Can you see me now?

Part of each exam is oral recitation. My first experience was pretty bad - I had trouble seeing the font, though I have 20-20 vision. Why? When I had lasik eye surgery I chose the distance to a computer monitor as my primary near vision rather than a book held in the hand. Therefore, reading a book in hand easily depends on the type of font.

The prof and I had an interesting discussion about lasik eye surgery and then got back to the exam.

So yesterday we were talking about our vocab cards and a crucial piece of info telling how to form a verb in different tenses that is at the bottom of each IN TINY FONT. Can I read them? Yes. But...

The prof, remembering our lasik surgery conversation, said directly to me, "Ruth, you may want to make yourself some 5X7 cards for each verb so you can read them easily."

FIVE by SEVEN??!! Where's my seeing eye dog?

Felt really old - which I am! I could be the mother of all in the class, and maybe the grandma of one. But this was the first time my age was indirectly referenced.

Can you see me now?! Just barely, Prof! Could you speak a little louder, too? Ah the joys of aging! Could aging be more about other's perception of you than your own?

Update on grades: the 83% on the previous exam was upgraded to 87%, a solid B - he accepted my challenges. Whoohoo! Yesterday's exam came back with an 88%. Hanging in there!