2008 Woodie Awards
Left-handers forced to live in a right-handed world
By Amy Kelly
Rocket News Editor
Issue date: 2/3/06 Section: Opinion
Ever sit down at a desk and think that you are turned the wrong way, or that you are very uncomfortable where you are? If you're left-handed on a college campus this happens more than it should. Approximately 10 percent of the population is left-handed, however it doesn't seem that way on the SRU campus; making the left-handers live in a right-handed world.
A typical college classroom should have about 5-7 left-handed desks, but do you ever see them? Vincent Science Hall is guilty of having classrooms with no left-handed desks at all. Making it difficult to sit down comfortably and concentrate while writing. Some left-handers even have to change the way that they write to put anything down on paper.
Typical college classrooms have few left-handed desks and they are placed on far edges of the room. Normally a professor doesn't go to the outer rims of the room, but stays near the middle, along with the projection screen. This makes writing and looking at both the professor and the screen difficult.
Back and neck pain are common among left-handers. This could be minimized if the proper requirements were met with desks being supplied in every room. Not only just being in there but also being spread throughout the room so that you can sit where you feel comfortable.
Heather Brooks a left-handed sophomore said, "Spotts has small desks anyway and not being able to turn your notebook makes it even harder to write." she says, "Another factor that is also evident is that whenever you are writing on a right-handed desk you tend to rub your hand right through your ink, although when it's a left-handed desk you are more comfortable and can pick your hand up."
A factor that many do not think about is that some right-handers want to sit beside certain people so they sit in left-handed desks, making it even harder for left-handers to sit. People need to start thinking about others. They would be upset if the tables where turned on them.
Being a fellow left-hander, I would have to agree with all the statements made, and I hope something will change to improve this university for left-handers.
A typical college classroom should have about 5-7 left-handed desks, but do you ever see them? Vincent Science Hall is guilty of having classrooms with no left-handed desks at all. Making it difficult to sit down comfortably and concentrate while writing. Some left-handers even have to change the way that they write to put anything down on paper.
Typical college classrooms have few left-handed desks and they are placed on far edges of the room. Normally a professor doesn't go to the outer rims of the room, but stays near the middle, along with the projection screen. This makes writing and looking at both the professor and the screen difficult.
Back and neck pain are common among left-handers. This could be minimized if the proper requirements were met with desks being supplied in every room. Not only just being in there but also being spread throughout the room so that you can sit where you feel comfortable.
Heather Brooks a left-handed sophomore said, "Spotts has small desks anyway and not being able to turn your notebook makes it even harder to write." she says, "Another factor that is also evident is that whenever you are writing on a right-handed desk you tend to rub your hand right through your ink, although when it's a left-handed desk you are more comfortable and can pick your hand up."
A factor that many do not think about is that some right-handers want to sit beside certain people so they sit in left-handed desks, making it even harder for left-handers to sit. People need to start thinking about others. They would be upset if the tables where turned on them.
Being a fellow left-hander, I would have to agree with all the statements made, and I hope something will change to improve this university for left-handers.
