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Yeah, I hadn’t heard about this ”daylight” thing either. I’ve been nearsighted since I was a kid, and back then people said I got it because I read to much, foc

by OskarS 4y ago

Yeah, I hadn’t heard about this ”daylight” thing either. I’ve been nearsighted since I was a kid, and back then people said I got it because I read to much, focusing on things too close to my face. I thought that was a pretty fair trade-off, since I liked reading, and didn’t particularly mind wearing glasses. This sunlight thing makes a lot of sense though. I kept hearing proposals during the pandemic about holding classes outside if the weather allowed for it. Might not be such a terrible idea in climates where it’s suitable.

frereubu 4y ago
My daughter’s primary school teacher recently got a “beach teaching” qualification and she now has one school day a week on the beach, rain or shine. I was really pleased about that anyway as the school doesn’t have a lot of outdoor space for the kids to run around, but this gives me even more reason to be happy.
- b112 4y ago
  I scoffed at first, but I guess the qualification is about water safety and things, just in case?
  - vasco 4y ago
    You should've stopped at the scoff. Someone qualified to handle children in a classroom and in field trips is already qualified to take them to a beach.
    - frereubu 4y ago
      I think you may be misunderstanding, which is perhaps understandable given that I didn't unpack what it meant - see my sibling comment. But scoffing without asking for more information isn't a great strategy for learning.
      - throw0101c 4y ago
        > But scoffing without asking for more information isn't a great strategy for learning. See the dart game scene from Ted Lasso: * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZ4YSXv6Xkg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZ4YSXv6Xkg
      - excalibur 4y ago
        Making kids go to the beach in the rain isn't a great strategy either.
        engineer_22 4y ago
        Rain is a good thing
      - vasco 4y ago
        I grew up in a beach town and gone to the beach in kindergarten all the time with the school without any special certifications. In the event kids go into the water there's always a lifeguard on duty already so otherwise it's the same as any other school outing, I'm not sure what the difference would be from leading a group of children in a city walk for example which to me looks way more dangerous.
  - frereubu 4y ago
    I know what you mean - I also had a bit of a similar reaction at first - but as I understand it's how to run lessons on a beach without classroom teaching materials to hand, how to use things on the beach in the context of certain subjects etc. Also, I said "qualification" which probably makes it sound grander than it is - she just went on a 3 or 4 day course.
prox 4y ago
I can’t find the article atm, but read about a school who is trying that out right now, I think they started in the pandemic.
smeej 4y ago
I was told reading was my problem too...except I was only nearsighted in one eye. My right eye couldn't focus clearly past the length of my arm, but my left one had no trouble at all. For years, I wore a plain lens for the left eye, and when I was old enough, switched to wearing only one contact lens. They confirmed it wasn't that I was reading only with my right eye, and it's obviously not like my eyes got different amounts of sunlight, given that they go everywhere together, so I've always been suspicious that that was a lazy answer.
- pxc 4y ago
  > I was told reading was my problem too...except I was only nearsighted in one eye. I got glasses before kindergarten, and I needed them for longer than that. Later on, I did end up spending a lot of time in childhood reading, but I was myopic before I could read. ‘Explanations’ like ‘you read too much’ have always struck me as obvious nonsense in my case.
ip26 4y ago
Interestingly, reading is usually done indoors.
- thaumasiotes 4y ago
  Yes; among other reasons, sunlight reflecting off the white pages of a book is bright enough to injure your eyes. The basic Kindle model is grey and can be comfortably read in sunlight, and yet somehow people are convinced that the "PaperWhite" model is better...
  - paulryanrogers 4y ago
    Perhaps some people read significantly more indoors or shade than direct sunlight
    - thaumasiotes 4y ago
      The grey background doesn't make it any harder to read. It's just less bright.
  - _ph_ 4y ago
    What ever the name says, it isn't paper white. Actually, I think there is little difference, the difference is the light, which makes the PaperWhite look whiter in normal light and enables reading in dim conditions.
  - manmal 4y ago
    The Paperwhite is called that because it has background lighting via weak LEDs.
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by OskarS 4y ago

frereubu 4y ago

My daughter’s primary school teacher recently got a “beach teaching” qualification and she now has one school day a week on the beach, rain or shine. I was really pleased about that anyway as the school doesn’t have a lot of outdoor space for the kids to run around, but this gives me even more reason to be happy.

b112 4y ago
I scoffed at first, but I guess the qualification is about water safety and things, just in case?
- vasco 4y ago
  You should've stopped at the scoff. Someone qualified to handle children in a classroom and in field trips is already qualified to take them to a beach.
  - frereubu 4y ago
    I think you may be misunderstanding, which is perhaps understandable given that I didn't unpack what it meant - see my sibling comment. But scoffing without asking for more information isn't a great strategy for learning.
    - throw0101c 4y ago
      > But scoffing without asking for more information isn't a great strategy for learning. See the dart game scene from Ted Lasso: * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZ4YSXv6Xkg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZ4YSXv6Xkg
    - excalibur 4y ago
      Making kids go to the beach in the rain isn't a great strategy either.
      - engineer_22 4y ago
        Rain is a good thing
    - vasco 4y ago
      I grew up in a beach town and gone to the beach in kindergarten all the time with the school without any special certifications. In the event kids go into the water there's always a lifeguard on duty already so otherwise it's the same as any other school outing, I'm not sure what the difference would be from leading a group of children in a city walk for example which to me looks way more dangerous.
- frereubu 4y ago
  I know what you mean - I also had a bit of a similar reaction at first - but as I understand it's how to run lessons on a beach without classroom teaching materials to hand, how to use things on the beach in the context of certain subjects etc. Also, I said "qualification" which probably makes it sound grander than it is - she just went on a 3 or 4 day course.

prox 4y ago

I can’t find the article atm, but read about a school who is trying that out right now, I think they started in the pandemic.

smeej 4y ago

I was told reading was my problem too...except I was only nearsighted in one eye. My right eye couldn't focus clearly past the length of my arm, but my left one had no trouble at all. For years, I wore a plain lens for the left eye, and when I was old enough, switched to wearing only one contact lens. They confirmed it wasn't that I was reading only with my right eye, and it's obviously not like my eyes got different amounts of sunlight, given that they go everywhere together, so I've always been suspicious that that was a lazy answer.

pxc 4y ago
> I was told reading was my problem too...except I was only nearsighted in one eye. I got glasses before kindergarten, and I needed them for longer than that. Later on, I did end up spending a lot of time in childhood reading, but I was myopic before I could read. ‘Explanations’ like ‘you read too much’ have always struck me as obvious nonsense in my case.

ip26 4y ago

Interestingly, reading is usually done indoors.

thaumasiotes 4y ago
Yes; among other reasons, sunlight reflecting off the white pages of a book is bright enough to injure your eyes. The basic Kindle model is grey and can be comfortably read in sunlight, and yet somehow people are convinced that the "PaperWhite" model is better...
- paulryanrogers 4y ago
  Perhaps some people read significantly more indoors or shade than direct sunlight
  - thaumasiotes 4y ago
    The grey background doesn't make it any harder to read. It's just less bright.
- _ph_ 4y ago
  What ever the name says, it isn't paper white. Actually, I think there is little difference, the difference is the light, which makes the PaperWhite look whiter in normal light and enables reading in dim conditions.
- manmal 4y ago
  The Paperwhite is called that because it has background lighting via weak LEDs.
- deleted 4y ago
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