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My Diversity
I have a lazy eye. If you don't think that's a real problem for a girl, think again. Sometimes, when I'm tired, it seems like I'm looking in two directions. People make fun of this, and the difficult social adaptation that has been required of me throughout my life makes me what I am today: a very unusual person.
My eye used to embarrass me. I wore those funny glasses with the fake lenticular eyeballs so no one would notice. I felt sorry for myself. But then I met Marie -- an exchange student from Nicaragua. Marie had TWO lazy eyes. And was that ever, well, EYE-OPENING. Her attitude was incredible. "No chwon hever knows chwat ahm looking aht! Ahm the bestest SPY!" she would say. Marie taught me about thinking positive. Now it's my turn to convert a disfiguring disability into an asset.
I know that you people are looking for diversity. You probably have 14% black people, 16% hispanic, etc., etc. (Yes, I looked it up on your site.) But lazy eyes? Not so many, eh? In fact you don't even keep track of the numbers, do you? These days, I doubt that an important institution would want to overlook an important category of physically challenged persons. I strongly feel that you're a pretty important institution.
My conclusion? I have a lazy eye. I matter. I am diversity.
My eye used to embarrass me. I wore those funny glasses with the fake lenticular eyeballs so no one would notice. I felt sorry for myself. But then I met Marie -- an exchange student from Nicaragua. Marie had TWO lazy eyes. And was that ever, well, EYE-OPENING. Her attitude was incredible. "No chwon hever knows chwat ahm looking aht! Ahm the bestest SPY!" she would say. Marie taught me about thinking positive. Now it's my turn to convert a disfiguring disability into an asset.
I know that you people are looking for diversity. You probably have 14% black people, 16% hispanic, etc., etc. (Yes, I looked it up on your site.) But lazy eyes? Not so many, eh? In fact you don't even keep track of the numbers, do you? These days, I doubt that an important institution would want to overlook an important category of physically challenged persons. I strongly feel that you're a pretty important institution.
My conclusion? I have a lazy eye. I matter. I am diversity.
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