Which side am I?

   Throughout my life, I have come in contact with an eclectic mix of people who each have something organic about them that makes them truly unique. Since I was a young girl, I have always felt like being left handed was an inconvenience rather than it being something that made me different from others. In school, teachers would always have to adjust my seat in the classroom so I wouldn't bang elbows with someone right handed. At home, I was the only person in my family who was left handed, and I got ridiculed by my sister for it. As I grew older however, I began to appreciate being left handed. I read a book my junior year by Daniel Pink, called "A Whole New Mind" and it had such a profound effect on me. In the book, Pink talks about how many left handed people use the right side of their brain. The right side has been thought of as the more "creative" side, and that there is more of a need for right brained thinkers in  the world we live in. This book and the ideas Pink presented made me think about how I can use my right brained abilities in a future career. Now I don't see my right-brainedness as being a disadvantage, but rather an asset.
   It came as no surprise for me to learn that I answered nearly all of the questions in the Brain Test as being Right-Brained. I am intuitive, as I often times come up with spontaneous ideas, and have a lot of various thoughts flowing through my head at any given time. It is hard for me to follow a set of rules, a sequence or a pattern because it is challenging for my mind to think in that particular way. When reading a passage, I often times keen in on specific details, like what the person is wearing, instead of focusing mainly on the main ideas the author is trying to convey through his or her writing. The best way that I learn is through a series of visual images, and specifically through demonstrations-I am a "symbolic learner." For example, on a test, in order to memorize specific words or information, I relate it to people or events I have come in contact with throughout my life. I learned that my yearning for adventure and my spontaneous attitude can also be attributed to the dominance of my right brain. I am also free with my feelings and can express myself through words, another characteristic of being mainly right brain dominant. I only answer one question as being left brain dominant, and was not surprised by this discovery.
   Some of the most creative people are right brain dominant. The random ideas that circulate through my head ultimately make me more creative as a person. This test only solidified my knowledge of being right brain dominant, and I think that I need to embrace the knowledge and creativity I have and use it in my everyday life, and eventually in a future career. It is important for me to focus on the areas where I am am dominant, and work on the areas where I struggle. My abstract ideas are perfect for a Communication Arts major. I have learned that there is a connection between being left handed and right brain dominant, and being right handed and left brain dominant and the characteristics of being right brained totally describe the person I am.