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Daniel Barlow
Guest
Tony Raven wrote:
> Not epilepsy but I can remember from my school days which were on the end
> of the "writing with your left hand is bad and must be corrected" era that
> left handers forced to learn to write with their right hand could develop
> stammers. The neurological rationale for that connection I don't know.
Perhaps it's simply that getting continually told you're doing it wrong
when doing something perfectly normal (that has little if any downside
over writing with the "approved" hand, and that doesn't harm anyone
else) is apt to take its toll on the self-confidence of any small child.
I have no training in child psychology, teaching, neurology or anything
related to it, but if presented with a "neurological rationale" by
someone who had, I'd want to know why they'd discarded/how they'd
controlled for the obvious answer first ...
-dan
> Not epilepsy but I can remember from my school days which were on the end
> of the "writing with your left hand is bad and must be corrected" era that
> left handers forced to learn to write with their right hand could develop
> stammers. The neurological rationale for that connection I don't know.
Perhaps it's simply that getting continually told you're doing it wrong
when doing something perfectly normal (that has little if any downside
over writing with the "approved" hand, and that doesn't harm anyone
else) is apt to take its toll on the self-confidence of any small child.
I have no training in child psychology, teaching, neurology or anything
related to it, but if presented with a "neurological rationale" by
someone who had, I'd want to know why they'd discarded/how they'd
controlled for the obvious answer first ...
-dan
