Comments on: Writing left-handed

By: sofia

sofia — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 17:44:59 +0000

I don’t use a tripod grip because it causes me to be a little awkward, instead i use my hand in a very similar way: my index finger is in a tripod position but my thumb is is not directly on the pencil, it only comes in contact with the pencil around the middle of my top falange.
It’s more natural to me and no one ever complained so why should i bother changing it?

By: Charla

Charla — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 14:07:03 +0000

I’ll try to put this to good use immdeitaley.

By: Terence J. Golightly

Terence J. Golightly — Fri, 27 May 2011 19:31:52 +0000

We actually should read from right to left or on “my” planet from left to right. You see on “My” planet “we” are right handed and write with our right hands all those formerly known as right handed are now “lefties” he he. Then I have teachers tell them they are not writing the “right” way and they smudge. All reading and writing material is oriented for us “righties” ;>. They will suffer the indignities of the former “lefties” and be subject to criticism for their sloppiness and for their just lefthandedness. Ha!

By: Amanda

Amanda — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 22:50:16 +0000

My mom tried to get me to write with my hand hooked and I fought her on it. It was uncomfortable and painful for me. She just didn’t want me to smudge my work. Better to have a smudged paper than a cramped hand and wrist.

By: Rudy

Rudy — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 12:58:13 +0000

All the yoropen are not available in france. There are just the standard, the superior (black or white), and the executive, only in green or black.
Those pen are never in store so it’s difficult to find them.
And when you find one it’s too expensive because they’re rare !
So i bought the superior on the only website in france which sells it.
I hope it will be as well as every body says it !

By: Sharon

Sharon — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 17:08:19 +0000

I write with the hook method but I turn my page the same way right handers do and write uphill. This way I can see my work and pull the pen and write without twisting my body. I make sure to choose pens that won’t smudge.

I have read that the way a left hander writes – either underneath or hooked above – is a matter of brain organization.

Over the years I have changed my grip to many strange grips, but now I use the standard pen grip and keep my hand relaxed as much as possible.