I always wonder if it was a regional/time period thing. My dad is a lefty and he born in 1939 during his younger school years he went to school in Pennsylvania the teachers seemed not to care too much.I think he said that his kindergarten and 1st grade teacher sort of suggested using the right but if the kid did not switch they would not bother forcing them. Of course this was in a predominantly German Protestant community.
My dad is so hardcore lefty he even has his mouse on the left side of the keyboard.
Recon the mistrust of the left hand goes back a long way. I know some in cultures the left hand is the "dirty" hand.
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