Korean Eyes

I noticed right away that a lot of Koreans have glasses, especially kids. I'm not sure if this generation has worse vision than older ones or if adults just wear contact lenses more often than glasses. Over fifty percent of my students have glasses. It's ridiculous.

At first I thought Koreans just have bad genes in that area, but then I mentioned the glasses thing to one of my classes, and they all chimed in with how much Koreans play video and computer games. Then it began to make more sense. I posted an entry a while back from someone else's blog about how they have boot camp here for kids addicted to video games, and I've noticed those who aren't truly addicted are usually still avid players. And every time I ask a class what they did this weekend or what they do when they're not doing homework, or what they like to do, it's always "play computer games" or "play Nintendo DS." It's almost never anything else. I guess glasses are a price they're willing to pay.