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The day I realized I'd been holding a pencil wrong for 30 years
Last Tuesday my 8-year-old nephew watched me write a grocery list and goes "why do you hold it like a caveman?" Turns out I've been death-gripping it with my thumb wrapped around the fingers since kindergarten. My hand doesn't cramp up anymore after switching to his method.
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wyattrobinson14d ago
Bet your teachers never bothered to correct it either.
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valh3214d ago
Four teachers in a row never once corrected it? That's just... wow. I'm genuinely kind of shocked nobody caught that.
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elizabeth90012d agoTop Commenter
yeah but like... do you think the teachers even noticed and just decided it wasn't worth their time? because i had a teacher in middle school who would mark me down for not using a comma before "and" in a list, but never said a thing about my friend's constant "your" vs "you're" mix-ups. feels kinda selective, you know? like they pick and choose what battles to fight based on who's in the class or how much grading energy they have left.
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