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Love Me Love You

Senior school students had the opportunity to hear from ex AFL player Lance Picioane and Warren from Love Me Love You.

Off the field, and at the height of his career, former AFL midfielder Lance Picioane was battling his own demons. Now he's brought his story to hundreds of students across the GV in the hopes of breaking down the stigma around mental illness. They shared their stories and spoke about Mental Health and the three steps of life.

Thank you to Greater Shepparton Lighthouse Project and McGuire College Careers for this moving experience.

Driver Education

Year 12 Students participated in a Driver Education talk as part of their Homegroup program

Mobile Phone Addiction

‘7 Scary things about you never knew about cell phone addiction’ is an interesting website.

 I am the first to admit that when it comes to mobile phone technology (and Information Technology generally) I am a dinosaur. I received my first mobile phone from my adult children as a Christmas present a few years ago because they were ‘embarrassed’ that their dad was still living in the 20th century and not the 21st!

Anyway, back to the website 7 Scary things about cell phone addiction. There is an interesting 15 question ‘Smartphone Compulsion Test’. https://virtual-addiction.com/smartphone-compulsion-test/

After completing it, and to my absolute horror, I was rated as being ‘in danger’ of becoming addicted to my Samsung Galaxy Smartphone! (and I’m not even on a plan!)

The website also looks at the social phenomenon of ‘phubbing’ – checking your texts when talking to someone and how our mobile phones are actually altering our brains.  But the most interesting thing was the following observation under the heading There’s a good reason why tech innovators don’t let their kids have devices: Steve Jobs didn’t let his kids use the IPad. And Bill and Melinda Gates didn’t let their kids have phones until they were 14.

Well, at least I’ve got a little way to go until I catch up with the ‘average’ American who, in 2017, spent on average 2 hours 51 minutes on their mobile phones every day.

Vince Branigan

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