Lets Be Lefties For A Day Analysis
Let’s Be Lefties for a Day
DeVry University
Let’s Be Lefties for a Day “The perception of normality is based on how closely you resemble the majority of people” (Devry College, 2013, Week One Assignment, Para. 1). I have been right handed since 2nd grade. This was not always the case though. When I began Kindergarten in 1985, I was predominantly left handed. I was persistently discouraged from writing with my left hand and eventually I became fluent in penmanship with my right hand. At the time, I recall being told that “Everyone should write with their right hand!” I was taught early on, that to be normal is to be like everyone else. To this day I am still right handed as far as for writing, …show more content…
In order to understand the affects of being in a minority group, we were challenged to “Let’s be lefties for a day.” It was quickly apparent that our society and environment is catered toward right-handed people. This reflects a principle known as institutionalized discrimination where minority groups are at a disadvantage because of the normal way society operates (Devry College, 2012, Week One Lecture, para. 2). Take buttons for instance. It is much easier to button jackets, or pants, etc… with one’s right hand as opposed to one’s left. The reason for this is simply that the vast majority of mechanisms for buttoning, or zippering, are adapted for ease of right-handed individuals. Another example is door knobs. Most door knobs are manufactured with right-handed ergonomics in mind. Opening doors with my left hand involved twisting my wrist in a manner that is both awkward and uncomfortable. Further exploration found that items such as golf clubs, scissors, kitchen utensils, and keyboards, are available for left-handed individuals; however, they come at a price. Not only were they more expensive per unit than “standard” items that are readily available; but they also required internet access as they are primarily found online, and included shipping fees in addition to the …show more content…
These differences are what creates diversity and adds richness and color to our world and “…is a major component in the social glue holding a culture together. What we want to do is simply recognize that we do have prejudices arising from our ethnocentric view of the world” (Devry College, 2013, Week One Lecture, Para. 10). There is an old familiar saying that you never know a man till you have walked a mile in his shoes. This is so true and it can be easy to forget that beyond our obvious differences, we are all
DeVry University
Let’s Be Lefties for a Day “The perception of normality is based on how closely you resemble the majority of people” (Devry College, 2013, Week One Assignment, Para. 1). I have been right handed since 2nd grade. This was not always the case though. When I began Kindergarten in 1985, I was predominantly left handed. I was persistently discouraged from writing with my left hand and eventually I became fluent in penmanship with my right hand. At the time, I recall being told that “Everyone should write with their right hand!” I was taught early on, that to be normal is to be like everyone else. To this day I am still right handed as far as for writing, …show more content…
In order to understand the affects of being in a minority group, we were challenged to “Let’s be lefties for a day.” It was quickly apparent that our society and environment is catered toward right-handed people. This reflects a principle known as institutionalized discrimination where minority groups are at a disadvantage because of the normal way society operates (Devry College, 2012, Week One Lecture, para. 2). Take buttons for instance. It is much easier to button jackets, or pants, etc… with one’s right hand as opposed to one’s left. The reason for this is simply that the vast majority of mechanisms for buttoning, or zippering, are adapted for ease of right-handed individuals. Another example is door knobs. Most door knobs are manufactured with right-handed ergonomics in mind. Opening doors with my left hand involved twisting my wrist in a manner that is both awkward and uncomfortable. Further exploration found that items such as golf clubs, scissors, kitchen utensils, and keyboards, are available for left-handed individuals; however, they come at a price. Not only were they more expensive per unit than “standard” items that are readily available; but they also required internet access as they are primarily found online, and included shipping fees in addition to the …show more content…
These differences are what creates diversity and adds richness and color to our world and “…is a major component in the social glue holding a culture together. What we want to do is simply recognize that we do have prejudices arising from our ethnocentric view of the world” (Devry College, 2013, Week One Lecture, Para. 10). There is an old familiar saying that you never know a man till you have walked a mile in his shoes. This is so true and it can be easy to forget that beyond our obvious differences, we are all