Lefthanded

[tcsparky]

I'm a lefty, too. For daily tasks, I switch up a lot. Scissors, water fountains, etc....somtimes just aren't available in left-handed versions. I bat right-handed though, also throw right-handed. I went thought the entire, "You'll get an F in penmanship if you slant the wrong way" struggle in fifth grade. We comprised. She wouldn't fail me if I wrote straight up-and-down instead of slanting to the left. I do not write upside down, mainly as a result of learning to write at age 4 by watching other people write. I do it the same way as a righty, just with my left hand. My students become fascinated when about three weeks into a term they suddenly realize I'm writing on the board with my left hand!!
Glad to see so many lefties on GC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[cash78mere]

i love being a lefty!

i cut, throw, write and do everything else with my left hand.

but i CAN'T use a lefty mouse for a computer for anything. i bat righty also.

i realized when i was trying to teach my kindergarteners how to tie their shoelaces that i "tie" lefty. yes, there is a difference! and i never realized it!

the only lefties in my family are my dad's brother and my mom's twin cousins. i'm the only girl lefty.

anyone remember the "lefty's catalogue" from about 10 years ago? i used to order stuff all the time. anyone know where to get it now???

[hocnsoc81]

Did you know that a few stores have lefthanded notebooks?

[queequek]

Originally posted by hocnsoc81
Did you know that a few stores have lefthanded notebooks?

Really? Interesting ...

[novella000]

Originally posted by greeklawgirl
I never really had a problem with it. The only time I can recall is when I was in elementary school learning how to write in cursive. My teacher made us use erasable ink...it would smudge all over the paper and the palm of my hand. For a compulsive neatnik like myself, blue ink everywhere was awful!

Me toooo!!! That was really the only trouble I had growing up as a lefty... Weeeellll, the scissors thing is kind of awkward, depending on how they are made.

[angel_kak]

I'm a lefty too...the only one in my family!

And still to this day haven't mastered writing w/o getting the smudge all over my hand like a little kid...

My teachers tried to get me to use my right hand but I still used the left...But I use my right hand to cut b/c of the scissors being taken out of my hands so many times and also for sports.

I agree with everyone else and hate those little girl handle scissors...I think i still have mine somewhere..

Kirsten

[winnieb]

I am also left-handed, as is my husband. I do EVERYTHING left handed. I even write upside down---although I turn my paper like no one I have ever seen. The top of my paper is next to my left hand and the bottom of the sheet is to my right side--at a 90 degree angle. I write upside down but upwards---so if you were sitting on my right you could read everything I write would be facing you.
I do use a right handed mouse--but it is on the left side of my computer.
My right hand is about useless to me!!!
My husband is different though, he writes and uses silverware with his left hand. Although for sports he primarily uses his right hand.
As far as our kids--our oldest is as right handed as they come. The baby--time will only tell--he is too young to know.

--Wendi

[SuperSister]

my dad is a lefty . . . that doesn't really affect me except when we go out to eat. there are 5 of us in my family. most restaurants have booths that accomidate 4 and to seat 5 you have to wait longer. so in addition to having to wait longer it's sometimes difficult to get us seated so my dad doesn't accidentaly poke people . . . parties of 5 usually get round seating so all the more chances to poke ;o)

[queequek]

I just found out that in some religion, lefties considered evil So, pretty much a lot of us going to hell, eh?

[ROWDYsister]

I'm a left-handed writer but I drive, throw, use the mouse with, use scissors with, etc. my right hand. My dad's a total lefty.

Does anyone else have to cover up their sheet of paper with another paper when taking notes because the left hand smudges everything? When I do this I get kind of weird looks from my neighbors b/c they must think I'm like paranoid note-taking girl or something.

[Holly5425]

Im a lefty! My mom is too. I hate trying to take notes...I always have to take the paper out of my binder, or else the metal part gets in the way. It also sucks that everything smudges. I am left footed also though which really benefited me in soccer...I play in college and if I were right footed, I don't know that I would have gotten that opportunity.

[PiKA2001]

Originally posted by greeklawgirl
it would smudge all over the paper and the palm of my hand. For a compulsive neatnik like myself, blue ink everywhere was awful!

As a lefty myself, I couldn't stand it when pencil would smudge on my hand.

[PiKA2001]

BTW, as a lefty, I would say that we are the bastards of the free world.

[Holly5425]

I just found this...I thought it was neat!

Did you know that?


1 in every 10 people is left-handed.
The only case where left-handers are the majority is among gorillas.
There have been five left-handed presidents, four of them in the last half of the 20th Century.
Bill Clinton
George Bush
Gerald Ford
Harry Truman
James Garfield
In 1992 all three of the presidential canidates were left-handed.
Bill Clinton
George Bush
Ross Perot
If both parents are right-handed there's only a 2% chance that their children will be left-handed but if both parents are left-handed then there's a 50% that their children will be left-handed.
It's against the rules to play Polo left-handed.
Juniata College in Darby, PA offered a special scholarship exclusively reserved for left-handers.
One out of every four Apollo astronauts turned out to be left-handed.
Some Famous Lefty's:
Jimi Hendrix
Ben Hogan (golf)
Whoopi Goldberg
Jimmy Connors
Martina Navratilova
Billy the Kid
Jim Henson
Charlie Chaplin
George Burns
Lenny Bruce
H.G. Wells
700 Benjamites (Book of Judges)

[sairose]

I'm a leftie too! Here's my frustrations:

1)DESKS!!! For petes sake, why can't they make some desks with the armrest on the other side?

2)NOTEBOOKS!!! I love those lefthanded notebooks with the spiral on the other side but I can never find them!

3)REED KNIVES!!! I'm a saxophone player, and for those of you who don't know, a reed is the thing placed on the mouthpiece of the sax. If it's not the right strength or it doesn't sound good you use a reed knife to scrape it down. Well, a good portion of them are right-handed knives, so in our studio class, when our teacher shows us how to scrape down the reeds, he gets all pissy because I'm lefthanded and he has to go hunt down a special knife for me.

4)COMPUTER LABS!! They assume everyone is right handed, and so the mousepad and mouse are always on the right side.