Since I have a lot to post about, here’s another from The Hamilton Spectator. The newspaper has a section dedicated to the schools in the area called The Pulse where every week or so one school (elementary or secondary) receives the chance to publish articles about their school.
Anyway enough introduction. I was browsing it today and I noticed my former high school had been recently published. I figured I’d give it a read. Unfortunately I started with this article on Organ Donation.
Organ Donation
By REMOVED TO SPARE SOME EMBARRASSMENT
The Hamilton Spectator
Heroes. No, not the ones we read or hear about in great sporting moments or the ones with supernatural powers, these heroes are different. These heroes are organ and tissue donors who, like any hero, make a difference in the lives of others. By volunteering to donate organs or tissue, their unselfish deed aids in the good of society.
In Ontario there are approximately 1,715 people on an organ waiting list. Facts show that one person dies every three days waiting for an organ; therefore in one year alone 442 people die waiting. Incredibly a person who has passed away still has the power to save lives through organ or tissue donations. One person alone can save up to 8 lives by donating organs or a remarkable 50 lives by donating tissue. Organs such as the heart, lungs, pancreas, or kidneys and tissues such as eyes, heart valves, or skin are all gifts which can be given to save or improve the lives of people in need. Individuals like Nancy Hemica who work for Ontario’s Trillium Gift of Life network are dedicated to not only finding suitable donors but also organizing the process by matching organs or tissue with people in need.
As Christians Jesus calls us to love one another as he has loved us. “This is My commandment, that you love one another, just as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this that one lay down his life for his friends†(John 15: 12-13). By donating a gift of life to a stranger we act upon what Christ has taught us. We have the power to become heroes to people in need by donating organs or tissues.
Notice anything wrong with it? Please say you did. If you didn’t go ahead and read it again.
Done? OK Well you might have noticed that to the writer, there are over 1300 days in a year. Where did I get this number? Well according to the writer: “one person dies every three days waiting for an organ” and in “one year alone 442 people die waiting.”
Some great math there buddy (and amazing proofreading). Let’s recap:
1 person dead / 3 days
442 deaths / year (=x days)
Solve for x. x = 442 * 3 = 1326 days in a year.
Great math skills there buddy. That’s why when you write something, you don’t just COPY the numbers, you try to make sense of them too. It’s called thinking. Apparently they don’t teach that in high school…I wonder if a teacher proofread that article…if he or she did…oh boy!
Today is day # 158 of 2007, only 1168 to go…bet Christmas seems that much farther away doesn’t it?
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