IT'S A SNAP

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Here’s a thought: How do you explain to someone what left and right are (assuming they have no help from signage)? Do you remember how you learned?

I do. Until I was three or four, I don’t think I had a clue. But once my mother figured out that I was right-handed, she taught me how to snap my fingers. I learned quickly to do it with my right hand; never really gave much thought to trying it with my left.

After that, any time I was in doubt about which way was right, all I had to do was snap my fingers.