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Capt. Obvious

(9,002 posts)
Tue Sep 22, 2015, 12:17 PM Sep 2015

Teacher Allegedly Forces 4-Year-Old to Write With Right Hand, 'Cause the Left One Belongs to Satan

An Oklahoma four-year-old was reportedly saved from demonic possession last week after a sharp-eyed pre-K teacher noticed him writing with his left hand—the devil’s hand.

The anonymous hero teacher didn’t bother contacting the boy’s mother, Alisha Sands—also a left-hander and therefore under Satan’s power—just told the boy to write with his right hand from now on, and told that ol’ devil to let that child be!

But Sands and Satan cottoned onto what happened when they noticed young Zayde writing with his right (on so many levels!) hand at home, and challenged him about the change.

“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 told NewsChannel 4.

She wrote a note to the teacher with her demonic left hand, and got back an article explaining that lefties are “unlucky,” “evil,” and “sinister,” and the devil himself is left-handed.

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Teacher Allegedly Forces 4-Year-Old to Write With Right Hand, 'Cause the Left One Belongs to Satan (Original Post) Capt. Obvious Sep 2015 OP
This happened to my older brother. beam me up scottie Sep 2015 #1
I remember the first grade teacher tying left arms behind backs. Capt. Obvious Sep 2015 #4
They're insane. beam me up scottie Sep 2015 #6
But I thought idle hands are the devil's workshop? Arugula Latte Sep 2015 #2
Holy shit, that's still going on? trotsky Sep 2015 #3
LOLOL! Comments: beam me up scottie Sep 2015 #5
fire that stupid teacher RussBLib Sep 2015 #7
I expect Mike Huckabee to rush to Oklohoma Capt. Obvious Sep 2015 #8
Of course, Satan is left-handed. Curmudgeoness Sep 2015 #9
That used to be the norm in Catholic schools Warpy Sep 2015 #10
Yep, my first husband and all of my left handed friends who mountain grammy Sep 2015 #12
Crackpot religion seems to be enjoying a resurgence Warpy Sep 2015 #13
This was the norm in my Catholic school in Scotland in the 50s. SwissTony Sep 2015 #14
This was the norm in my Catholic school in the 80's Capt. Obvious Sep 2015 #17
Because of Satan? SwissTony Sep 2015 #18
That Capt. Obvious Sep 2015 #19
Well why doesn't she Duppers Sep 2015 #11
the whole left & right crap goes way back olddots Sep 2015 #15
Never heard anyone doing this, horrific for that child...she should be fired AuntPatsy Sep 2015 #16

beam me up scottie

(57,349 posts)
1. This happened to my older brother.
Tue Sep 22, 2015, 12:22 PM
Sep 2015

His teacher actually tied his left hand to the back of his chair to prevent him from writing. He was afraid to tell my parents so I did, my father rarely got angry but this sent him over the moon.

Unfortunately the teacher's tactic worked and my brother's handwriting is illegible.


 

Arugula Latte

(50,566 posts)
2. But I thought idle hands are the devil's workshop?
Tue Sep 22, 2015, 12:22 PM
Sep 2015

I'm so confused now. Should he keep the Evil Left Hand busy or not?

beam me up scottie

(57,349 posts)
5. LOLOL! Comments:
Tue Sep 22, 2015, 12:36 PM
Sep 2015
okiedokieokie
Jay Hathaway
9/22/15 11:00am

I’m pretty sure that once I hit about 12-13, it was my right hand that belonged to Satan.


Read the replies, they're hilarious.


Curmudgeoness

(18,219 posts)
9. Of course, Satan is left-handed.
Tue Sep 22, 2015, 01:50 PM
Sep 2015

I have seen Obama using his left hand to write.



I didn't realize that they were still doing this with lefties. I hope that this situation gets resolved and it apparently will not be resolved locally, since it is Oklahoma.

Warpy

(113,130 posts)
10. That used to be the norm in Catholic schools
Tue Sep 22, 2015, 02:24 PM
Sep 2015

and it happened to me, aided and abetted by my mother.

To this day, I hold a pencil oddly and write nearly upside down. However, I can use things like right handed scissors, so it's not all bad.

mountain grammy

(27,277 posts)
12. Yep, my first husband and all of my left handed friends who
Tue Sep 22, 2015, 08:49 PM
Sep 2015

attended Catholic school said the same thing. Some were broken, most were not. But that was the old nuns, can't believe it's happening in public schools.

Warpy

(113,130 posts)
13. Crackpot religion seems to be enjoying a resurgence
Tue Sep 22, 2015, 08:52 PM
Sep 2015

and the dimwit teacher undoubtedly heard it from an uneducated preacher.

SwissTony

(2,560 posts)
14. This was the norm in my Catholic school in Scotland in the 50s.
Wed Sep 23, 2015, 01:02 PM
Sep 2015

But it was never "because" of Satan. Wev had to use pens that you dipped in an inkwell n lefties tended to smear what they had just written.

SwissTony

(2,560 posts)
18. Because of Satan?
Thu Sep 24, 2015, 06:27 PM
Sep 2015

I've got identical twin daughters. One's a leftie and one's a rightie. Often happens with identicals. But the leftie was allowed to write with her left hand.

 

olddots

(10,237 posts)
15. the whole left & right crap goes way back
Wed Sep 23, 2015, 04:54 PM
Sep 2015

even before organized religion dumbth .Naturally the logically deprived call themselves the RIGHT like we're the wrong .

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