I had some kind of geeky fascination with eyeglass frames, and was obsessed with getting a pair of my own. In my situation, having perfect eyesight was a distinct disadvantage, so I had to hatch a plan. This report got me first to the school nurse and then finally on to an optometrist for an eye exam, where I tried my best Mr.
Magoo impression to no avail. I would have to wait two more long years until the gods finally smiled on me when, by some miracle, I acquired enough astigmatism to warrant my first bona fide pair of prescription eyeglasses!
Along with my love of people and wanting to take care of them, subsequent visits to the optometrist and shadowing, I sealed the deal—optometry was now officially what I wanted to do with my life.
She called me a loser, drove me all the way back home and the next day, phoned to help make the requisite appointment. I wore thick horn-rimmed black eyeglass frames told you I was serious and hung around chemistry lab after class. This was at a time when women just did not pursue careers in science and being the tomboy that I was, that was fine with me. This trend continued right through into undergrad, attending many classes where I was the only female--bespectacled or not--in the class.
At a recent high school reunion, many of my classmates still remember me as the science geek with the blinders on—many envious of my joy and passion for my future profession. I graduated from SCCO in Looking back with 40 years of experience as an optometrist, I am awed to know that I chose this wonderful profession way-back-when and with only my juvenile perspective to inform me.
In when I graduated from optometry school, the profession began a series of major changes to its practice scope: securing the rights to use diagnostic drugs dilating drops , securing the rights to prescribe therapeutic drugs huge change! In some US states, optometry has made even bigger strides into minor surgery, use of lasers, hospital privileges I am very persuasive, motivating and I am completely sold on optometry as the best profession in health care. I speak from experience! This is a problem because the test makers base many wrong answers on the most common misperceptions.
Rushing through a problem almost always guarantees a wrong answer. Even if you are ahead of schedule during a section, sometimes you simply will have no idea how to approach a problem. Instead of throwing away three or four minutes becoming frustrated, make a guess. Estimation can also be useful when answering questions as it can save you time and help you avoid mistakes when working through lengthy arithmetic calculations.
You should consider estimation on questions that involve difficult or lengthy calculations and have answer choices that are spread fairly far apart. First, use scientific notation and fractions to simplify calculations.
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