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Being Left Handed In A Right Handed World

Being Left Handed In A Right Handed World

When I first went to school, finding a left-handed pair of scissors was challenging. School desks were made for right-handed people also. The right-handed students had a nice place to rest their elbows on the desk, but I did not have that luxury.

My Grandfather taught me how to tie my shoes since he was left-handed. We loop our shoelaces the opposite way around. He also taught me how to use a knife and peel vegetables.

When I made pottery in High School, they had yet old-fashioned kick wheels. Left-handed students can easily use kick wheels as we kick the wheel in the opposite direction. When I made pottery in college, we had only two kick wheels; the others had the wrong motors. An older gentleman told me they had to mount the motor upside down, and they would work perfectly for those of us who were left-handed. We never had a motorized pottery wheel for the left-handed students.

In sports, left-handed people needleft-handedd golf clubs and catchers mitts,t, and hold the baseball bat differently.

I tried to play the guitar in school, but it did not go well since it was right-handed. I found out years later that they now make a left-handed guitar. The strings have to be mounted the opposite way around for us that are left-handed.

Left-handed mechanics also have a challenge as cars are made to be easily repaired by right-handed people, and an absolute nightmare for left-handed mechanics to work on.

Carpentry tools are made backward for left-handed carpenters. I was lucky enough to find a left-handed circular saw, which was an excellent find for me. Weed whackers throw the grass all over your pant legs, and chainsaws throw the wood chips all over your body when left-handed.

I purchased a left-handed watch that I love dearly. Left-handed people wear their eyes on their right wrists. Some vacuum cleaners are off balance because of how the bag or motor is mounted on them, making it very hard to vacuum with being left-handed.

I have learned over the years how to adapt to being left-handed in a right-handed world.

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My daughter is a leftie, but she’s only 3 so we haven’t navigated into any of these challenges yet! Sometimes she tries to copy my right handed ways, and I always ask if she’d like to use her other hand.

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Being Left Handed In A Right Handed World

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