Okla. Mother Shocked When Teacher Tells Student Being Left-Handed in Evil

An Oklahoma mother is in shock after her son's pre-kindergarten teacher reportedly told her child that writing with his left hand was considered "evil."

Alisha Sands of Okemah recently told KFOR-TV that her son's pre-kindergarten teacher at Oakes Elementary reportedly forced her son to write with his right hand instead of his left hand.

When Sands reportedly contacted the teacher regarding the claim, the teacher responded with a letter saying that writing with one's left hand is considered "evil" and "sinister," adding that the devil is often portrayed as being left handed.

"From picking things up to throwing things, to batting, to writing, to just coloring you'd do at home with him, he's always, always used his left hand," Sands told the local media outlet.

 "I just asked 'Is there anything his teachers ever asked about his hands?' And he raises this one and says this one's bad," Sands recalled when she asked her son why he was suddenly writing with his right hand.

Sands added to the local media outlet that she plans to follow up the incident with a formal complaint to the state after she says she received little help from the school administration regarding the issue.

In an incident in April, a Georgia teacher received criticism after she reportedly told parents they were "evil" if they voted for U.S. President Barack Obama.

One parent, Jimmie Scott, told 13WMAZ that his child said teacher Nancy Perry from Dublin Middle School told her students that the president was evil.

"'If your parents voted for Obama, they're evil, and I don't see how your parents could vote for someone that's Muslim,'" Scott quoted the teacher as saying.