<p>I just had Psycology today and my instuctor said that only 10% the population is left- handed. looking around my classroom this number seems a bit off ,I figure about 17-20%.</p>
<pre><code> my question to you is, are you Left-handed or Right-handed?
Left: 1
Right:0
</code></pre>
<p>I've heard from 11%-17%</p>
<p>Left:2
Right:0</p>
<p>Of course, this is kind of dumb because this is such a small selection of people, that it is going to end up being extremely biased towards one end</p>
<p>My textbook and my instuctor both say 10%.
in my english class there is like 15 people in it and three of us are left-handed.</p>
<p>Left:3
Right:0</p>
<p>Go Lefties! Have either of you (or any other left handers) read "The Left Hander's Handbook"? It's a funny cartoon-style book about being left-handed.</p>
<p>I'm a lefty.</p>
<p>No..............................................:p</p>
<p>Left:4
Right:0</p>
<p>I am both handed, does that count?
well sort of, I can write with both hands....but I write faster with my right hand...</p>
<p>Left:4
Right:1</p>
<p>I'm actually ambidextrous, but my right hand is a little bit stronger with certain things than my left.</p>
<p>Left: 5
Right: 1</p>
<p>I think the national statistic is 15%.
In AP Lang and Comp, we had to write an argument essay...since I'm a goofball, I picked "Left-handed people have been discriminated against throughtout history and this needs to change - NOW!"</p>
<p>I'm left-handed, though all these examples are, of course, anecdotal evidence. And I've heard that 15% is the generally held statistic as well.</p>
<p>Out of curiosity, to all the left-handed people out there, did your parents/teachers/relatives try to convert you to become right-handed?</p>
<p>For me, only my grandmother on my mom's side attempted (she believed that left-handedness was bad or something <em>shrug</em>). My grandmother on my father's side on the other hand believe that left-handedness indicated intelligence, and encouraged it.</p>
<p>no one ever cared i was left-handed and never even tried to convert me</p>
<p>My grandmother (mother's side) tried to convince my parents to convert me. Thought being a lefty would disadvantage me in life.</p>
<p>My little sister's a lefty too. She had those writing issues back when she was in kindergarten - she used to write everything backwards (if you had a mirror, she had great handwriting).</p>
<p>Righty .. we do everything the right way :)</p>
<p>I thought you were talking about political beliefs, I was gonna be like LEFT!!!! until I read the OP. In that case I'm right.</p>
<p>I'm right handed.</p>
<p>I am left handed.</p>
<p>I'm right handed, but I was born lefty. My parents converted me when I was little because apparently it's really hard to write Chinese with your left hand. Not that that matters a whole lot now. </p>
<p>Hmm, maybe it would be easier for me to pick up ambidexterity? Maybe I'll try sometime if I...get really bored.</p>
<p>No one ever tried to switch me over to my right hand. but my dad said he was left-handed but my grandma switched him over to right.</p>