Adult learning is a growth industry in Sydney: I have been tutored by both a Community College and by the WEA (Workers' Education Association) this week. Being wired differently, this brain pens hieroglyphs vertically up the page, even though they will be read horizontally.
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Hi Julie, You are a teacher! So am I. Well not realy I am responcible for online training or elearning at my company. I like blended learning more both online assesments and life training.
I work with a software tool from Australia, Moodle, ever heard of?
Cheers from Marcel
That's scary! ;-) What is the reason for that?
A lefty! My son is left-handed and also very artistic.
Yes, indeed! A lefty ... do you have the expression "cacky-handed" in the USA.
I do believe that this goes hand-in-hand (sorry!) with creativity.
How very Da Vinci! One of my daughters is also a lefty. I've never heard the expression "cacky-handed" but she is very creative. And so are you.
Hey I'm cacky-handed and the reason we write that way is because writing is designed to be written by right handers -- pulled across the page and we left-handers have to push the words instead. Pulling is easier so we turn the book around -- others turn their hand instead but this looks very ungainly. We spend our whole lives compensating one way or another.
Another thing, my Mum's generation used to call us left-handers (she was one too) mollydukers.
Love your expression Julie. Interesting post!!!
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What a wonderful hand shot this is! I've never heard the expression before, so I did a google search and your blog was on top of the 'cacky-handed' page! :-)
When I googled there was not much to read but I did gather that the expression is only used in Australia. I also read about the Molly-duker expression, Joan. I shall ask my children if they know either expression or whether both have died out along with the stigma of being left-handed. I gather that about 7% of the population is left-handed with the percentage increasing with the dying of the stigma and being forced by parents and teachers to write with the right hand.
I do agree that writing with the page akimbo is preferable to writing with the hand curled over, posturally speaking.
I've never heard of the expression cacky-handed before Julie! I will have to tell my son that one. I have heard of the expression "southpaw", usually in reference to sports. You're right about the creativity too. My son got his college degree in art and he's now a graphic designer.
My Mum was "changed over" at school. My elder brother who is seven years older than me was too. By the time I got to school in the late 1950s they had "seen the light" and left me be as was my younger sister. We are a small but happy minority in the general population but there are a lot of us in our our family.
P.S. in a few years it won't matter -- we'll all be typing or using voice input :-)
It was a very big thing in those days - even when I was teaching in the late 60s early 70s. Thankfully that has eased.
Your final dig is interesting though. If I have to hand-write, my entire hand seizes up and I can only get about 10 lines done before I have to rest! Whereas I spend most of my day on a keyboard with no RSI at all at all. Not only does my hand seize up, but also my head seizes. I can think much better into a monitor than I can staring at a lined white sheet of paper.
My boy is left hand too!
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