"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 told KFOR-TV.
Sands said she sent a note to school with Zayde and the teacher's response was to send home an article that said left-handedness is "unlucky," "evil" and "sinister."
"For example, the devil is often portrayed as left-handed," the article said.
Sands said the teacher's response shocked her.
"It breaks my heart for him because someone actually believes that, believes my child is evil because he's left handed, it's crazy," Sands said.
The mother said she contacted the superintendent with the article, but there was no action taken. "There was no suspension of any kind. There was basically nothing done to this teacher," Sands said. "She told them she thought I needed literature on it."
Sands said she is trying to get Zayde transferred to another class.
"I don't feel like the school did what they were supposed to for him," Sands said.
The principal at Oakes Elementary said officials are investigating the matter and declined to comment further.
Left-handedness, while not a trait unique to humans, has been linked to conditions that some might consider "unlucky" -- studies in recent years have suggested left-handed women are at an increased risk for breast cancer and adults who are left-handed may be more prone to mental illness. A study from December of last year indicated left-handed people in the U.S. workforce make up to 12 percent less money than their right-handed colleagues.
