Sometimes our OT kids don't know what they don't know!

Fictional yet real-life typical scenario:Jack is in the first grade and he is having a lot of trouble with letter formation. He is left-handed and his right-handed teacher always sits to his left-side when teaching, because of how her chair and his desk are situated. She carefully shows him how to make the letters, how to hold the pencil, and the sequence of strokes. Jack tries, but can't seem to get it right. He grows frustrated with his inability, and she does as well, because she JUST SHOWED HIM. What she doesn't realize is that all her careful work means almost nothing, because she is blocking his view the entire time and all he sees is the back of her hand doing some random/vague moments. This provides him with no useful information he can copy. Since Jack doesn't realize there could be a better vantage point, he just assumes he is failing to understand. Both Jack and his teacher are unhappy with the outcome, because neither realize what the other is missing. Neither of them "know what they don't know".  *Common sense rule #1: Common sense is not common. I have super amazing problem-solving genius engineers/rocket scientists parents not know which side to sit on when their kid is writing.  If any of you have ideas or thoughts on how to best sit with the child depending on handedness or other factors (as maybe I'm missing something huge!) please share :) ======================== Longer version (after I processed here, I went back ...
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