try it!) Holding it with my thumb at the bottom and my index finger on the top apparently makes me look like I have murderous intent. My elder sister says it's scary how the blades are "coming at her", but don't scissors always "come at you" either way? :D
In 2nd Grade, I remember sitting next to this boy who would triumphantly mutter, "Finished!" to himself after copying notes from the blackboard, lightly pat the recently-filled notebook leaf, and examine the calloused side of his middle finger where he lodges his pencil. He sometimes even offered to let me feel it for myself--which I did at one point. I remember genuinely saying "Wow!" and letting him be smug about it because that thickened layer was like the star- and happy face-stamps you earn in Kindergarten.
The only extra layer I ever got was a layer of goosebumps whenever Ms Dizon would suddenly decide to collect notebooks to check if we took down notes because I barely ever did. Sadly, even if I had, I'd never be able to develop that coveted physical proof of diligence because I always have my pencil poised in the middle of my thumb and my middle finger, both directly facing each other, and you can’t get calloused friction ridges on your fingertips, can you?
I hold my cutlery weird too. :/ And because everyone says you're supposed to hold chopsticks as you would a pen, there's my clumsy version, with the thumb opposite the fingertips of my middle and the ring finger. They work fine, I swear! :D
Not the best transitions, I guess, but good enough, huh? :)
Using computer mice and tapping in mobile phone keypads I do the "normal" way, since I was pretty much right-handed when the technology came in.
Why my parents and my pre-school teachers forced me to make the change, I'm not quite sure. I wasn't even aware that it was taboo to be a lefty until recently. Maybe they believed in those. Maybe I really was right-handed all along. Those're all in the genes right?
In a relaxed hand clasp, my left thumb always overlaps the right, (Idk which my leading eye is, though) and I still wear my watch on my right wrist out of habit. ;)
PS. My sky blue pen with the Pomeranian sticker is pure money, innit?