Left-handedness...

Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think. Ralph Waldo Emerson

During my course of learning to write (about the age of 2 and above) I always prefer to used my left hand. At that time some of the kids playing crayon with me (some were older than me) tried to make me switch hand. I tried but was not comfortable with it so I opt for my left hand again. At that time I thought I was wierd, but as I grew-up I knew it wasn't something you should be ashame of.

Left handedness is always associated with hemisphere of your brain being dominant. Right-handers used more of their left-brain hemisphere while left-handers used more of their right side of the brain. Dyslexic kids have the tendencies to be left-handers and most of them tends to be more creative because right hemisphere of the brain is where all the creative juices are stored. Left hemispere of the brain is associated with logic, ( I bet there are very few left handed accountant).

Here is some fact about left-handedness;

One in every 10 people is left-handed, and males are one and a half times more likely to be left-handed then females, according to Lefthanders International. Medical researchers have looked long and hard for what causes people to be left- or right-handed. Their answer? The same reason why brown-eyed people have brown eyes, genes that manifest their trait one out of every 10 chances. That means almost 90% of this world population are right handed.

Lefties are More Apt for Creative Genius:
A really interesting question is whether there is any connection between left-handed people and creative genius. As one of the most common myths of left-handed people, according to According to Martha Pieper, co-author of "Smart Love" and columnist for the Chicago Parent

"Some of history's most creative minds have been left-handed," says Pieper. "Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Ludwig van Beethoven, Benjamin Franklin, Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein were all left-handed according to history. But just as we can name all these wonderfully talented left-handers, we can also name just as many right-handers. There are no concrete facts to prove or disprove any relation between being left-handed and being exceptionally in any field. However, even if it isn't fact that left-handedness gives rise to creative genius, left-handed children and parents can take comfort to know that they are in good company.

But according to study done by Dr. Alan Searleman from St Lawrence University in New York, he found that left-handers can be considerably more intellectually gifted. There were more left-handed people with IQs over 140 than right-handed people - which is the "genius" bracket. This is perhaps why there are more "lefties" in creative professions - such as music, art and writing - and more left-handed astronauts and leaders than would be expected.

Lefties are More Clumsy:
As they are thought to be "out of the norm," left-handed children are often labeled as clumsy. But is it true clumsiness, or just a matter or having to adapt? "Left-handed children, when attempting to accommodate to an opposite world, appear awkward using tools that have right hand preference designed into them," says Pieper. "However, right-handers display even more awkwardness using left-handed tools than left-handers do using right-handed tools. This is probably because right-handers are less used to adapting. It's not a matter of being truly clumsy, but instead, it is that a child has not yet overcome or adapted to that right-hand based obstacle."

Growing up being a lefthanded wasn't to difficult if you manage to being adaptive enough to work around things that were made for right-handed people. It really doesn't matter which hand you used as long as it is for good purpose.

Celebrate your left-handedness on 13th August , it's the left-handers day!

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