So what about the schoolchildren?

In my post yesterday I mentioned the method that Bates used in some schools to maintain and improve children's eyesight. The method is so simple and genuine that it’s wonder it’s not used anymore. It costs almost nothing to implement yet the results were beyond belief. Do you want to know what it was?

Well, it’s very simple. He suggested that every teacher put up a Snellen chart on the wall and instruct children to read it daily. The idea behind the method is that the human eye relaxes when it views familiar objects. In this case the chart was not used to test their eyesight but to look at the familiar object. Some children are reported to have had a significant improvement.

By the way the method won’t work if your eyesight is already wrecked (from my personal experience). Hence the idea: if you or somebody in your house has vision that just started deteriorating or still is good just put the eyechart on the wall and look at it daily. That’ it. Don’t try to see how many lines you can distinguish as this involves strain (more about this later). Just look at it and read a few lines.