I'm pretty nearsighted, but a first I didn't realize it.
The day I realized I needed glasses, it was the last day of sixth grade.
Most of the kids had left the classroom and I was alone with the teacher and a girl named Francine.
The teacher was asking us how we found the class, and I said: "It was great, but I found it hard to read the board from the back row," and Francine says, "What do you mean, I can read the board fine from here. You need glasses!"
Stupidly I hadn't considered that they wouldn't put pupils that far from the blackboard if it were impossible for them to read from that distance.
I just figured they put the smart kids in the back rows because they could get by without reading the board and I spent the whole year transcribing as the teacher spoke, and passed my sixth grade without ever being able to read the blackboard.
The day I realized I needed glasses, it was the last day of sixth grade.
Most of the kids had left the classroom and I was alone with the teacher and a girl named Francine.
The teacher was asking us how we found the class, and I said: "It was great, but I found it hard to read the board from the back row," and Francine says, "What do you mean, I can read the board fine from here. You need glasses!"
Stupidly I hadn't considered that they wouldn't put pupils that far from the blackboard if it were impossible for them to read from that distance.
I just figured they put the smart kids in the back rows because they could get by without reading the board and I spent the whole year transcribing as the teacher spoke, and passed my sixth grade without ever being able to read the blackboard.