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Last Friday was presumably the last time I did play the "I spy with my little eye something you cannot see..."game with my daughter. It was about the solar eclipse, which she was not able to watch at the other side of the world. Daughter was livid, because she had been five months old at the total eclipse in 1999 and did remember absolutely zero of it, of course. I really felt sorry for her, because she always had loved to watch natural phenomenons. I was all the more consternated when I read an article in next day´s newspaper, that many schools here did not allow students and teachers to go outside and watch the spectacle for the simple reason that damage might be done to their eyes, but watch the eclipse on Youtube or TV. For the same reason newspapers did not write much about the event, opticians did not advertise protective glasses...I wonder if this will be the way our children and grandchildren will study natural phenomenons from now on. Watch it on TV, because teachers and parents are not apt enough to supervise their wards? It isn´t about the sight only: children should be able to see the dimming of daylight, the slight drop in temperature, the fading sounds of nature...not a picture of a white solar disk with a black spot wandering across on TV, because that´s indeed boring!