Which would you rather lose, your hearing or your eyesight? I ask my students this question every year, and I get some amazing and insightful responses. Personally, I would rather lose my hearing, because, as important as hearing is, you need vision to do the things I love to do most: go sailing and fish. Neither activity would be half as wonderful without sound, but at least I could get out there and do it.

In fact, a world without sound would be terrifying, but I still think I'd like to keep my vision.

I'd love to hear your thoughts on this.