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The first and most obvious problem is created by right-handed desks, forcing us lefties to reach across our bodies to write with no support for our arm. Now, gr

The first and most obvious problem is created by right-handed desks, forcing us lefties to reach across our bodies to write with no support for our arm. Now, granted, there are usually one or two desks in a classroom for left-handers, but with 8-10% of the population being lefties, that leaves a shortage of left-handed desks in every classroom in America. Umm, given 20-30 people in a class, that comes out to 2-3 left handed desks...

vlad 17y ago
Your points are valid, as he or she forgot to mention the following: In most classrooms, not a day goes by without the teacher requesting students rearrange their desks to work in groups together, and that's all it takes for the desks to be in a different order for the next class. Even if left-handed desks never moved, there are no rules that left-handed desks are actually for left-handers only. As a classroom fills up, it's hard to tell which remaining desks are left-handed. It's also hard for right-handers to remember to look for the same, and end up sitting wherever they were about to, along with left-handers. Left-handed desks are worthless when there are no policies about actually using them. And half-desks are worse than full-desks, anyway. http://handedness.org/action/fairdesks.html http://handedness.org/action/fairdesks.html
- sehender 17y ago
  Brilliant article! This takes it to the next level in discussing institutionalized discrimination. I never knew how hard I actually had it. :)
- omgsean 17y ago
  As a lefty, I hope that people don't read that website and think we're all melodramatic crybabies! Lots of things in life are a little bit harder when you're left handed, fortunately we were granted extra brains to help deal with it. Three of the last four US presidents were left handed. Is that some kind of institutionalized discrimination against right-handed politicians?
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vlad 17y ago

Your points are valid, as he or she forgot to mention the following: In most classrooms, not a day goes by without the teacher requesting students rearrange their desks to work in groups together, and that's all it takes for the desks to be in a different order for the next class. Even if left-handed desks never moved, there are no rules that left-handed desks are actually for left-handers only. As a classroom fills up, it's hard to tell which remaining desks are left-handed. It's also hard for right-handers to remember to look for the same, and end up sitting wherever they were about to, along with left-handers. Left-handed desks are worthless when there are no policies about actually using them. And half-desks are worse than full-desks, anyway. http://handedness.org/action/fairdesks.html http://handedness.org/action/fairdesks.html

sehender 17y ago
Brilliant article! This takes it to the next level in discussing institutionalized discrimination. I never knew how hard I actually had it. :)
omgsean 17y ago
As a lefty, I hope that people don't read that website and think we're all melodramatic crybabies! Lots of things in life are a little bit harder when you're left handed, fortunately we were granted extra brains to help deal with it. Three of the last four US presidents were left handed. Is that some kind of institutionalized discrimination against right-handed politicians?

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