...so far school is going really well this year. None of the complaints of the past. This doesn't surprise me, as he couldn't see anything in the room. I'm sure life is much easier for him now that he can actually see the book and the teacher and the board!
If problems pop up, I'll take him to a private doc and get a better quality of glasses.
What an awful thing! You should write to the old school, perhaps with info from the current teachers and pertinent parts of his eye prescription.
About the thickness of the glasses...different labs can get really really thin lenses, even when they are serious prescriptions. My cousin's children have congenital cataracts and are just little ones (older is 5, younger is 1), and they have major glasses, but they get the really expensive lenses that are as thin as they can possibly get. My poor cousin, she has congenital cataracts too, and back in the 70s, glass was the only material, so she had constant dents on her nose and headaches from the sheer weight of those glasses!
I guess I was just shocked that 1) she needed glasses 2) the price!!!!
I'm shocked at the price, too!!!!!!
My son had a regular eye exam when he was younger (now 12) and the optometrist at the store said he needed glasses to read. Being the type of person my mom is, she insisted she pay for all the upgrades. Bullet proof lenses, scratch guard, the nicer frames that the union wouldn't pay for...... etc. I was shocked that he needed glasses, there were no signs that he had a hard time seeing.
He wore them for about a year until he went to a real eye doctor. The ophthalmologist he saw after a severe concussion. After the exam, I was told he was fine. I asked about the glasses - he said - there was no indication that my son needed glasses now or in the past! His vision was excellent.
So now I am very leery about going to the eye dr. in a store that sells glasses like General Vision, etc. I am very fortunate to have awesome insurance that will pay for the more experienced doctor, so I have that option, but for all of the parents out there who get a very surprising diagnosis that the child needs glasses - you might want to have a second opinion.
I know my experience might be something that only happens once in a while, but I was taken and so was my mom's money!
And as a side note - I am not saying that all optometrists out there are acknowledgeable or only out to sell a pair of glasses - or that you're less important than an ophthalmologist, it's just that people do make mistakes and it's OK to question a diagnosis.
I'm definitely one to question diagnoses, but optometrists are eyeglass specialists, while ophthalmologists are eye *disease* specialists, so honestly, I personally would trust the opt more than the ophth.
That said, young eyes can change for the better, even though many eye docs don't want to admit it.
Even old eyes can, as I can attest to!
When I was in 7th grade they did some bizarro written tests in school that somehow showed that I needed reading glasses. I never did understand that, but I got reading glasses, and suddenly could see more (somehow the reading glasses helped me read AND see the chalkboard better). As I aged, suddenly I was a Junior and I needed bifocals! (so I never feel bad when people turn 45 and suddenly feel ancient b/c they get bifocals, since I had them when I was 15, LOL) Then by the time I went to college, I had outgrown the bifocals, and changed only to lenses so I could see far b/c I could see near perfectly fine. Confusing!
So it could be that BOTH are right.
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I can't believe the school hasn't realized yet that I didn't turn in the paperwork for the eye exam they started back Aug 13th. I must remember to call Tues and make an appointment. 
GO ILLINI 
