left is right

Q1) list three ways in which human being's preference for one hand over the other is 'strange' .

Ans:

- both hands look alike

- most people prefer using their right hands.

- left handedness has survived despite the taboos and difficulties for left handers.

Q2) why are there twice as many left handers per thousand of population in the west that in Asia?

Ans:

In Asia, many left handed children are still forced to use their right hands. This practice has largely ceased in the west.

Q3) Since it is now proven that there is nothing harmful about being left handed, what can families, schools and manufactures do ?

Ans:

1) families can learn to accept left handed children and not to discourage them from using their left hands.

2) schools can provide special equipments for left handed pupils such as scissors and pencil sharpeners made just for them.

3) manufactures can make products that are easier for left handed people to use.

Q4) Give three examples to explain why left handers have to say “ excuse me” a lot. Are they really clumsy or is there some other explanation.

Ans:

1) left handers and right handers often bump into each other in the street because both tend to dodge in the same direction to avoid colliding .

2) left handers pickup wrong cup of coffee at the dinner table, the one nearest to their left hand.

3) they sometimes nudge fellow diners with their elbows while drinking.

Q5) lWould you say that this passage is overall serious and humorous ? Explain.

Ans:

this passage is overall serious, it outlines some of the major misconception about left handedness and the discrimination that left handed people encounter in their daily life. The author seems annoyed and upset about the prejudices against left handedness that are wide spread in societies across the world.