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Proper Precautions
Prevent Eye Strain
With more than 20 million video
display terminals (VDTs) in use in
the United States, many Americans
now consider themselves “computer
friendly”—but the long hours spent
staring into a VDT screen may not
be so friendly to your eyes.
Tail your eye care professional
you work with computers. Your
eyewear prescription may be ad*
Jutted accordingly.
Symptoms of computer-related
eye strain include headache, eye
irritation, redness, soreness, blurred
vision, double vision, or seeing a
colored edge around objects. Fortu
nately, such eye strain can be pre
vented with the proper precautions,
say experts at the Better Vision
Institute:
•Get an annual eye exam and
tell your eye care professional that
you work with a computer. Your
eyewear prescription can be cor
rected for the distance between
yourself and the screen.
•Eye exams are especially im
portant for identification and cor
rection of such vision problems as
nearsightedness, farsightedness,
astigmatism and presbyopia (aging
eyes), which can add to VDT eye
strain.
•Take short, frequent breaks
from computer work.
•Get an adjustable chair that
tilts slightly forward and has a back
support. Lack of support can cause
muscle strain that contributes to
eye stress.
•Reduce glare from office light
ing and natural light from windows.
Angle your VDT away from the light.
For free information about com
puter use and vision, write: Better
Vision Institute, 1800 N. Kent
Street, Suite 1210, Rosslyn, VA
22209.
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Area Elementary Schools
To Offer Study Skills
The Fuller Elementary School PTA
and the Underwood Elementary
School PTA will offer a workshop titl
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Guide.” This one- to two-hour pro
gram, presented by the Huntington
Learning Center, was developed in
response to growing parental concern
over weak study skills and poor
homework habits.
“Homework is a vital element of an
education. The work students do at
home reinforces what they learn at
school, ” says Darla Miller of the Hun
tington Learning Center in Raleigh.
“Many students never acquire ade
quate study habits... sometimes the
quality of the homework doesn’t
reflect the student’s best work, or it
takes all night to get assignments
done, or the child will wait until the
very last minute... there are many
symptoms of poor study skills. And
with understanding and commit
ment, these skills can be strengthen
ed.”
For an example, at “Homework: A
Parent’s Survival Guide,” parents
are told that they, together with their
child, should define mutually accep
table goals and expectations. “You
can’t expect a child to achieve a goal
that is not clearly defined,” Miller
stated. “Simply saying ‘Do your
homework’ may not be sufficient
direction for some students.”
The seminar will be presented at
Fuller Elementary on Thursday,
March 7, at 7 p.m. and at the Under
wood Elementary School, Friday,
March 8, at 9:15 a.m. Admission is
free. For more information on the
program or on the Huntington Learn
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782-8115.
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