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My mom was called stupid her entire first school years until somebody thought to test her eyes.
by soco 5y ago
My mom was called stupid her entire first school years until somebody thought to test her eyes.
- hunta2097 5y agoI somehow slipped through the UK eye-test system with -5 astigmatism until the age of 12. I was 12 when I first saw a leaf on a tree.
- high_byte 5y agowow the system really dropped the ball on this one
- atatatat 5y agoSupremely curious: as a 12 y/o, did you assume everyone struggled getting around, always?
- hunta2097 5y agoYep! I had an eyetest in primary school, I couldn't read anything. Looking back on it years later I assume she thought I was joking or else just royally cocked-up! It left me with some strange cognitive coping strategies - like I would always dictate what the teacher was saying rather than reading it off the board. The offshoot is I have very poorly formatted but fast handwriting!
- davidivadavid 5y agoThat's funny, I didn't have nearly as bad eye sight, but also distinctly remember first noticing leaves on trees when I got my glasses around that same age.
- glonq 5y agoI remember that first "OMG people can see things further than 20 feet away!?!" revelation.
- doliveira 5y agoI think I assumed everyone saw trees as they're commonly drawn and painted: as just a blob of green
- vladTheInhaler 5y agoI failed high school algebra largely because I lost my glasses and was just trying to imagine in my head what the teacher was talking about. The adults in my life knew I had a prescription, and had the money to pay for them and yet nobody did anything. The bystander effect is truly bizarre.