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"We can‘t deny the fact that everybody drinks, that it goes on." says John. "But it really is a shock to the system to, in some cases, touch and feel and speak directly with people who have been in accidents where alcohol was involved. They, themselves, might not have been drinking, but someâ€" one who hit them might have been. I think it really makes our students think twice about the whole issue. When I was younger, it wasn‘t really something that we thought about. But this program brings drinking and driving to the fore and makes thinking about it a priority, especially on weekends. That‘s why this program is purâ€" posely done on a Friday, so that kids will think about it on the weekend." His girlfriend, asleep at the time, went through the front windâ€" screen and was discovered some 50 feet from the scene with severe head injuries that caused a comâ€" plete loss of memory. Frank was left with a badly broken arm and leg which doctors had to mend with steel screws and plates. The driver of the other car died instantly, and Frank insists it was the air bag in his own car that saved his life. One of these patients, Frank, remembers nothing about the acciâ€" dent that almost claimed his life. He and his girlfriend were driving through Kentucky one recent New Year‘s Eve â€" on their way home from a vacation in California â€" when a drunk driver smashed into their car. When we walked into a room, you could hear a pin drop and everybody kind of took a step backwards until the guide said, "Relax, it‘s alright, so and so‘s here for you," John explains. Offered as part of Sunnybrook PARTY (Prevent Alcohol and Riskâ€"Related Trauma in Youth) program, the day includes presenâ€" tations by a paramedic and emerâ€" gency room doctor; a tour of the facility that traces the steps of an actual patient from arrival through the trauma room, I.C.U., critical care and rehabilitation; and visits with patients recovering from spinal cord injuries. The PARTY program actually goes beyond drinking and driving to include general safety considerâ€" ations and avoid head and spine injuries, regardless of how they‘re sustained. Another one of the patients students met had an acciâ€" dent while riding his bicycle, sufâ€" fering severe head injuries that were to deprive him of his memoâ€" ry for 11 years. "It‘s those basic little things you would teach a small child," says John. "But when you see the consequences, and hear from peoâ€" ple firsthand who have had those experiences and are there because they want to help other people â€" they all volunteer to do this â€" you realize that they are giving up a little piece of themselves just for you. And that‘s a pretty nice feelâ€" ing." John‘s class did a followâ€"up assignment after they returned to school, which asked how students would stop their friends from drinking and driving. "I got some excellent responses, from the desâ€" ignated driver situation to keeping the keys at the door, or having an open relationship where kids could call their parents when they Phys. Ed. teacher, John Bassett, has made the trip an annual pilâ€" grimage for his students, and can‘t emphasize enough what a powerâ€" ful deterrent seeing the victims of alcoholâ€"related accidents really is. 6 6 J ust don‘t do it". That was the message some 40 Appleby students received on a Phys. Ed. field trip to the Trauma Unit at Sunnybrook Health Science Centre in Toronto last month. Learning experience at Appleby means leaving classroom Trip to trauma hospital puts human face on drinking and driving Appry Now ror May Prockans Don‘t wait until September, when you can begin your career education at Sheridan College on May 3, and graduate ahead of the crowd. Applications are now being accepted for the following fullâ€"time diploma programs: Business (Two or Three Years) Specialize in Accounting or Marketing. Computer Programmer (64 Weeks) Sâ€"I;” As a result, a new form of educational software has evolved â€" "entertainment software." Simply put, eduâ€" tainment software utilizes the unique and fun aspects of entertainment software and combines these aspects with the fundamental components of which educational softâ€" ware is comprised. As a result, Edutainment software has experienced unprecedented growth in the Canadian market, having increased more than 70% in gross sales in 1992 alone. "The assignment wasn‘t someâ€" thing where they went home and looked in textbooks for the answer. They simply had to use their smarts from the Sunnybrook experience and from what‘s hapâ€" With the increased popularity of the home office computer, which is now found in 16% of Canadian households; teachers, students and parents alike have found that software manufacturers have in fact proâ€" duced educational software which actually makes learnâ€" ing fun. Trip to Sunnybrook Health Science Centre is a real eyeâ€"opener for Appleby College students. needed a ride. Someone even sugâ€" pening around them. Maybe they gested having a bowl at the door had been in a situation before where everybody at a party puts where they were drinking and in a couple of dollars when they driving, and now â€" hopefully â€" arrive, and the money is used for they‘ll think twice about stepping taxi fares for people who need into a car with someone who has them at the end of the night. been drinking, or driving one erhaps one of the most important and revoluâ€" P tionary developments to hit the software indusâ€" try in the past two years has concerned the draâ€" matic transformation of the Educational software cateâ€" gory. C ‘Edutainment‘ software the wave of the future The Health Care Aide and the Home Support Worker Training Programs are of particular interest to those seeking an entry level position in Community Support and Health Services. For more information contact Joan Anderson at the CAPS Oakville office (416) 844â€"5588. 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Maybe they had been in a situation before where they were drinking and driving, and now â€" hopefully â€" they‘ll think twice about stepping into a car with someone who has been drinking, or driving one themselves." Software developers are providing extraordinary proâ€" grams which help the entire spectrum of those who require educational assistance â€" everyone from threeâ€" yearâ€"olds who want to paint pretty pictures and learn the alphabet, to adolescents who wish to brush up on their French, through to university students who require assistance with their Calculus classes. Most importantly, software manufacturers have made the learning process extremely interactive in nature â€" which makes the user‘s ability to learn much easier than reading a boring textâ€" book.The future for edutainment software is very bright SAL DATA PRODUCTS, which is one of the major computer suppliers and accessory stores in Oakville to specialize in this new category, "Educational software dramatically impacts on a youngster‘s ability to not only learn a specific subject or category, but also assist him/her in understanding and appreciating more comâ€" pletely the entire computing experience. The above article was provided by Universal Data Products, The PARTY program is availâ€" able at no cost to any interested "I think if you asked any of these kids five years from now about the Sunnybrook trip, they‘d be able to tell you almost to a T exactly what they saw. And that makes me feel good because â€" let‘s face it â€" this is not someâ€" thing you can just close a textâ€" book on and say that‘s the end of it. It‘s a life issue and if we manâ€" age to save lives at some point down the way, then we‘re doing our job." "The students were really open about it, and very realistic. They didn‘t say, I will be the designatâ€" ed driver every time I go out. We‘re not all walking around in a fantasy world, and we have to deal with these situations when they come up. We all have to act responsibly," John emphasizes. call 845â€"3824 and ask for The Oakville Beaver ing and driving. We had talked about it in the classroom and the laws and so on, but up until the trip, we hadn‘t been presented with real life. And to me, there‘s no better way of learning than to actually see something, to touch and feel, and experience it." 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