Any
left handed people in your family?
Are
you left handed?
I
have been thinking about how different it is to be left handed I have
a sister and a niece no not mother and daughter just so you know,
anyway what was I saying. Oh yeah I have been told by them that it
isn't just different but can be difficult at times doing things left
handed.
Thankfully
I don't know of any problems my sister had at school except I think
there was one teacher who told mum that Jeannie should be using her
right hand and mum told her no that's not how Jeannie is and not to
try and force the issue.
I
do however, know that there was a time when being left handed was
treated as a bad thing maybe even a sin by some people and that when
at school left handed children were forced to use their right hand.
To
me forcing a child to do something that doesn't come naturally for
them like which hand they prefer to use. I feel the treatment of left
handed children by some teachers was not just wrong but cruel, no
child should be made to feel like they are committing a sin by using
their left hand.
How
can using one's left hand be a sin to me that is just stupid. It can
be hard enough being a lefty or a south paw as my grandfather use to
say, writing isn't as easy for a lefty as well preforming other tasks
such as using a pair of scissors unless they are left handed
scissors.
According
to Google Lefties make up only about 10 percent of
the population, but studies find that individuals who are left-handed
are more creativity, have more imagination and intuition and like to
daydream. They're also better at rhythm and visualization.