I was raised this way as well , Back when we did a lot of cutting with scissors because we made a lot of our own cloths . people did not have rotatory cutters and you did not just run to Walmart and pick up a new pair lol. I have never had fancy scissors but still always guarded my fiskers lol. I still have my old scissors I so proudly got for home ec from the Murphys 5&10 store , I use those for paper .
This post also reminded me of my mom screaming " Do not ever touch the tension " I still cringe when I adjust the tension on my old Kenmore lol