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muffintop
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Had a students yesterday about 14 years old....he was wearing glasses and STILL had to read with his nose touching the book. What...the....
I don't know about glasses being looked at as much as a negative. I sure see a lot of them in my classes and just walking around. More that I can recall from home or countries I've visited. Perhaps contact lenses really aren't common so it just appears as if there are more....
Who knows...
My favorite clowns are the ones who can't read the board and when asked to do so they just stand there and stare at it as if the words will suddenly get bigger. Move closer instead of waiting for another student to 'help' you with it smart guy!! |
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choudoufu
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met one of my girl students heading out the gate this evening.
all decked out in party dress and heels. a real hottie.
but she was also wearing a pair of thick, oversized, black frames
with minnie mouses (*) on the sides.
no glass lenses in the frames. of course not.
why? she was also wearing her contact lenses.
oi, da yoots of today!
(*) minnie mouses? minnie mice? minnie meese? |
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Prof.Gringo
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Location: Dang Cong San Viet Nam Quang Vinh Muon Nam!
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Lot's of Chinese wearing glasses... Doesn't seem like much of a stigma to me...
Not like in the USA  |
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Prof.Gringo
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So many cute Chinese girls wearing glasses 
I'm lovin it 
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wonderingjoesmith
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Location: Guangzhou
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| muffintop wrote: |
| My favorite clowns are the ones who can't read the board and when asked to do so they just stand there and stare at it as if the words will suddenly get bigger. Move closer instead of waiting for another student to 'help' you with it smart guy!! |
The inability to see the board or visual aids I provide in the class is creating significant problems in my courses. Poor listening skills worsen the situation further. Many students, who previously didn't learn to write notes or follow classes with English as the language of instruction, can get little out of foreign teachers' lessons. How local academics are filling in the gap and avoiding the issue is puzzling.
The inadequate eyesight of the youngsters that plan to further study in higher education abroad is not a student disgrace but a distress call to local and foreign institutions and people involved in. What those kids have to and will have to go through is extremely difficult, perhaps greatly discouraging, and whether it affects/will affect the young human beings lives (academic/professional or private) and state of mind begs the question. |
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muffintop
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| wonderingjoesmith wrote: |
| The inadequate eyesight of the youngsters that plan to further study in higher education abroad is not a student disgrace but a distress call to local and foreign institutions and people involved in. What those kids have to and will have to go through is extremely difficult, perhaps greatly discouraging, and whether it affects/will affect the young human beings lives (academic/professional or private) and state of mind begs the question. |
What? Poor eyesight for students who plan to study abroad should be a distress call....for what exactly? Because they have poor eyesight their lives will be extremely difficult? Is that for all the kids with poor eyesight or only the ones who plan to study abroad?
I am completely lost.
I always feel like I need an wanderingjoesmith to English dictionary when I read your posts. If anyone can understand the post above...please translate. |
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LarssonCrew
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Distress call for the universities they are going to.
Their listening will be worse than the locals, and if their eyesight is bad, they won't be able to read the notes on the board well, or the PPT. |
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Javelin of Radiance
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| muffintop wrote: |
| wonderingjoesmith wrote: |
| The inadequate eyesight of the youngsters that plan to further study in higher education abroad is not a student disgrace but a distress call to local and foreign institutions and people involved in. What those kids have to and will have to go through is extremely difficult, perhaps greatly discouraging, and whether it affects/will affect the young human beings lives (academic/professional or private) and state of mind begs the question. |
What? Poor eyesight for students who plan to study abroad should be a distress call....for what exactly? Because they have poor eyesight their lives will be extremely difficult? Is that for all the kids with poor eyesight or only the ones who plan to study abroad?
I am completely lost.
I always feel like I need an wanderingjoesmith to English dictionary when I read your posts. If anyone can understand the post above...please translate. |
Once I read "distress call" all I could think of was this:
I'll send an SOS to the world
I'll send an SOS to the world
I hope that someone gets my
I hope that someone gets my
I hope that someone gets my
Message in a bottle
Message in a bottle |
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dean_a_jones
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It is not just in China:
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"Up to 90% of school leavers in major Asian cities are suffering from myopia - short-sightedness - a study suggests. Researchers say the "extraordinary rise" in the problem is being caused by students working very hard in school and missing out on outdoor light. The scientists told the Lancet that up to one in five of these students could experience severe visual impairment and even blindness. In the UK, the average level of myopia is between 20% and 30%. According to Professor Ian Morgan, who led this study and is from the Australian National University, 20-30% was once the average among people in South East Asia as well.
"What we've done is written a review of all the evidence which suggests that something extraordinary has happened in east Asia in the last two generations," he told BBC News."They've gone from something like 20% myopia in the population to well over 80%, heading for 90% in young adults, and as they get adult it will just spread through the population. It certainly poses a major health problem."
According to the research, the problem is being caused by a combination of factors - a commitment to education and lack of outdoor light....Cultural factors also seem to play a part. Across many parts of South East Asia, children often have a lunchtime nap. According to Professor Morgan they are missing out on prime light to prevent myopia.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-17942181 |
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wonderingjoesmith
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| dean_a_jones wrote: |
It is not just in China:
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"Up to 90% of school leavers in major Asian cities are suffering from myopia - short-sightedness - a study suggests. Researchers say the "extraordinary rise" in the problem is being caused by students working very hard in school and missing out on outdoor light. The scientists told the Lancet that up to one in five of these students could experience severe visual impairment and even blindness. In the UK, the average level of myopia is between 20% and 30%. According to Professor Ian Morgan, who led this study and is from the Australian National University, 20-30% was once the average among people in South East Asia as well.
"What we've done is written a review of all the evidence which suggests that something extraordinary has happened in east Asia in the last two generations," he told BBC News."They've gone from something like 20% myopia in the population to well over 80%, heading for 90% in young adults, and as they get adult it will just spread through the population. It certainly poses a major health problem."
According to the research, the problem is being caused by a combination of factors - a commitment to education and lack of outdoor light....Cultural factors also seem to play a part. Across many parts of South East Asia, children often have a lunchtime nap. According to Professor Morgan they are missing out on prime light to prevent myopia.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-17942181 |
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According to a Korean student of mine, 40 % teenagers there have reduced vision; however, that evidently does not compare enough to the situation of youngsters in classrooms on mainland China. |
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