In elementary school and junior high school, the penmanship teachers insisted that we hold our pencil exactly the same way the righties did, only mirror image. But then, they insisted that we write with the same slant as the righties. You can’t do both. That is why most left handed people write with that weird grip. I remember, one night, doing my homework and complaining that I was smudging my work. My sister (also left handed) said to me, “straighten your hand and slant your letters the other way.” I did (right in the middle of my work) and never went back. Teachers should teach a reverse slant to left handed kids, but noooooo, that would be heresy.
comicjunky Premium Member over 4 years ago
Lots of things weren’t designed for us left-handers. I could make a list.
JudyHendrickson over 4 years ago
That jack in the box toy scared me whenI was a kid!!!
jagedlo over 4 years ago
I thought it was “Pop goes the weasel” not “Smack goes the weasel”!
micromos over 4 years ago
Postage stamp rolls are.
micromos over 4 years ago
Oh yea, well why do stores lock their right doors?
mike75035 over 4 years ago
I thought he was going to be smarter than Norman.
prrdh over 4 years ago
Indeed. We live in a systemically handist society.
YorkGirl Premium Member over 4 years ago
Do they still make those Jack-in-the-boxes? I think I had one in the 50’s and my kids had one in the 80’s. ;-D
Bill The Nuke over 4 years ago
Or perhaps it was! Bwahahaha!
allenm60 over 4 years ago
Happy left-hangers day to all on August 13th.
WilliamMedlock over 4 years ago
In elementary school and junior high school, the penmanship teachers insisted that we hold our pencil exactly the same way the righties did, only mirror image. But then, they insisted that we write with the same slant as the righties. You can’t do both. That is why most left handed people write with that weird grip. I remember, one night, doing my homework and complaining that I was smudging my work. My sister (also left handed) said to me, “straighten your hand and slant your letters the other way.” I did (right in the middle of my work) and never went back. Teachers should teach a reverse slant to left handed kids, but noooooo, that would be heresy.
cuzinron47 over 4 years ago
But we learn to adapt.
j.painterjones over 4 years ago
I love the colors in this comic today. Is that a left-handed compliment?
pbr50138 over 4 years ago
Most pencils were made for right handed people. The printing on them is right side up in the right hand and upside down in the left.