You probably don't need glasses to see this, or if you do, you are probably wearing them.
My personal story from this week is about my daughter Hannah. She's in third grade and has desperately wanted glasses for the past six months or so. This reminds me of how much I wanted glasses when I was in fifth grade...those kind that were really big, and had the arms that linked from the bottom of the lens and whipped upwards in a loop...very snazzy for the day....
So, I told my parents I couldn't see. They promptly took me to the eye doctor....(the same one Hannah saw yesterday)...and he was able to figure out that I could see the best when he had window glass in the viewer! Caught.... and then, one year later, I really did need to have glasses...and do you think my parents believed me? The girl who cried wolf over the glasses....but I finally did get glasses....and 29 years later...I'm sick and tired of glasses and contact lenses! So, why would I want to "help" Hannah get glasses when she seems to see everything without squinting? My guilt set in....she failed the test at the pediatrician, she failed the vision test at school....and, this gadget girl knows that Dr. Guinta is the gadget guys of eye doctors! He has a machine that can tell if you need glasses just by looking into it! So, now Hannah will have glasses for when she needs to see far distances....like at the movie theater or when we go sightseeing next week in Hawaii....but not for reading and not for watching TV, or even for ordinary school time....so I'm anxious to see how long the novelty lasts! The doctor doesn't want her dependent on them so she continues to strengthen her eye muscles....
So, that leads me into my next topic....
Do you need a few ideas so you can see clearly and spend less time planning and more time enjoying your hobbies and family? I've posted some new ideas at the Mastermind Group of Educators site....Some new samples of student work about plants, and soon I'll even post a presentation my daughter Kate had to make about a college for her fifth grade project. I figured you might want to see it since her class voted it the best presentation of the class.
Probably, when I write to you next, I'll be sitting under a palm tree in Hawaii. The girls and I are
going to visit my parents for 12 days and I think I need some time away (especially since it was
still snowing today!!!) Yet, I'll still be thinking about you and I bet I'll dream up a video or two
to share while I'm there! Stay tuned....
So, enjoy the holiday, and if you find yourself longing to think about school,
log in to the Mastermind Group of Educators.
There are great things happening there....
Happy Easter,
Kathy Cothran
"The Original Gadget Girl"
And, for those of you wishing you had
joined us when the special offer was
available...here's your Easter gift...
the secret link again...available only
through email these days...
P.S. Does anyone want to babysit our
adorable little hamsters while we are away??
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