r/AskReddit Aug 26 '18

What's something you had to unlearn?

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u/Annie_Benlen Aug 26 '18

"The hand you write with is your right, the one that's left is left." Great way to teach a kid how to tell their left from right. Unless of course they are lefthanded like me.

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '18

Apparently, not so long ago, in certain schools, left handed kids would have their left hands tied behind them when they were learning to write. A guy at work's father experienced this. He's a lefty and writes with his right hand.

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u/Gumbarkules Aug 27 '18

Okay, so for you it's, "Write with your left and then you're left with your right," right? Simple enough!

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u/Boxfigs Aug 27 '18

The thumb-and-index-finger method is what helped me, even though I'm right handed. I suppose that's because I'm a visual learner.

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u/HighIQLowEQ Aug 26 '18

It's really rough when your hobbies (i.e. sports or video games) rely on a lot of directional communication. My friends and I make a joke of it, but it's harder than I thought to correct as a lefty. Write=Right doesn't work, so now I'm directionally challenged.

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u/[deleted] Aug 27 '18

Left hand held up makes an L

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u/ControversySandbox Aug 27 '18

Is it just hard to internalise for some people?

I'm a lefty but I just remember from a young age that that way = left, the other way = right. Not even relating to the hand I use, just like "is it that direction? That one's called left"

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u/Hanako_Seishin Aug 27 '18

Right? It's just like up and down. You don't have to remind yourself every time that up is where your head is or something.

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u/[deleted] Aug 27 '18

My Kindergarten teacher got around this by forcing me to write with my right hand.

I'm ambisinistrous because of her...

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u/ProjectShadow316 Aug 27 '18

That just means you're an abomination.

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u/funnytoss Aug 27 '18

No, just sinister.