[Leica] HCB - left-eyed?

[jsmith342 at cox.net (Jeffery Smith)]

That reminds me of something that happened to one of the Tropical Medicine
professors where I attended grad school. Back in the 40's or 50's, he lived
in a state that decided that it was wrong for left-handers to use their left
hand. So their legislature passed a law that said children all had to write
with their right hand. He was a southpaw, and when they forced him to switch
to his right hand, (1) he could write fine, but it was a mirror image of
what it should have been, and (2) he started stuttering and stammering so
much, he lost his ability to talk coherently. I think this was in Kentucky
or Tennessee.

Nowadays, any student who doesn't do well is said to have
attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. And labeling them with that does
them very little good.

Jeffery Smith
New Orleans, LA
http://www.400tx.com




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[mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Ted
Grant
Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 5:56 PM
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Subject: Re: [Leica] HCB - left-eyed?


bruce said:

>>> Maybe ............... put a patch on the "dominant" eye and see what
> the other can do. How does the brain react, can it learn, does the  
> weaker
> become stronger because it must ..................? Tell me.<<<<

Sorry bruce,
the answer is, it doesn't work after a child is about 5-6 years old! Then if

you try it later in life the nerve of the eye has deteriorated too far to be

brought back.

Wore the patch as a child and got thrown out of the class room for doing 
so.... remember this was in the olden days early 30's and anything that 
didn't fit into the class as perceived by the teacher or principal of the 
day, didn't matter what people think or can do today.

And no, a note from the doctor meant diddily squat in those days.  Some 
folks have better luck than others or the correction process is implemented 
early enough for recovery to some degree.

Other's it just continues to become weaker and weaker.

But in my case having basically one eye, it's been a God sent gift and 
helped me become the photographer I am. It's called thinking positive and to

hell with the world. ;-)

ted 


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