I do not consider my condition debilitating, nor do I face extreme adversity on a day-to-day basis, but being left-handed in a right-handed world presents challenges which people like me face every day, especially at college.

According to an ABC News article, only about 10 percent of the population is left-handed.

If this comes as a shock, it shouldn’t. One must ask themself, “How many lefties do I know?” The number will probably be a lot less than if the same was asked about righties.

I am currently taking government 100, the second largest class in the largest classroom at Eastern.

The classroom is 109 Showalter Hall. There are rows of comfy seats and at each seat is a little fold-up desk that students can choose to use or not. There is one problem, though.

Most of these little desks are made for right-handed people. I say most because the seats at the ends of the rows on the left side of the room have left-handed desks.

Now, I know some will ask, “Why don’t you use the desks at the end of the rows?”

I do not enjoy sitting at the ends. I like the middle seats because I have a clear view of the professor and I don’t have to worry about someone’s junk being in my face as they squeeze past me.

“Then just deal with it,” is a typical, right-handed response.

Attempting to take notes in that class using the little desk results in me awkwardly leaning in toward the person on my right while they question my intentions and give me startled looks.

I end up using my knee half of the time because it is more comfortable for me and is the only other desk-like surface. But, using my knee usually ends in sloppy notes.

Lefties, do not be sorry if you are in this boat with me. If the righties were in our position, they would know the struggle.

It would not be hard for Eastern to install longer desks for those seats in 109 Showalter, or in similar classrooms, to accommodate people of all different handwriting orientations.

For those who are left-handed and are looking for a small break from the struggle, there is one nifty device that has made my time in class at Eastern just a little more bearable: the Lefty left-handed notebook. Yes, this is a thing.

They are sold in the EWU bookstore for $3.50.

These notebooks are completely backwards in design, and that is a good thing. No longer do lefties have to worry about the menacing, metal spiral screwing up their note taking.

When I found these gifts from the left-handed fairies, I knew that my note taking would be smoother, and it has, for the most part.

Eastern still needs to lengthen those tiny, right-handed desks in the main lecture halls on campus.

For the righties: Please do not be offended when lefties are uncomfortably close, breathing down on your knees during note-taking classes. Our intentions are not bad, we’re just trying to pass our classes while being forced to deal with a “righty-dominant” society.