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Although
parents may sometimes experience lefthandedness
as a curse or a dissability because of problems experienced
by their children in school, it is indeed the opposite,
provided the teacher understands handedness.
The
biggest problem regarding handedness is that people
tend to reduce it to the hand that you use to write
with. Nothing can be further from the truth. Handedness
is only part of it. The origin of lefthandedness
is in the brain and thus is the true issue not the
hand that you use to write with, but the part of the
brain that is dominant.
The
way of thinking is only a problem in the school system
because schools don't accommodate lefthandedness.
The mostly right brain orientated left hander simply
doesn't fit into the system created for right handers
- and thus mainly left brain dominant people.
Unfortunately
there are people that resist change, and you should
not even try to take on the system, unless you are
prepared for the fight of your life. The educational
authorities are not keen on admitting their way of
doing things are not working for all. It is however,
your responsibility as parent to make the teachers
aware of the fact that lefthandedness is more than
just the hand that your child write with. You have
to defend your child and protect your child against
victimisation and ignorance often displayed on the
part of teachers who are not willing to make room
for left handers in their education world.
Lefthandedness
is a problem for the educational system. Work books
have been designed to make writing, turning pages,
and learning as easy as possible for the majority
of learners, which of course, are the right handed
pupils. The same courtesy however, has not been extended
to lefthanded learners. The lefthander must develop
ways to write in the work books without smudging their
work. Since the writing is directly beneath the hand,
the lefthanded learner cannot see their writing. As
such many mistakes are made, the child writes slower,
doesn't finish in time, and has to rely on memory.
Apart from the above, the hand writing is then also
less readable.
All
of the above leads to conflict within the classroom.
The teacher complains about the slow and not so neat
work instead of providing the child with the best
means for writing and giving more time.Many teachers
pressure the lefthanded learner to write faster and
then contact the parents about the lack of neatness
shown in the work.
The
solutions to the above and more problems which the
lefthanded learners face in the school are discussed
in the book "Right to be Left" which is
available in Afrikaans only, at the moment. It is
an e-book that can be ordered right here and received
within the hour. If you prefer to wait for the English
version, but will appreciate it if your notified once
it is published in electronic format, you can email
us.
Learn more about the book that discusses all aspects
of lefthandedness.
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Lefthanded
Famous
Lefthanders
Famous
Lefthanders- Napoleon
Right to be left (Reg
om Links te Wees)
Help with writing
Lefthandedness
is not a curse
Class Help
Lefties Day
Left
Handed People Facts
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