Glasses

[JoAnna]

No: HPFGUIDX 95190

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "djrfdh" <djrfdh at y...> wrote:
> Even more surprising is the fact that the Dursley's even bought 
> glasses for Harry! I can't imagine them even taking him for an eye 
> exam, much less purchasing him glasses! I mean, afterall, they don't 
> even buy him presents for his birthday or holidays, why, on earth, 
> would they buy him glasses?  Seems to me, they'd be happier if he had 
> to "feel" his way around! 
> 

JoAnna:
I'm blind as a bat without my contacts/glasses!

As for why the Dursleys bought glasses for Harry - when I was a child,
our public schools had mandatory eye screenings where someone from the
county (state?) would check our vision and alert our parents if we
needed glasses.

I imagine that something similar happened to Harry; one of his
teachers or the school nurse alerted the Dursleys to the fact that
Harry needed glasses, and the Dursleys were forced to get him glasses
or face the higher-ups in Harry's school (e.g. the principal) who
would no doubt raise a fuss if Harry did not receive the glasses that
he needed to do his schoolwork.

Just my thoughts...

- JoAnna