asato_muraki: (Always right)
asato_muraki ([personal profile] asato_muraki) wrote2008-01-29 08:53 am
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I am SO Annoyed

We just found out that Wee Boy's gym teacher made him remove his prescription eyeglasses for gym class. We discovered this because he was insisting that he bring his glasses case to school.

"But you don't need your glasses case at school, because you don't need to take them off while you're at school."

"I have to take them off to clean them," says Mr. Literal Boy.

"Yes, but then you put them back on your face."

Then he told us he had to take them off in gym class, and we questioned him about what they were playing and why he would need to take them off, but the teacher didn't make other kids take their glasses off.

She thought they were sunglasses, becausethe coating darkens when exposed to UV rays. This is not the first time someone has made that mistake, because the glasses darken when he's outside, even if it is overcast. So they are making my boy take off his prescription eyewear, exposing them to damage or possible loss, while rendering him visually impaired.

*growl*

Both my sons, like their mother, are extremely light sensitive. (I've read somewhere that blue/grey eyes are simply more light sensitive than other colors, but I don't know how true it is.) We're also prone to cataracts in my family (I had cataract surgery two years ago, at age 36) so they need UV protection for their eyes as much as they need sunscreen.

I shall now write some polite emails. But first, I must let the grumpy wear off. *grrr*

[identity profile] goody-scrivener.livejournal.com 2008-01-29 03:52 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't think I could craft a polite email after that story. Edgy but not quite biting, perhaps. But not polite.

Good luck with the maroons at the school.

[identity profile] asatomuraki.livejournal.com 2008-01-29 05:08 pm (UTC)(link)
They are usually pretty nice about stuff. I should have predicted this and taken steps to take care of it, but Big Boy has the same kind of lenses, and nobody at the Intermediate school said anything. However, there was a lady who made a remark at the carpool loading area about his "sunglasses" but she didn't say it was against the rules. It was just, "He's wearing those funny little sunglasses, today." There was no time to say anything then, but I'm sure there will be all sorts of people with something to say about it eventually.

They don't call it Stepford Elementary for nothing.