Thread: How can I fix a lack of ambedixterity?

Originally Posted by dirtydan

But wouldn't a "lefty" have just as much trouble learning to use his/her right hand?

In theory yes. The thing is though, we live in a right handed world, so us lefties have to adapt far more in various things. I for one was not believed, by my school, to be left handed. So they decided I had to learn to write with my right hand. It was totally ridiculous, but something good came off it, I'm pretty much completely ambidexterous today

Originally Posted by Birnando

In theory yes. The thing is though, we live in a right handed world, so us lefties have to adapt far more in various things. I for one was not believed, by my school, to be left handed. So they decided I had to learn to write with my right hand. It was totally ridiculous, but something good came off it, I'm pretty much completely ambidexterous today

Wow! A kind of discrimination I never even considered......... Now that I think about it, I'm a right-handed drummer and I've gotta few buddies that are left-handed drummers. They seem to sit behind my right-handed kit with some loss of dexterity but able to hold their own. When I try to sit behind one of their left-handed kits, I'm totally USELESS! I'm hopelessly crippled by the mirror image set-up. I suppose lefties are forced to conform way more than most of us righties can even fathom.

BTW - for an experiment, I tried eating dinner tonight with my left hand........at this point, it seems like a very effective enhancement to anyone's diet program. It really forced me to slow down and savor each bite.

I suppose then left handed men dress to the right.......... what a horrifying thought!