Comments on: Fun and games

By: Lucy

Lucy — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 19:21:46 +0000

I have a good answer to the shoelace problem – my mum taught my right handed sister to tie her shoes sitting on her lap, and taught me sitting facing her so that it was a mirror image

By: Gillian Yeager

Gillian Yeager — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 23:41:10 +0000

I am left handed and have struggled with school my whole life. When I first learned how to write, i could only write in mirror, and it wasn’t until second grade that i properly learned how to use a mouse without acidently clicking on the wrong side with my index finger. (I use a laptop now) My mom banned me from doing any cooking what so ever after I tried to use a can opener, instead of cutting out the middle, I sliced of the top and cut my thumb up pretty good. I now have a good friend that is left handed and we joke a lot about things that can produce humorous results for lefties, but in gym class during kickball the pitcher will throw the ball towards your right foot, so I have to move to kick the ball, and usualy wield poorer results than my classmates. I play guitar, but have difficulties learning. When I first learned how to play guitar my mother picked up a righthanded guitar, but I used the lefthanded positioning, so I learned how to play upside down (my friends were amused) but I can play right side up too. I think we all have to make agustments with our day to day life, but it makes you feel special that you have a special feature shared by only ten percent of the world.

By: sofia

sofia — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 21:10:48 +0000

I used to have problems with the computer mouse, thankfully i’ve had contact with the computer since i was about six. Now i’m 13 so i’m on-line all the time, and it does come in handy using the mouse in my right: for example i can be playing sims and doing my homework at the same time And my right-handed mom still says that i don’t know how to multitask.
I’m thankfull that my left hand was blessed! I’m great with drawings and the best part is that nobody taught me and i learned everything i know by copying pictures from books and magazines, no one in my class can draw Maggie Simpson out of nowhere.Think how happy i was when i found out Matt Groening is left handed? And that my favourite artist of all times M.C.Esher was also a leftie?
My mother does tend to pick on my handwriting because opposite to the other girls mine isn’t all round and googly but small and sribble-esque. I ignore her because i can’t read anything she writes down and my handwrite doesn’t seem to bother anyone besides her; my teatchers don’t complain one of my friends says she likes mine because as she calls it “it’s writer like”.
I like my handwriting because it’s likes the boy’s handwrite but legible and unique so my teatchers don’t even have to read my name in the test to know whose test is it from.
A hug for all the left-handeds like me from Portugal August 13th is our day the other 90% doesn’t have one

By: Kaitlyn

Kaitlyn — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 20:48:03 +0000

i know how that feels. i am the only lefty in my family including cousins only my aunt was left handed but i never knew her so i had to learn to do a lot of things with my right hand and its not fair especially that you were let go of your job. but we all deal with these things right?

By: Kaitlyn

Kaitlyn — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 20:43:56 +0000

Hi left handed people like me! i just found this website and love it. i read that a lot of lefty’s are ambidextrous because we have to use right handed things like scissors. does that make us ambidextrous or are we still left handed? i’m so confused! :/

By: Marie

Marie — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 18:46:43 +0000

My left-handed son did the same thing. Reversing numbers is normal for toddlers and pre-schoolers. My son did it longer than usual and they thought he was dyslexic, but he was just catching up to the right-handers who learn faster. The good news is that lefties tend to be more genius, my son is able to do algebra in his head without pen and paper and knows the answer without writing it down. Let the little ones learn and grow it will work out for the best. Lefties are differently-abled but very intelligent.

By: joan

joan — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 15:19:47 +0000

I went to Catholic school where penmenship was a major subject. I struggled with making circles in the wrong direction and many days went home crying. My mother went to school to talk to the teacher (a nun) and she was able to help me by slanting the paper I was writing on to the left. (The bottom left corner is pointing at my middle). You would never know I am left handed looking at my writing. I taught school for many years and gave the left handed students 5 points extra just for taking the test. When the right handed students complaimed it was unfair I simply said “Welcome to our world”. I read that left handers score lower (5-10 points) on a written IQ test vs a vebal. The take away is lefties should think the answer first, process it and then write it.
Writing and thinking at the same time doesn’t work as well.

By: Peta

Peta — Tue, 24 May 2011 19:13:09 +0000

Hi, I’m a true lefty who was taught to use my right hand when I started school – I still use my left hand for most things (eating. sports, hobbies, etc) I have always had difficulties with reversing things (am in my mid 30′s and have to think about where left and right are) and had to attend ‘special classes’ in primary school to try ‘get it right’, although I excel at most things I do battle with numbers and direction- I now have two very intelligent daughters, 3.5 years and 18 months old, the older one is definitely a lefty and the younger one prefers her left hand to the right. I feel a bit anxious about how they will manage throughout their lives and would like to know if there are ways to help them now so they don’t battle at school later. My eldest daughter is like a sponge at the moment and craves ‘school time’ but reverses all of her letters. Any suggestions?

By: claire

claire — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 13:59:59 +0000

when I was just learning to write, I write from right to left, all the letters spelled backwards and written backwards, like you’d need a mirror to read it. No joke. I remember having difficulties in writing the letters properly, oh and it was also the same with numbers.

By: TRISHA

TRISHA — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 13:53:55 +0000

My dad and three out of six of his siblings are left-handed. My aunt in my mother’s side is also left-handed so is my grandfather. And I don’t know who else in our family tree is left-handed. It runs in my blood! )