lmTrying wrote:
Fifth grade you say? Me too. I sat near the back of the room. When I was working between the blackboard and my desk, I look at the board, have to wait till things cleared up to read it, look at my paper on my desk, wait till things cleared up to read it. I think the teacher noticed and told my parents. Do you remember the first time walking outside with your glasses? I didn't know where the sidewalk was.
On my report cards for 1-5 the only bad? things noted by each teacher was "Asks too many questions. Gets out of desk to walk up and look at the board." (I couldn't read what was on the board so I either asked or walked up to look.)
The main thing I noticed quickly was I could catch baseballs with something besides my face and I could now hit. Binocular vision is much faster at judging distance than mentally comparing the size of an incoming baseball. One thing took a very long time to change, I am right handed but cocked my head over to see the sights and aim with my good eye, I still do it a lot. My Army drill sergeants stopped getting after me about it when I scored Expert. They also stopped getting after me for flipping my rifle over and firing left handed on some parts of the course. The parts where some barricades are easier for a right handed shooter and others easier for a left handed shooter - switched right to left and back. Likewise they stopped getting after me for shooting a .45 either right or left handed interchangeably. Once on a bet I tried two pistols at once and did just fine firing right and left alternately. I am just a bit slower left handed. Well, now that I am 75 I might be able to out draw a glacier if the glacier is having a slow day.