International Left Hander Day: 5 Fun Facts 0:48
(CNN Spanish) - This August 13, the world celebrates International Left-Handed Day. In honor of the date, in addition to collecting some data that you may not have known about the accident rate (click here), we invite our followers on social networks to tell us the easiest and the most difficult thing about being left-handed.
Every August 13, the International Day of Lefties is celebrated, a date that seeks to help reduce the obstacles suffered by left-handed people. Share your opinions. We will publish some of them. https://t.co/1vNwLcgYvc pic.twitter.com/tvyq43rTc0
- CNN en Español (@CNNEE) August 13, 2020
The experiences are varied but there are points in common: the questions that are frequently asked, the difficulty to write without staining, creativity, pride in the famous left-handers, the ability to adapt, the challenge to identify directions ... In short, the Lefties have a great sense of belonging and, although they are only 10% of the world's population, they share a trait that often makes them stand out in different disciplines. Happy day!
These were some of the responses:
The good
JoséandKenia Guerrero: I had to become ambidextrous. All obstacles are in your mind.
Eduenrique Nieto: We are more versatile, nothing is difficult for us.
Mechita Zam I am left-handed ... but the truth is I never had any obstacles ... on the contrary, everything is easier for me .... I am very happy to be left-handed.
Nathy Araya The most beautiful thing is that everyone asks you "Are you left-handed?"
@meli_novac: The easiest thing is that we are more creative, according to studies.
@flaviasofiagarcia: I'm left-handed and I think it's great to be. I'm happy
@sergioramora: What difficulties in sports? The best have been lefties Messi, Nadal, Maradona, Randy Johnson, Sandy Koufax, Steve Young. In science and music: Einstein, Van Gogh, Da Vinci ... there is nothing to say about lefties.
@FridilColndres: It is easy for us to cheat in games that involve the use of our body to opponents.
@betsna: The good thing for me is having learned to adapt to a world made for rights, I just think that if I had learned to play guitar with my left hand it would have been better for me, only changing all the strings was hard work, which is why I settled with the right.
@jmoval: The easiest thing and what I see as an advantage is that to adapt to the world of right-handed people, I learned to use both hands.
@Eilleenmendieta: Nobody expects a defense with the left hand, the best 👍🏻
The bad
Erix Arbildo Lucana: That they see you writing with your left hand, and they ask you, are you left-handed?
Nathy Araya: The most difficult thing is to write in a spring-loaded notebook or on the last pages of a book.
Ronaldo Rondon: When eating at a full table.
Bernardino Rios: For me, some inks run through my hand, but I learned to write with my right because I took the cell with my left and had to take notes with my right and I even learned to sign exactly the same with both hands.
@meli_novac: The hardest thing is to erase what you wrote with your fist and make it stain.
@anzolarm: Write in notebooks that have the spring.
@kellyysuscosas: Cut with the scissors, the desks, eat at the table without bumping the elbows, use a story, and always doubt the direction. Right or left.
@FridilColndres: The most difficult thing is the use of suitable objects for left-handed people, the first limitation is found in school: everything is designed for a world of rights.
@ 5606iza_iza: Discomfort to use and control certain equipment or instruments. Difficulty writing. Stain or erase everything I write with my own hand. When they see you write and ask, Are you left-handed? and keep watching me.
@jmoval: The most difficult thing for me is to distinguish the right from the left when giving an address.
@latin_german: In the beginning it is complicated since everything is adapted to be used / handled by right-handers. Because of sports, I suffered a lot of injuries to my right hand and arm so I had to learn everything with my left and over time I became ambidextrous. Greetings to all lefties !!
@ jc31_de: I always confuse the right with the left because my left is my right. When I drive I always ask for the address if I don't know it. I'm not over that yet! 🤣 🤣 🤣
@Eilleenmendieta: The difficult thing, the school desks were only for right-handed people 😖 my arm was in the air and you get tired quickly.
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