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[tomato]

My co-teacher told me to leave the classroom lights turned off.
When I protested, she said don't blame her, the adminstrators fussed at HER for turning on the lights.
So here is a letter which I wrote for the vice-principal:

[Korussian]

[Horangi Munshin]

It's the opposite at my school. I'm always turning off lights that are left on when natural light is more than sufficient!

They have lights on in the hallways even! Ones that generally have big windows facing south (ish).

[Yu_Bum_suk]

[Joe666]

Nop! The lights are used in my world. The AC, NAY. I am waiting for the day my undies aren't saturated by 9:30 AM. It will be a glorious day indeed!!

[Goku]

Yea... that letter is pretty condesending. I imagine getting that letter from a student. Careful with how you word it.

Also, has it been proven that low lights can dimish eye sight? I thought that was an old wives tale my dad would say to me "Turn on a light, or you'll lose your eyesight."

Logic would tell me it's the opposite. I mean, low light means your eyes have to work harder to see.

Anyways, natural light is healthy too. Although, I don't know your situation or really how dark it is. So your complaint could be very valid.

[Zulethe]

I spent a whole semester in college working with a professor who was once legally blind but through doing certain exercises, regained his sight.

Goku is 100% correct. Natural light is much healthier for the eyes for the reasons stated. Low light makes your eyes work harder, which makes them stronger. Reading in low light is very good for your eyes.

I have to always fight with my colleagues to keep the lights off.

Your eyes are muscles that need exercise.

Glasses are the worst thing possible for your eyes. They cause atrophy.

By the way, I have 20/10 vision.

But of course your school just cares about the electric bill.

Lawsuit, PLEASSSE!

[hamlet712]

Well a couple things

1) Try reading study once in a while. Reading in bad light does nothing to harm your eyes whatsoever, and as many others have said, it tends to strengthen them.

2)I dont know about yours but my school has these lovely things called windows, and outside these windows is a wonderful thing we humans call the sun, now this globe of fire we call the sun is an excellent light source. I tend to use this rather than wasting electricity. I haven't turned on the lights ( unless it was very overcast) since march

3) Your letter to your principal, i mean really, how stupid are you? The school needs to cut down on expenses where they can after spending practically double on a foreign english teacher who still needs to teach with a Korean teacher ( so that basically a triple salary class being taught)

Why dont you tell them youd be more than happy to take a 200 000 won pay cut so they can afford the lights, as you clearly value the sight of your kids.

pffft, yeah right. Its a typical western ideal, we know better than our idiot bosses, and want to enforce our intillectual superiority.

[prideofidaho]

I HATE overhead lighting. That being said, I find it keeps the kiddies alert. No light just makes them sleepy, and makes class boring.

Being told not to turn the lights on is ridiculous. I mean, cut costs where you can, but lighting? Please.

To each their own but I think you should just say working without lighting hurts your eyes and leave it at that. P will probably understand.

[hamlet712]

[TheUrbanMyth]

[hamlet712]

[TheUrbanMyth]

[prideofidaho]

Yeah, I think you are also missing my point a bit. The debate about whether or not low light causes damage to the eye or not is completely irrelevant to the fact that the OP has the right to turn the light on if he or she likes. I'm not saying it's a human right, but telling staff to work in the dark is quite petty.

As I said, I hate overhead lighting, and I get annoyed when my partner insists on it, but just for a second, then I realise how petty it is for me to determine what kind of lighting he gets to work in. I cringe a little inside when I put my demands on people in such unfair ways. It's my cross to bear. Sigh....

[Nolan Ryan]

Leave the lights on and while you're at it, leave the air conditioner and fans on as well...