
Celebrate International Left-Handers Day on August 13!
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Thank you Almanac for the article trying to support us Lefties!
What got me started advocating for Lefties was back when I was 12 years old and my father would make fun of me for not being able to start the mower on the first pull! This really upset me because I had to always figure out why things didn't work. I was the kid that took things apart to either fix them or make them better. Well, I found out why on the mower, the pull cords are all designed for a right hander! From then on, I have been fighting for lefty rights.
You can see my book, Lefty Leon's First Day at school at my website www.leftyrightsclub.org. You can also buy a copy if you really like it. However, this book was written to help parents and teachers with left handed kids so they will understand they have a unique challenge in this world that will only make them better. I don't want them to be one of the 2500 that get killed yearly by using right handed tools.
My mother used to tell me stories about how she got her hand smacked in catholic school and how others use to tease her for being left handed. She did eventually shift (forced to) however she encourage me, not like my dad. That's okay, it made me who I am today.
Just to give you an idea about where I am going with this, I have contacted our government to add left handed children to the "No child left behind group" because we are disadvantage because most of the teachers don't recognize lefties, the schools don't keep records of who is left handed, and some schools still have those right handed desks that hurt us for years (my back is still hurting to this day).
With adults who are left handed, I am pushing government for a tax break due to the fact that we can not get products for us in a lot of cases and if we do, most of the time the product is more expensive. NOT RIGHT, or more precisely, not CORRECT! I am also going to work with manufacturers to get them to recognize us 13% (should be 25% as the newly discovered gene states). And, get them to label products correctly, left handed ONLY, right handed ONLY along with getting the pictures straight so we can make smart buying decisions and not buy something that is not made for us. And, get that stupid company who advertises scissors as ambidextrous to fix their labeling or get sued for lying!!!
Yes, as you can tell, I am pretty passionate about our left handers cause. I just need a few of the famous left handers who can sponsor our cause to really kick off our "Coming Home" march for equality. Not that we are better, we are in a lot of cases, however right handers are better at other things. What we need is the balance of it all so our country can be great again! Lefties are the best divergent thinkers, so, if you want a different solution, a different path, go see a lefty, you might be pleasantly surprised.
Roddy
I write and eat with my left but most everything else is with my right but I remember when elementary teachers would smack me with ruler for using my left.
Hello Kelly. Congratulations for fighting through the bad teachers and keeping left. Lots of psychologist back in the day, including Freud, told parents to convert their children to right handed. What a bunch of idiots. What we have learned is that when you force a change of this nature, it creates new problems such as King George I who was converted as a child and then developed a stuttering problem. We know now why however they didn't know.
I am ambidextrous but left-hand dominate. I can but not well; throw, write, play pool, and cut all right-handed. I was lucky growing up I was not forced to use my right hand. I do know I was labeled as dyslexic not sure if it has anything to do with being left-handed. As a matter of fact, I broke a bone in my left hand had to be in a cast for 6 weeks and I got out of writing in school and homework. For the homework, I did my best writing with my right hand. It was hard still is. My father was a leftie. I have a lot of cousins that are also lefties. Left-handed people are awesome in my book!!
Yes Dawn, left handed people are AWESOME! You keep using the hand that feels the best, as God has intended.
If you get a chance, take a look at my book Lefty Leon's first day in school and see if you can relate. I know I did. The website is www.leftyrightsclub.org. Have fun!
Roddy
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