Left Handed School Experiences Survey

We have been running a major survey over the past year finding out about young left-handers' experiences at school and whether they are getting the help and advice they need or just being left to cope with right-handed tools and equipment as best they can.

The results are fascinating and show there is still a very long way to go to get equal teaching in the basics for a lot of left-handed children and that many teachers are nowhere near as well informed as we had hoped about the small things they can do to help their left-handed students.

There is a full analysis of the results on the special site we created for issued related to left-handed children.

Click here to see the survey results on www.lefthandedchildren.org

(the link will open in a new window so you will not lose your place on this site)


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By Candy
14th June 2009 - 4:45pm

Hebrew and Arabic are written from right to left: I wonder, do left-handers in the Middle East have it easier than us Europeans?

By teah
23rd May 2009 - 11:13pm

in science i bump people in the arm and make them mess up and in lunch one day i made a girl spill milk on her shirt *it was funny because she's not the nicest girl ever* and last year in art i got a worse grade then i would have because they didnt have any lefty scissors. but some times being a lefty is fun (the milk issue) =D

By taylor
8th May 2009 - 11:17pm

i dont like at school when im writing cause i always hit someone cause their rh and im lh and in science ALL of the tubes and scissors and everything is made for rh and also if u dont want to smear pen use ballpoint they sometimes smear but not as much.

By Hannah =]
29th March 2009 - 1:34pm

Hi i'm left handed and its very annoyin writin with pens coz it alays gets smudged n my hand is covered in ink 2 n i enjoy playin hokey but its hard coz ther is no such fing as a left handed hockey stick but i stil luv bein left handed =]

Hockey - By Kay Li Wong
14th March 2009 - 3:57am

I'm left handed.I used to have this teacher in my primary school who was left handed(well,he turned ambidextrous).He told us in class one day about the left handers can't play hockey thing,and told us he managed it!And he didn't learn to be ambidextrous yet!This just shows that sometimes left handers can do the impossible

Sitting exams - By Ian Dewar
10th March 2009 - 4:06am

My eldest son is left handed and is often much slower ate getting information down on paper. Is this common and does anyone have any tips/advice as speed is crucial in exams

lefthanders rule - By orla
3rd March 2009 - 9:46am

just a quick note to say that lefthanders rule the planet ok???

HOW TO BE WRITE LEFTHANDED EASILY - By Jacob Downard
10th January 2009 - 5:04pm

Usually if you are left handed you smear letters a way to not do that is write backwards,as long as you know what you are writing.

HOW TO BE WRITE LEFTHANDED EASILY - By Jacob Downard
10th January 2009 - 5:04pm

Usually if you are left handed you smear letters a way to not do that is write backwards,as long as you know what you are writing.

Lefties - By Jacob Downard
14th December 2008 - 12:03pm

I am not saying left handers are bad,because I am one and a lot of cool people are to.

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