I dont see 3D and thanx to that I dont need to play volleyball on p.e. cause I dont see the ball comming. Well - I do see it - but I cant tell how far away it is.
So my p.e. teacher announced it to the class with a lot of bla bla bla and “how could anybody imagine that… bla bla bla”
Well I cant imagine either.
I dont get what the diffrence between 3D sight and my kind of seing things should be…
I mean things arent flat for me either…
So: Here is the deal: lend me your eyes for a few minutes so I can find out what the diffrence is - you get mine for a while too - course I want them back afterwards.
Well, they’re nearsighted, but you can borrow them. As long as you’ve got them, could you run them by the shop for a tune-up? Seriously, a friend of mine has very little use of one of his eyes, and so lacks 3D perception as well. He does fine with ballistic games (like the name? It just came to me. :)) because he judges nearness by apparenet size of the object.
It was still crappy for your PE teacher to do that.
Hi Dodgy. I saw Jose Canseco get hit right on top of the head while trying to field a fly ball and it bounced over the fence. And he’s a professional. You be careful. Was your teacher trying to teach the other kids something about sight and got his foot lodged in his mouth in the process?
Sorry about that Dodgy. Seems to me that your PE teacher is an idiot. Maybe the moron should take a remedial biology class and learn how binocuar vision works. They should have to play with one eye closed and see how well they do.
Sounds like you just have a problem with depth perception. I’ve known people with that problem, it’s not all that rare. Your teacher sounds like a jerk.
That’s rough, dodgy. Your p.e. teacher needs to try to play with an eye-patch over one eye for a day. That’d give a new perspective. My hubby is blind in one eye and so had to really work at depth-perception. I’ve also known a girl in school who had two working (halfway, anyway) eyes and no depth perception. It is an uncommon, but very real condition.
Here’s what I think you should do. Approach the gym teacher after class. Repeat after me.
“You embarrassed me recently by making fun of a serious physical handicap of mine. I really should do the responsible thing and bring it up to the director of the athletic department or the Board of Education at their next meeting. However, I’m willing to overlook this if you play volleyball for the duration of the next class with an eyepatch on. I’ll be happy to turn it into an educational experience and explain to the class how binocular vision enables human depth perception.”
If he reacts favorably, add this:
“Also, I want an A+ this term, no matter how many times I cut this stupid fucking class.”
This reminds me of a story that I shall now force upon you.
I once participated in a drunken volleyball game. Well, everyone else was drunk but me. I don’t drink alcohol. Not a moral thing or anything, I just don’t react well to it. Maybe I have a mild allergy or something. But I get a great deal of entertainment by being the only sober person in a crowd of drunk people. As was the case in this volleyball game. I use to be able to hold a thought together for more than two sentences but as you can see, that ability has left me. So I’m playing volley ball with a bunch of drunk people. The other side serves and finally gets one over the next. One of the tall folks on my team steps up to hit the ball as it sails up high. I’ll never forget his look of concentration as he stood there waiting for the ball to come down. His head was craned back scanning the sky. His arms outstreached to the heavens waiting to smack the ball back up into the air. The ball came down between his outstreached arms, smacked him in the forehead and bounced out of bounds. He never noticed. He continued to stand there… waiting… After a few minutes I composed myself enough to let him know that the ball had long since bounced off his head.
Um… thread topic… oh yeah. BornDodgy, I lose sight in one of my eyes occassionally, something called an occular migrane, so I know what’s its like not to have any depth perception. It’s most entertaining while driving. I’m fortunate though in that it comes back after a few minutes. Don’t worry about gym class or school or the people in the school. None of it matters in time.
I would be happy to oblige, but it really wouldn’t help you since I have the same problem. Volleyball is just a damn game, at least you can see. I know of at least three people who would be thrilled to have your vision. At the same time, I will readily admit that it’s extremely frustrating to find myself standing on a soccer field with a ball in the air coming in the general direction of my head. So I can relate. At least your classmates have an explanation for your ineffectiveness; I just look retarded.
Does this help at all? Didn’t think so. Posting anyway.
If you really want to get your teacher’s knickers in a twist, look up what the medical confidentiality laws are in your area. (I only have a passing familiarity with US laws on the subject, don’t know about your area.) Announcing your lack of depth perception to the entire class could be construed as a breach of your medical confidentiality.
Just if you decide to tease your teacher in the way that THespos suggested, you have more ammunition to use.
Tor
I think that at least part A is an excellent idea. Except that I’d want the entire class to play with eyepatches on, so they really get it.
My dad has no depth perception either, since his eyes work independently of each other. (SpinneZiege, both eyes are required to see in 3D. It’s not a mental thing.) You can learn to compensate (Dad’s an amateur pilot :eek: ) but it’s not something you learn overnight. BornDodgy, your gym teacher’s a clueless git. I hope you’re kidding about this person being your biology teacher.
I dont really mind her - she has never been a fan of mine - and I never was one of hers. She generally thinks I am a retard - and I generaly started to treat her like one too lately… hehe
I never even tried to be good in p.e. (didnt choose that subject myself… it is compulsory) after she gave me a B but everybody else in class an A. But this is my final year so I finally got the thing from my doc so I can tell her she is an asshole if she gives me a B again. Actually I might throw eggs at her house if she does it
I am leaving the country - so who gives a fuck?
hehe
Lowellster - so you sometimes see 3 D and sometimes not?
So what IS the diffrence? It really is flatter?
Mine is cause I ve been crosseyed ever since and had too operations when I was little so I wouldnt go blinde on one eye - now they just work on diffrent shifts… I can even tell which eye is working at the moment hehe
It is perrrrrfect while talking in front of the class.
I always start with “well - I can look at all of you at once” cause I am still cross eyed when I am stressed
Actually there are no hard feelings against the momentary p.e. teacher…
I ve had a long list of bad p.e. teachers. But thank goodness they are all ugly bitches… so… hehe…
There was the one who screamed at me for refusing to use all my energy for the team and told me she couldnt let me pass p.e. (biatch… I had As in all other 12 subjects at that time… frustrated teacher… tz tz) - the funny part? At the time she screamed at me I was suffering an asthma attack and she didnt notice hehe (got rid of the asthma thank goodness and damn did my mom scare her to death afterwards hehe)
P.E. is lovely… in secondary school my classmates liked to throw balls on my head cause I wouldnt step aside (hey! They were MILES away from… OUCH!)
Blackclaw… two words: marijuana and football
I am just watching however…
okay… we are lacking a crosseyed smiley!
oh: The lovely part is that I am in a very small class - only 14 students - and there are always some more intelligent people than me who chose to skip the class (unfortunatelly you cant do it often… shame… I skipped from September to mid october… )
well - cause we are never more than 10 students I still have to play volleyball… that s why she told everybody… which is kind of good - cause they used to scream at me too.
p.e. class usually:
some barby doll girl with a fat arse:
Stefanie! Dont be afraid of the ball!
me: I didnt see it god darn it!
barbie: Just take the ball, uhmkay?
me: Oh fuck you, you retarded midget! (now that would get me into problems in America I guess…)
barbie backs off
barbie #2: Dont get mad just because you cant do it.
me: read my lips: Mind your own fucking business
No… I dont get mad when I am bad in something
okay… we are lacking an innocent looking angel smiley too…
Nope, never more than 2-D, thus I cannot begin to explain the difference. I would have never known my depth perception was different from anyone else’s, except that I was tested as part of a physical for a job a while back. Sort of shed light on why some things are pretty tough for me. The conversation went something like this:
Nurse/tester: Okay, now look in here. Which object appears to be the closest?
Me: (looking) Is this a trick question?
Her: No. Which one is the closest?
Me: They’re all exactly the same.
Her: No. (adjusts some stuff) Really try now.
Me: Okay. (trying really hard) They’re all exactly the same.
Her: Well, which one is farthest away?
Me: They’re all exactly the same.
Her: Really? Is this thing working? (pushes me out of the way and looks in it herself) You really can’t tell?
Me: No.
Her: You fail.
Me: Damn. (turns around and walks into wall)
What?! I would never! Well, okay, maybe in the interest of humor. You’re on to me. Still, I would prefer to think of it as an enhancement rather than a lie.
