"Today is International Left-hander's Day, a day in which left-hander advocacy groups remind you that left-handed scissors, school desks, and computer mice are nonexistent in many places and hard to come by in others. The holiday was first celebrated on this day in 1976, started by Left-hander's International, with the guiding mantra, "Lefties have rights."
The group also puts out bulletins with information like this: "Did You Know? Right-handed people operate in the left side of the brain. Left-handed people use their right side. Therefore, only left-handed people are in their right mind."
Between 10 and 15 percent of the world's population is left-handed. While we don't really know why a fraction of the world is left-handed, we do know that it is genetic. Scientists have recently discovered what they think is the gene that allows a parent the possibility of procreating a left-handed child."
I am right-handed, but my mother and sister were/are lefties. Mom was discouraged from using her left hand in school but she held out. Her handwriting was beautiful, and she had an unusual way of curving her hand over the top of the page as she wrote. My handwriting is nothing to rave about, so being a rightie is not so much of an advantage there, I guess.
How about you?
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