Blog Entry #22- Independent Component 2

“I, Trino Arellano, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 33 hours of work.”

Glasses?

• For my second independent component I want to head in a similar direction as I did with my first independent component, but this time with glasses. I want to learn and understand the fundamentals of glasses. There are so many complexities that go into making a pair and fixing a pair of glasses. There are many subjects to head into with glasses that need a lot of work, time, and attention to fully understand exactly what you are doing. 

Defending my work.

• Because there are so many complexities with glasses I am able to reach and surpass the 30 hours required. I have divided my second independent component into 3 sections that have taken up roughly 10 hours for each section. The first ten hours were "Equipment & Tools", in which I broke down and understood the functions of all the items needed to repair and make glasses. I also repaired and made glasses myself to further understand the process. The second ten hours was "Fighting patients", which consists of various things that have to deal with the different features glasses have. This ranged from the type of material the lens is to the style or brand of the frame. I also interacted with patients to understand their needs for their glasses. The final ten hours was "Trouble shooting", which is essentially customer service revolving around glasses. This is when patients have complaints and other things that need fixing that could range from a wrong prescription to lab errors.

"This is the frame room. Here patients browse the floor, searching for glasses for vision purposes or just to look good. I would talk with patients and make sure all of their needs were checked off."

This is the working or fixing area of the office. Here the opticians would fix glasses to meet the needs of the patients. Here we would fix the lenses, the frames of the glasses, and much much more."

This is part of the frame room. Patients would pick glasses and bring them there to the desk to ask for assistance and opinions from the opticians and staff. We would also discuss finances and other things that needed to be taken care of."

"These are glasses that were recently priced to sell on the floor (frame room), Inventory is extremely important and we try to keep organized and up to date with everything we have."

These are patient files. Here we stash all of our patients information in regards to their vision, glasses, contact lenses, etc. We try to keep organized at all times to keep the business running smoothly."

How did the component help you answer your EQ?

• Despite how off topic my independent component may seem from my essential question, it actually really helped me understand specific aspects of one answer that would lead to the overall answer of the EQ. The research that went into understanding the fundamentals of glasses lead me to different NGO (non-governmental organization) websites that actually gave away glasses to the needy. "Vision spring" was one of theses organizations that gave away glasses to the needy, they gave away just about 201,000 glasses. This generosity is what can reduce the effects that poverty has on vision. The main issue in having poor vision is financial, people can't afford proper eye care, giving away glasses can greatly reduce that burden. 

Work Citied

• Haddril, Marilyn. "Your Guide to Eyewear Essentials." All About Vision. AllAboutVision, 24 Apr. 2015. Web. 18 Apr. 2016. 
• Monk, Dmitri. "Repair Plastic Eyeglass Frame with Thread and Superglue." Instructables.com. Instructables, 18 Mar. 2015. Web. 18 Apr. 2016. 
• "Designer Eyeglass Brands." Designer Brands. Eyeglassrepair, 6 July 2014. Web. 18 Apr. 2016.