: About Me

"Mom, some kid called me four-eyes today!" said an 8-year-old boy to his mom as she picked him up from school. Actually, it was more like a scream with tears streaming down as the boy came running to his mom. A lot of children and teenagers face this problem. The incessant teasing coming from their peers in school makes a lot of kids reject their eyeglasses and opt out of wearing them. This scene happened when I was only 8-years-old and had just received my first pair of eyeglasses. This young boy in my class was teased mercilessly for the coke-bottle eyeglasses he was made to wear. Grante...