andy nguyen

Student in Athens, GA

andy nguyen

Student in Athens, GA

Hello, one thing about my life is that I am left handed. It is pretty rare to find someone who is left handed. When people see me writing, they ask the same question: “are you left handed?" Yes, and I was born left handed, and I am the only person in my family who is left handed. Therefore, I am like an oddball in the family. And yes, I do want a left handed seat in class if one exists.

One thing I do not like about being left handed is that when writing, my hand turns grey as the graphite smudges onto it from writing on top of it. Another thing I do not like is having to use right handed products. I would like to say I never thought about the existence of separate left and right handed products like scissors, but I never thought it would affect my life. However, it does, as sometimes when I use scissors, I struggle cutting something and get annoyed. Even then, I can't tell if I am using left or right handed scissors.

Overall, being left handed makes me feel unique to others, however, it doesn't have a significant impact on continuing my daily life, apart from cutting things with scissors. I don't really get questions on being left handed because I think one's writing hand is such an insignificant detail to notice when around people.