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Personal Narrative: A New Perspective

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A New Perspective I was incredibly excited. School was starting tomorrow. The first few days were just icebreakers, learning everyone’s names, blah blah blah. Then the real learning began. Of course, teachers started to write our lessons on the board. I started to notice a few changes in what I was seeing. The words they were writing were just...black lines! I didn’t pay much attention to it, I just asked my friends what the board said. As the year went on, it affected me more and more, especially in math. I saw a 2 as a 6, and and an A as an 8.
I didn’t want to tell anyone though, for fear I was just imagining my experiences. After a while, my friends were starting to notice, too, and they encouraged me to tell my parents. One night, I …show more content…

The place had glasses lining the wall while people wandered around, looking at them, and trying them on. There were people everywhere, so we had to wait awhile for my eye exam. I tried on some glasses, and after what felt like forever, my name was called.
They did some eye tests, and the woman said,
“Okay, now sit in this chair and put your chin here.”
I did as she said, placing my chin in the weird machine, watching a house go in and out of focus. The woman who was testing my eyes told me to move over to the next machine. I did so, and placed my chin on the holder that she indicated. Something that felt like a bullet of wind shot into my eye, and I jumped. The lady laughed and sent me to another room. A man came outside and called my name. I went inside the room, and sat in this chair that looked like a dentist's chair, putting my chin up again. The man clicked through lenses. “Which is clearer?” he’d say, “Two, or three?”
After a little bit of that, we went back out and chose frames. Then we went to a woman to give her information about who to call when they came, the kind of lenses we wanted, information like that. “Can I see what your frames look like?” The lady asked me with a smile.
I put the glasses on and showed

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