My 15 month old is left handed....I`ve read a lot of sites about lefties but I want to hear from those who are lefties..what challenges have you faced in school...learning...etc?
2007-01-04 07:31:49 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Primary & Secondary Education
Probably the things I've had the hardest time with are learning things like tennis, knitting and crocheting. Odd combo, I know - but I'm a visual learner, and these are things that when you watch someone else doing - it's backwards.
I grew up in the 50's, and had a third grade teacher that felt it was her duty to "break" me from being left handed, because being left handed was a sign of the devil! My parents, my doctor, it took a bunch of people to make her stop. Even after that, she would make snide comments.
I don't believe we live shorter lives - I do believe we are more imaginative and adept - from all the adapting we have had to do.
My son is also left-handed, and it appears that his son is also.
Don't try to change him. Put his crayons, fork, whatever midway between his right and left hand and let him use the hand that comes naturally. There are "left-handed" scissors and dozens of other things now. The only one I got for my son was left handed spiral bound notebooks. Lefties writing in a standard spiral bound notebook smear the ink across the page.
Observe him, and support his inclination. And, God forbid, you run into someone who wants to "correct" you son - stand up firmly against them. You are your child's champion.
In the mean time, savor every moment with your toddler - they do grow up too fast.
2007-01-04 07:47:10 · answer #1 · answered by kids and cats 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm a lefty in college and there are about 7 seats in every 100+ lecture hall for left-handed people. It can get a little annoying trying to find a seat. When I was younger I had a problem when the teacher put the desks as partners (or when one teacher made the desks into a square) because I was always bumping elbows. I had a harder time than most kids learning how to write in cursive (printing was fine) because the teacher would drag the pencil and to do that I had to learn how to write from above the line I was aiming for. It will help when your 15 month- old gets to that point to make sure you help him or her with handwriting practice. Now that I think about it, I also had a hard time learning to hold a pencil and a fork. That could be because I didn't have a proper model, but it could also be because I was personally slow. Though it may seem like I'm listing a lot of problems, it is just because you asked. Being left-handed actually hasn't affected me much in life, and in a way it is nice to be a little different. And don't listen to what any of those websites tell you, left-handed people are intrinsically smarter than right-handed people :-).
2007-01-04 07:47:29 · answer #2 · answered by trueblue88 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's no problems other than dragging your hand through your ink(permanent marker is worse!). I've seen other lefties that curve their hand a certain way so they aren't dragging their hand through what they just wrote. Sometimes you get small desk tops but I think some schools (around here at least) are getting desks with much bigger surfaces both for left handed kids & because you can put more than a single sheet of paper on it!
2007-01-04 08:46:40 · answer #3 · answered by volleyball0815 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i'm left handed. 24years old - when i was in school and learing to print my teachers noticed i was using my left hand and made me sit on a chair in the corner and practice in the air with my right hand, like i was being punished or something for being bad. i don't have alot of memories from those years but that has always stuck out in my mind. but now i like being left handed because in a way it's unique, encourage it!!
2007-01-04 07:43:24 · answer #4 · answered by sa-da-tay 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Being left handed is just like being right handed. No one treats me differently. I'm gifted. Graduated top 10 in high school. In addition, i'm right handed when it comes to sports.
2007-01-04 09:27:00 · answer #5 · answered by ranny h 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
im left handed and i face no difficulties in school or anything, except when you write on paper the ink gets on the back of your hand..... which stinks, but nothing else.
2007-01-04 07:37:07 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-30 00:10:36 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i'm left handed :) the only challenge is not smudging the ink when i write lol
2007-01-04 08:25:36 · answer #8 · answered by bluecolouredflames 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
naw, im a righty
2007-01-04 09:24:02 · answer #9 · answered by Huh! 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋