dana_burdick

This is a very interesting article which brings to mind something
that happened recently. My son (8) and I were sitting across from
each other in a restaurant the other day and he made the observation
that his glass was to his right and my glass was to my left. This
was not particularly notable, except for the fact that my son did
not know his left from his right just a month ago, let alone that
someone's left and right would be in reverse when sitting opposite
of him. Not only that, but he had many therapy sessions from age 6
to 7 where the therapist would patiently drill him with exercises
for him to somehow gain this `important' skill (I never did
understand exactly how this was supposed to help him). Of course, I
now regret allowing this to go on when my heart said, `something is
not right in Denmark.' Ah, water under the bridge now.

I was just too curious how he acquired this seemingly elusive skill,
so I asked him about it. He said, "I guess I just needed to know it
for something." He wasn't able to elaborate any further, but
suffice it to say, he believed he learned it because he NEEDED it.
As far as I'm concerned, case closed.

-Dana