Yash Gupta has worn glasses since he was five years old. He broke them sparring taekwondo and had to go to school without his glasses for about a week because a new pair was being made. He then started to appreciate glasses, which he initially took as an afterthought, and their impact on his education. After Yash Gupta broke his glasses, he figured out that it is nearly impossible for him to learn in high school from lack of sight. He wanted to go out and make a difference in the world, so he found 10 pairs of glasses lying around his house and partnered with local organizations, along with a friend, and together they ended up getting over 150 pairs of old glasses. Yash Gupta founded Sight Learning. This is an organization that collects old eye glasses. They have collected and distributed more than $900,000 worth of eyeglasses. Yash Gupta said, "Sight Learning is constantly rewarding to me." There are around 300 million people in need of glasses and can't afford them. Gupta passed his goal of collecting and distributing $750,000 worth of old glasses. He is aiming to get to and/or pass $1 million by next month. Gupta wants to pursue a career in law, and he plans to continue work with Sight Learning while he is in college (Points of…
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objects at a distance. Next, Dr. Gaines instructed me to return to the lobby to select an eyeglass frame. For some reason, I was more nervous about picking an eyeglass frame than undergoing the actual eye exam. From the no name brands to the pricy designer labels, all of the neatly aligned frames looked like walls and walls of nerdiness to me. “Pick something to try on,” my mom said while nudging me forward, jolting me out of my daze. Normally, she would have gone into diva shopping mode on…
live videos to the NYC feed. On September 24th, 2016, Snapchat came out with its latest product, known as Spectacles. By incorporating hardware into their company Snapchat changed the company from simply just Snapchat to Snap Inc. This new company includes the social platform along with the new Spectacle glasses. The sunglasses known as Spectacles are glasses with a built in camera to make it easy for users to upload and publish content immediately. The new Spectacles are known to be one of…
My sophomore and junior year of college, I have been graciously able to accompany the Caribbean American Medical Educational Organization (CAMEO) on two trips providing medical care to Buff Bay, Jamaica. The amount of pathology that was seen during these trips is unforgettable. I encountered two patients with neurofibromatosis, a condition that one of our practitioners had only read about. The interactions with our patients were empowering, especially with an animated older gentleman who was…
You need to see something,” his peculiar attitude was beginning to get on Nel’s nerves. As the two continued through the scrapyard, Acadia 4’s suns slowly started to fall; now being able to comfortably see, Nels removed his glasses. After a few minutes, the two arrived at the drydock. After a close examination, Nels could see that the large support beams were tarnished and that the majority of the aluminum siding had bent and corroded, some had even fallen into the rocky dirt below. The…
Have you ever thought about MBIS having sunglasses? No? Yes…..? Well, here are a few reasons why MBIS should, (Or shouldn’t), have sunglasses. The only problem is, will they be used? Some kids might think they are ‘uncool’ or ugly. This may cause fights within classes, friend groups and the entire school. Despite all of this, there are many reasons why we SHOULD consider adding sunglasses to the ‘SCHOOL EXPENSES’. Eye cancer is dangerous and deadly. some of the possible risk factors for eye…
A History of the World in Six Glasses “Beer in Mesopotamia and Egypt” (Chapters 1 and 2) 1. Beer became important to hunter-gatherers. To ensure the availability of grain, hunter-gatherers switched to farming. Beer helped to make up for the decline in food quality as people started to farm, provided a safe form of liquid nourishment, and gave groups of farmers who drink beer a nutritional advantage over people who don’t drink beer. 2. First is that somehow ancient civilizations understood in…
In the book of Lord of The Flies a plane that has been crashed into an Island with no adults and only infants lying around the Island ages 4-9.Their job is to survival on the Island until someone finds them. The book emphasizes a lot symbolism such as piggy’s glasses, the conch, and the scar. The book introduces a character named Piggy he is chubby and wears glasses and follows Ralph the leader of infants. When the book was describing him, the author mentions that fact that he wears glasses…