Will be on Sunday this year. I thought I’d go ahead and post in case I forget later or have a baby in between now and then. I’m a leftie. So’s my dad. I was quickly skimming over the site looking for something fun to link to. Maybe I’ll find it later.
While I appreciate the awareness, you’d almost think they were making the case that we lefties are a disabled, discriminated against bunch. Some things are a bit harder being left-handed. Trying to find a left-handed desk at school usually meant the other left-handed kid in the class didn’t get one. But I mostly found our desk surfaces big enough that leaning halfway around wasn’t really a problem.
I think learning to tie my shoes took a bit longer than everyone else in preschool for that reason, but I learned it, and I am proud to say I can now tie my own shoes. Well, when I can reach my feet, I can tie my own shoes. I’m living in flip-flops right now. Of course, my feet won’t fit in my shoes anyway.
I knew how to hold my paper to write properly, and I always took pride in neat handwriting and never had a problem smearing my ink. My mom always made sure to buy me leftie school supplies, including scissors, these really fun left-handed notebooks that my teachers always got a kick out of, and the best one, the left-handed ruler. I never realized how hard it was to use a regular ruler, until I got a left-handed one. Changed my life, that ruler did.
I never had a problem learning how to use silverware, and being left-handed during basketball season came in handy, as it was easier for me to drive down the left side of the court. Being left-handed generally guarantees me a corner seat with more space at any large eating gathering, as I would be the one to bump elbows with the person next to me, so it’s only logical to be on the end.
Yeah, so that’s my left-handed experience. So I will leave you with this article about how college-educated, left-handed men make more money than their right-handed counterparts. Alas, there was no difference in the women. We’re just smart and rich anyway.
Hooray, a day all for us lefties! Seriously though, what’s the trick to the left-handed notebooks and rulers? I’ve never used them.
the notebooks basically are just “backwards,”with the spiral being on the right instead of the left and turning the pages to the opposite direction so when writing on the front of the pages the spiral was out of the way. my teachers used to always get a kick out of them.
the ruler is harder to remember, but it had to do with where the hashmarks were located - it was in the reverse direction on the “other” side of the ruler, which did actually make it a little easier to use.
right-handed scissors were always harder to use, because of the way the blades cross against each other. Mom always had a GOOD pair of lefties for my dad and me to use, which saved a lot of projects from wasted paper and torn and jagged edges.
Yeah for us lefties…and as I always make sure people who comment on my left-handness know…Left-handed people are the only ones in their right might…
is it the left-handedness that made me left-leaning?
is there an article on that?