The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-05
so THIS IS EDUCATION?
A mere mother writes:

A mother My little boy was left handed and wrote very well until he entered the second grade and the teacher made him change 10 risht- handedness. He has fallen off in all ms studies except arithmetic, and does not seem to be able to concentrate on anything. ,. tie dontor in the first flush of success in practice He has enough knowledge 10 take a hand in the case, but not enough wisoom 10 leave it entirely the physician Tn attendance. One of the most difficult persons to educate is the young school teacher In the hrst nusn of success in her profession say aiter she iiaS been teaching a few years
 Teachers and educators generally have al ways deferred to the opinion or advice or the
 physician where any question os lness IS tho cerned request certlncate rom the physician is always respected.
 But here is a condition which educators have long regarded belonging within their exclusive province. Teachers from away back have bounced on the left-handed child the in-
 stant the unhappy youngster Despayeu HIS ni1o in, an unnatural right -handedness, regardless oi
 the cost. ..;s, Oh nobody knows. It's just an old Spahlsh
 On the other hand. can we prove that It , IS in ,,rio,1s in any way to force the naturally left handed child to change to artificial right ! bandedness? We cant So there you aye. The fact that such forced change to right h.ndadnass when the left-handed child enters school has evidently brought on stutterlng ana Impairment of other faculties in large mum Der of cases does not prove. anything, Tor IL IS . fact that such untoward effects fail to occur 1 in nearly or quite many cases where teachers are permitted to hound and harass the uh- n happy left-handed youngster until he or she gives a good imitation of rlght-nandeoness while under the teachers eye
 After all if child is naturally left-handed why not let nature take its course? On what grounds do we object to left-handedness Tn any circumstances?
 tempting to change left-footednesss to right footedness as they are in compelling the left- handed child to write with the right only. II ! otn1 fn frx n even in imagination with the left foot, then with the right. The awkwardness of the wrong
 foot will give you faint concep,on or ", sae he is compelled to use only the right hand for
 writing drawing, sewing, molding or other skilled work.
 Growth Means Life. It is possible for the hair and nails to grow
 after death. A friend of mine tells s,.. story Answer-No If there is growth there is Teacher Is Right
 In my economics period the teacher stated that in Al fatigucd person some kind of poisD is produced by the tired muscles. and if this poison he injected into the vein Of another
 Answer-Ail I know is what read in the
 standard Textbook on Physiology lHowelD. !. which says that muscle energy is obtained by oxidation of glycogen and that tactic acid one of the products of this oxidation. accumulating in and about the muscle, is concerned in the poruction of fatigue. A german physioogist,
 Weichardt, Is quoted as believing that a toxin
 is produced by muscular contraction. and that
 this toxin. in the serum of the animal, pro-
 duces characteristic effects of fatigue if injected into a normal animal.
 Measles
 Eigl,t months ago my son had measles. | kent fine room dark according tO the doctors orders, but ever since hls eyes look weaker. if thc measles weakened them should we have them examined by m ocuiisf? If so. can you recOm mend good one. {. tMrs P. P.) Answer--Thats quaint practice. keeping the room darkened when the patient has measles Any such illness may leave tho eye. sight temporarily weakened. lt would be well
 10 have the boys eyes examined by m oculist. Send stamped envelope bearing your nddress community