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" Oklahoma mother Alisha Sands has always\u00A0known\u00A0her 4-year-old son, Zayde, was a lefty, just like her. &amp;quot;From picking things up to throwing things, to batting, to writing, to just coloring [\u2026], he&amp;#039;s always, always used his left hand,&amp;quot; Sands said. But as she was\u00A0helping Zayde, who just\u00A0started Pre-K, with his homework\u00A0recently, Sands realized something strange. Her son had suddenly started writing with his right hand instead of his dominant left. When she asked her son why he\u00A0had switched hands, and if a teacher has ever said anything about his left-hand usage, the boy held up his left hand and said, &amp;quot;This one&amp;#039;s bad.&amp;quot;      The concerned mom immediately sent Zayde&amp;#039;s teacher a note, and was stunned to receive a strong response. The teacher allegedly\u00A0sent along this PediatricEducation.org article about hand dominance in small children. The article notes that in many western cultures, left-handedness is often associated with &amp;quot;evil,&amp;quot; &amp;quot;unluckiness&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;the devil.&amp;quot; While the article lists these pieces of information as interesting cultural\u00A0beliefs, it seems as if Zayde&amp;#039;s teacher actually\u00A0believed the child was &amp;quot;sinister&amp;quot; because of his left-hand dominance.      Sands was shocked. She said, &amp;quot;It breaks my heart for him, because someone actually believes that, believes my child is evil because he&amp;#039;s left handed. It&amp;#039;s crazy.&amp;quot; Sands brought her complaint to the superintendent of her school district, but the teacher got off scot-free. Sands explained, &amp;quot;There was no suspension of any kind. There was basically nothing done to this teacher.&amp;quot; Sands said that when the teacher was asked why she had sent the article along, the teacher said that she thought Sands needed &amp;quot;literature&amp;quot; on the subject.      Zayde will most likely transfer to another class two months into the school year, and Sands plans to\u00A0file a formal complaint with the Oklahoma Board of Education. [via KFOR.com]\u00A0 "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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