Eye Exercises are for Losers
Sometimes I wonder if I’m going cross-eyed and don’t realize it. In class, I have the hardest time making eye contact with the student I’m trying to call on. I’ll point at someone, and they’ll mouth, “Me?” then look behind them, even if they’re sitting on the back row. I nod my head, expecting them to stand up, but then the student next to them stands and starts to answer my question. The only way I can ever get the student I want is to go right up to their desk and wave my hand in front of their face.
The eye exercises the students do several times a day must not be working for them. While music plays, and a woman’s voice counts from one to eight over and over, the kids massage their face and around their eyes. They hate doing this, of course, and I don’t think they’re very concerned about their eyesight, anyway. For some crazy reason, glasses have become a popular fashion trend. And the bigger and brighter the frames are, the cooler the wearers think they look.
In American culture, we go to great lengths to get rid of our glasses, whether we switch to contacts or get surgery or just go without and stumble into everything. The younger Chinese crowds love glasses so much, though, they’ll even wear the frames without any lenses. Their glasses don’t have lenses! These people look ridiculous, like they were playing “dress like grandpa” or were on their way to a Halloween party but got sidetracked with shopping and going to school. I’m pretty sure Harry Potter is to blame.
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Responses to “Eye Exercises are for Losers”
Comments RSS Feed – All CommentsJR — 2 November 2009 @ 5:22 am
I hate calling on students, it takes way too long for the right person to finally acknowledge that they are being called on. That’s why I use the ball, but I hate the ball just as much because they think if they jump out of the way it doesn’t count.
Joe — 2 November 2009 @ 9:16 am
Top ophthalmologists always say poking yourself in the eye every day is the best way to never need glasses.
Tyson Francis — 2 November 2009 @ 1:45 pm
…I tried your eye poking thing and all it did was make my eyes hurt…I guess I will have to keep trying. So Clark have they told you what they do these eye exercises for? I mean, I am no doctor or anywhere near sciencey (yes I know its not a real word) enough to claim great intelligence in this field but using common sense…what the hell?
Chinamatt — 2 November 2009 @ 6:35 pm
Your students WANT to wear glasses? When I taught grad students I kept getting the same stupid answer that the student couldn’t see the board because he/she “forgot” to bring glasses and refused to sit up front. Those students usually failed the class.
Clark — 3 November 2009 @ 6:29 am
More than half of my middle school students wear glasses. Who knows how many of them actually need glasses.
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