Let’s start with farsightedness. Typically, if one has a medical “diagnosis,” it is related to a disease or injury, e.g., one has diabetes or COPD or an ACL injury. However, in the ophthalmology world, farsightedness is neither good nor bad. You are farsighted, or conversely, nearsighted, and that’s it. Adding to the confusion is the claim that to “improve“ your vision, you are given glasses to correct the opposite of your diagnosis.

A Large Library – Late night

Two university students sit next to each other in a large and dark library with vaulted ceilings and a few other students. On their table is a green lamp, a few assorted three ringed binders, and several textbooks on quantum physics.

The two students, JIM and SAMANTHA, are of roughly the same age but are seated awkwardly distanced from one another. Jim is in a grey sweatshirt embroidered with the college’s crimson seal and Samantha is in thick rimmed tortoise shell glasses and a stretched out tan lambswool sweater.