One mistake is all it takes....

On Tuesday, October 9th, we went to visit different sections of Sunnybrook Hospital as an entire group of Grade 10s. We learned about the idea of taking risks (there was a difference between "smart" risk and "stupid" risk) and the consequences of doing a stupid risk. I felt sad, in a sense, for the people who were scarred by their "injury" for life. All they made was one mistake... and that one mistake changed their lives forever. Even though their injuries were caused by "stupid" risks, which we have been constantly taught not to take, it was depressing to think about how they would live their lives being paralyzed from the neck down or from the waist down for their entire lives. All they worked for in their prelife in hopes of becoming a better person in the future; all their dreams, were shattered instantly. And there was no return, no way to go back to the past... I now am twice-the-amount aware of the importance of wearing a seatbelt in a car because one simple mistake could cause a fatal consequence that can kill me or change my life forever permanently.