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How left-handed are you?
For the second time in about four months, I’ve broken my left thumb. It’s an annoying trend, I must admit. But I’ve decided to use this opportunity to try to catalog the things I do fairly exclusively with my left hand, despite being right-handed. In other words, things I’m struggling to do since my left hand is pretty out of order.
- Hold the steering wheel
- Brush my teeth
- Hold the glass I’m drinking from
- Hold open the book I’m reading
- Hit the snooze button on my alarm (even though it’s on the right side of my bed)
- Use the scroll wheel on my cell phone
Lucky for me, though, I spacebar with my right thumb. I’d be up a creek otherwise.
So, readers (both of you), are there things you do exclusively with your off hand, and that you struggle to do with your dominant hand? Or am I weird?
Sun March 11th, 2007 1:32 am
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I cannot cut a piece of steak or chicken with my right hand. I feel like I’m the only right-handed person in the world that cuts meat with the off hand. I feel like it’s a waste of time to put the fork in my left hand so that I can cut with my right. I guess that’s why I have always gone with the flow.
Also, I guess video games would be a problem without my left thumb. How about you?
I’ve found that things I used to do with my right (dominant) hand, I’m now doing with my left. Some notable examples: I now reach for my glass and drink with my left hand, even when it’s on the right side of the table; using tools (screwdriver, drill and paintbrush are what I’ve been using most the last year or so). I’ve always opened jars and bottles with my left hand (the left is the one on the lid - I assume this is opposite of normal).
Allegedly I was left-handed but switched in kindergarten when my teacher got frustrated with me, so maybe that’s why.
This is why “Ambidexterity” should be a subject in elementary school. #1 - It would keep Stalinist kindergarten teachers (ooh, good band name) from oppressing lefties. #2 - It would help out lots of injured people later in life.
We’d have to take time from the other subjects, but I seem to remember lots of tracing and paste-eating from back then, skills I rarely use today.
Sorry, I just need to say two things.
1) Devin Harris is a floppy little (female dog). Someone needs to get through to this kid before he goes down in the Vlade Divac hall of fame. There is still time. In the meantime, I hope he is still tasting Renaldo Balkman’s knee this morning.
2) Dirk is MVP.
Zach: Solution to not having a left thumb for video games… stick to Wii Sports! I’m having fun with it.
Quinn: I remember you were always an oddball with your handedness, and I remember that “switcheroo” story. I think if I were a teacher, I’d go out of my way to develop ambidexterity in my pupils — good suggestion, Mike.
And Brian –
1) Devin Harris takes a lot of charges, and gets steals… he’s playing within the rules. So I dig it. But I guarantee he’s still feeling that knee — I saw that play up close and personal and it looked painful. 2) And I’m going to have to agree. DIRK FOR MVP!