250 kids received glasses at my H.S. for the 1st time, (effects of poverty)

[Elim Garak]

Facts

 

[Jimmy from Linkedin]

It's things like this that you don't think about that could mean the difference between motivation and disinterest.

It's not only that but it can be the difference between civilian and incarcerated life.

One ofthe ophthalmologists I knew referenced something ridiculous like 70% of people in prison have vision problems.

That disinterest can get really bad.

Two years ago I asked the same question to another retired eye doc who does something similar to the social worker OP knows and while he admitted he didn't know the numbers he cosigned the statistic because he had, pun intended, seen it with his own eyes.

 

[Neuromancer]

That's nice. This country can suck some times.

 

[Matt504]

this is beautiful

 

[AtomicUse]

"it still the parents fault" changes nothing. its a complaint with no valid recourse for correction. Basically just means you have given up on the kids when you say that, Unless they can actually come up with a way to hold parents accountable , people need to stop shouting that at clouds and work on plan b for improving kids education. We have entire schools where not a single student has a passing grade. People need to come with something better than "its the parents"

. fukk em.

 

[Brandon M.]

why do 250 kids in one single school have fukked up vision already?

 

[Tribal Outkast]

They never heard of the Lions Club?

 

[valet]

In case anybody would like to donate. You will be helping out Black children. I am a witness

Vision To Learn Program Provides 1,000th Pair of Glasses to Detroit Students | Vision To Learn

Pistons Community Ambassador Earl Cureton and Detroit Health Officer Dr. Joneigh Khaldun Provide Glasses to Kids at Ronald Brown Academy A city-wide student vision care program celebrated providing its 1,000th pair of glasses today at Ronald Brown Academy. Pistons Community Ambassador Earl...

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[WTFisWallace?]

Good shyt breh, 250 seems like a lot for one high school tho. Wonder if it has something to do with constant screen time? Or something else in that specific community

 

[⠀X ⠀]

They don’t have vision and hearing tests in school anymore? There ain’t no govt healthcare that covers glasses?

 

[valet]

Good shyt breh, 250 seems like a lot for one high school tho. Wonder if it has something to do with constant screen time? Or something else in that specific community

It is alot for a school of 800 kids. Yeah, not sure.

 

[valet]

They don’t have vision and hearing tests in school anymore? There ain’t no govt healthcare that covers glasses?

So I've ask some of the kids was this thier 1st time getting. Some of it was. But alot them had them before. But they either lost them or broke them. And their parents didn't replace them. Or couldn't afford to replace them.

 

[Vandelay]

They don’t have vision and hearing tests in school anymore? There ain’t no govt healthcare that covers glasses?

I grew up in the hood, but I wasn't in poverty. However I knew folks that knew their kids needed glasses but wouldn't even bother seeing what was available for them because they thought the kids would break the glasses and just would let them go without.

This is why I do think it's important schools teach and provide certain things for kids because a lot kids parents won't or can't. I saw a lot of fukked up shyt growing up to other people's kids.

The biggest issue I've learned with the hood is folks simply don't know what's available. And if they don't know they won't ask. I was susceptible to that shyt, and at damn near 40 I still fall susceptible to it.

 

[valet]

And

I grew up in the hood, but I wasn't in poverty. However I knew folks that knew their kids needed glasses but wouldn't even bother seeing what was available for them because they thought the kids would break the glasses and just would let them go without.

This is why I do think it's important schools teach and provide certain things for kids because a lot kids parents won't or can't. I saw a lot of fukked shyt growing up to other people's kids.

The biggest issue I've learned with the hood is folks simply don't know what's available. And they don't know they won't ask. I was susceptible to that shyt, and at damn near 40 I still fall susceptible to it.

 

[RickyDiBiase]

In case anybody would like to donate. You will be helping out Black children. I am a witness

Vision To Learn Program Provides 1,000th Pair of Glasses to Detroit Students | Vision To Learn

Pistons Community Ambassador Earl Cureton and Detroit Health Officer Dr. Joneigh Khaldun Provide Glasses to Kids at Ronald Brown Academy A city-wide student vision care program celebrated providing its 1,000th pair of glasses today at Ronald Brown Academy. Pistons Community Ambassador Earl...

visiontolearn.org

Gonna drop something down for em. Thanks breh