My old teacher thought, since I was just getting started, it would be equally challenging for me to learn one way or the other so it was better to favor the righty in order to be easier in the future to find guitars to play and buy.
Reality is that i feel clumsy with my right hand being the picking hand.
I will try and play lefty for a while by swapping the strings of my guitar and see how it feels.
Thanks for your advice!

Remo.