I don't even know:
A 4-year-old was allegedly forced by his teacher to write with his right hand, even though he's left-handed.How in the hell is this happening to a child in the year of our lord Jesus Jones two thousand and fifteen? (That, of course, is rhetorical. I know how in the hell it's happening.) I don't even know what to say besides "FUCK THIS," so I will turn it over to Mr. Martin Rossiter.
The child was sent home with a letter about how left-handedness is often associated with evil and the devil.
Zayde is only 4 years old.
...[His mother Alisha] asked him why he was [suddenly] writing with his right hand, not his left.
"I just asked 'Is there anything his teachers ever asked about his hands?' And he raises this one and says this one's bad," Sands said.
Alisha sent the teacher a note and got a strong response.
It was an article calling left-handedness "unlucky," "evil," and "sinister."
It even says "for example, the devil is often portrayed as left-handed."
...She went to the superintendent with the article.
"There was no suspension of any kind. There was basically nothing done to this teacher," Sands says, "She told them she thought I needed literature on it."
...Sands is going to file a formal complaint with the Oklahoma Board of Education.
Video Description: The song "Left-Handed" by the band Gene. Lyrics here.
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