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Subject: Re: Changing Left-handedness to Right-handedness
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Date: Wed, 14-Aug-85 23:15:04 EDT
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> > A friend's preschooler always seemed to prefer using his left hand.
> > His mother has been trying to change him into a right hander.

I really get annoyed at this type of thinking - it says that
"different from \"everybody else\"" is inherently bad.  So what if the
kid is left-handed and other kids aren't?  Nothing wrong with that!
It reminds me of people who dislike blacks because of cultural traits
different from their own, or even because they have different-shaped
bodies.  Disgusting.

Besides, I'm enough of a klutz being naturally right-handed - I can't
imagine how clumsy I'd be is I had to do everything with my
less-coordinated hand.


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## Bill Stewart, AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel NJ 1-201-949-0705 ihnp4!ho95c!wcs