When I started school, I was left-handed. I still am. Sister Mary Phillips did not try and change me. Fortunately, our first grade desks were full desks, so that both a left or right handed person could work without having to distort their bodies. Between Sister and the desk, I was given an early sense that left-handed was just fine. This solid base of self-esteem allowed me to put up with the many desks that cottoned only to right-handed people in the upper classes. I had to scramble to find one of the few if any user friendly left-handed desks. Typewriters and early computer keyboards were not geared to me. I had to adjust. Thanks to Sister Mary Phillips and the first grade desks, I could accept a lot of reality as it later was presented to me. May we all be a Sister Mary Phillips to the young and innocent who are the way God made them. My big sister Maureen thought I was going to burn, but never because I am left-handed.
Sunday, September 7, 2014
Left-handed Desk
When I started school, I was left-handed. I still am. Sister Mary Phillips did not try and change me. Fortunately, our first grade desks were full desks, so that both a left or right handed person could work without having to distort their bodies. Between Sister and the desk, I was given an early sense that left-handed was just fine. This solid base of self-esteem allowed me to put up with the many desks that cottoned only to right-handed people in the upper classes. I had to scramble to find one of the few if any user friendly left-handed desks. Typewriters and early computer keyboards were not geared to me. I had to adjust. Thanks to Sister Mary Phillips and the first grade desks, I could accept a lot of reality as it later was presented to me. May we all be a Sister Mary Phillips to the young and innocent who are the way God made them. My big sister Maureen thought I was going to burn, but never because I am left-handed.
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Some of our siblings can teach us to be tough.
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