We all remember the story of Dumbo. A poor elephant who feels like he has no real skill suddenly finding himself stuck in a tree and wondering how he got there. Then, when he receives his magic feather, he can suddenly fly; but Dumbo blames this success on the feather - not on his own ability. Then, when Dumbo loses his feather, his friend, Timothy tells him that the feather was never actually magical, and he could fly completely on his own.
Chloe has been squinting a lot in class when she is trying to read the board. Her teacher, the inclusion teacher, and myself were all very concerned. It would make sense on why she was having such problems with reading and school work. Plus, the fact that I got my glasses when I was in second grade lead me to even more worry. So, I made an eye appointment for Chloe to see what was going on. When we got into the exam room, she was having problems reading the letters on the board. As soon as the doctor put the Phoropter to her eyes, she could suddenly make out every letter on the board. Even down to the tiny letters. What he didn't tell Chloe was that the correction in the glasses was so minimal that she was receiving basically no correction to speak of. He gave her some glasses with the prescription, a .50. This is the second prescription that they can give, and most of the time don't even give people because they do not need them. We opted to get the glasses, because if they give her confidence, by golly, they are worth the money.
Chloe has practically perfect vision. But in her mind, her glasses will help her read, and thus succeed in school. When we got home, the child was reading everything. Magnets on the fridge, stuff on TV, reading stuff on the computer screen.
Chloe's glasses are her magic feather.
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