However, people are often amazed by my ability to mirror-write or reverse letters with ease.
I have always put this down to my acute left-handedness. I blame my inability to use can openers, screwdrivers and scissors on the same thing. You see, I, like somewhere in the region of 10 to 14 per cent of the worlds population, am a left-handed person living in a right-handed world.
OK, so perhaps left-handed young people today do not struggle with the outright hatred of previous generations prejudices that can be traced back to early Greek-Christian beliefs that left-handedness was a sign of satanic influence. Pictures show the Devil sitting to the left of God, while Jesus sits in the place of honour; literally Gods right hand man. This notion of good and bad is mirrored in religions and cultures all over the world.
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