frog dissection

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I dissected a cat in high school AP Biology. I didn’t turn into a serial killer. Let the kid learn.

Unnecessary killing is wrong.

Why do you think dissection and learning about the world and the animals that live in it is unnecessary killing? Do you think ignorance is respectful?

Dissection is unnecessary killing. Animals have been dissected a million times so far only to find out they have one heart, 2 lungs, 2 kidneys etc. There is nothing new in there. Just watch animated, humane videos and teach your kids! Your kid is not going to turn into Isaac Newton by watching dissected frogs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I dissected a cat in high school AP Biology. I didn’t turn into a serial killer. Let the kid learn.

Unnecessary killing is wrong.

Why do you think dissection and learning about the world and the animals that live in it is unnecessary killing? Do you think ignorance is respectful?

Dissection is unnecessary killing. Animals have been dissected a million times so far only to find out they have one heart, 2 lungs, 2 kidneys etc. There is nothing new in there. Just watch animated, humane videos and teach your kids! Your kid is not going to turn into Isaac Newton by watching dissected frogs.

Well they may decide to become a doctor. You know they dissect people in med school? But who needs doctors

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I dissected a cat in high school AP Biology. I didn’t turn into a serial killer. Let the kid learn.

Unnecessary killing is wrong.

Why do you think dissection and learning about the world and the animals that live in it is unnecessary killing? Do you think ignorance is respectful?

Dissection is unnecessary killing. Animals have been dissected a million times so far only to find out they have one heart, 2 lungs, 2 kidneys etc. There is nothing new in there. Just watch animated, humane videos and teach your kids! Your kid is not going to turn into Isaac Newton by watching dissected frogs.

Well they may decide to become a doctor. You know they dissect people in med school? But who needs doctors

What is the percentage of students who end up in med school every year?
1.1%.
And you want everyone to dissect in elementary school (there are millions of students enrolled every year) because that will motivate them to go for medical sciences? That's a joke and only a proof that humans do not value other lives.
All lives matter!
End speciesism!

P.S. if you want your child to go for medical sciences, step 1, unhook them from playing video games and let them go outside, in the dirt, under the trees, and watch and experience nature.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I dissected a cat in high school AP Biology. I didn’t turn into a serial killer. Let the kid learn.

Unnecessary killing is wrong.

Why do you think dissection and learning about the world and the animals that live in it is unnecessary killing? Do you think ignorance is respectful?

Dissection is unnecessary killing. Animals have been dissected a million times so far only to find out they have one heart, 2 lungs, 2 kidneys etc. There is nothing new in there. Just watch animated, humane videos and teach your kids! Your kid is not going to turn into Isaac Newton by watching dissected frogs.

Well they may decide to become a doctor. You know they dissect people in med school? But who needs doctors

They dissect already dead people at medical schools. They don't breed humans to dissect them.

[Anonymous]

Jesus these are frogs they only live for about 10 minutes anyway.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Half of my family belongs to medical. We have a cardiologist, oncologist, endocrinologist and one emerging doctor. They all believe that dissections in schools and colleges were useless and redundant. What helped them tremendously was human autopsies.

OP, if I were you, I would explain that your child really does not need to go through it. I would also write to the teacher explaining how redundant his idea is. You want your child to grow interest in science, not despise it!

Don’t be a Karen and say how redundant it is. Many parents and their kids think it is very valuable. We did it in elementary school and one of the most teachable moments of elementary school that I still remember.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think this is really young to get much out of it from an anatomy standpoint, also pretty young to use a scalpel appropriately. If he's really never seen a live frog, they have skipped some important naturalist education that usually happens at this age and happens way before dissection. Shouldn't you study the live animal first??

I'd opt out and tell DS he can do it when older. And I would rethink whether this program is actually age-appropriate overall.

+1

Then withdraw your child. Don’t try and cancel it when other parents think it’s valuable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I dissected a cat in high school AP Biology. I didn’t turn into a serial killer. Let the kid learn.

Unnecessary killing is wrong.

Why do you think dissection and learning about the world and the animals that live in it is unnecessary killing? Do you think ignorance is respectful?

Dissection is unnecessary killing. Animals have been dissected a million times so far only to find out they have one heart, 2 lungs, 2 kidneys etc. There is nothing new in there. Just watch animated, humane videos and teach your kids! Your kid is not going to turn into Isaac Newton by watching dissected frogs.

Well they may decide to become a doctor. You know they dissect people in med school? But who needs doctors

What is the percentage of students who end up in med school every year?
1.1%.
And you want everyone to dissect in elementary school (there are millions of students enrolled every year) because that will motivate them to go for medical sciences? That's a joke and only a proof that humans do not value other lives.
All lives matter!
End speciesism!

P.S. if you want your child to go for medical sciences, step 1, unhook them from playing video games and let them go outside, in the dirt, under the trees, and watch and experience nature.

Most people do not become doctors but most people do provide first aid for themselves and/or others at some point during their lives. Knowing about bodies, human and animal, is valuable knowledge for every person.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:2nd grader boy attends a program outside of school. We are emailed that kids will do frog dissection. A teacher has teaching background on this science project and he raised all these frogs for this purposes. Parents are emailed/notified ahead to be given option to opt out. He has never seen a frog, and I am not sure if this project cause trauma or a wonderful experiences. I think they have enough frogs for this 20+ kids project. He has fishing before at camp, but he never touches bait and he releases fishes back to water.

DH says he did not do frog dissection till high school. So any thoughts of opt out or not? My kid is the youngest child, 1-2 years younger than other kids. He gets into this project due to his academic giftness.

By allowing the teacher to show frog dissection to children so young, you will be encouraging nothing but desensitizing the kids! Please stop this! There is nothing that kids cannot learn through animated videos about animals. There is absolutely no need to take lives of animals just because they cannot speak!!
How horrible!

Huh? At 7-10, a child should have had the opportunity to go fishing and catch fish and probably frogs and should help or at least watch the fish being cleaned. That's not desensitizing. It's learning.

This is exactly why the world is a sad place.

The world would be a sadder place without food. Sudan is pretty sad right now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I dissected a cat in high school AP Biology. I didn’t turn into a serial killer. Let the kid learn.

Unnecessary killing is wrong.

Why do you think dissection and learning about the world and the animals that live in it is unnecessary killing? Do you think ignorance is respectful?

Dissection is unnecessary killing. Animals have been dissected a million times so far only to find out they have one heart, 2 lungs, 2 kidneys etc. There is nothing new in there. Just watch animated, humane videos and teach your kids! Your kid is not going to turn into Isaac Newton by watching dissected frogs.

Well they may decide to become a doctor. You know they dissect people in med school? But who needs doctors

What is the percentage of students who end up in med school every year?
1.1%.
And you want everyone to dissect in elementary school (there are millions of students enrolled every year) because that will motivate them to go for medical sciences? That's a joke and only a proof that humans do not value other lives.
All lives matter!
End speciesism!

P.S. if you want your child to go for medical sciences, step 1, unhook them from playing video games and let them go outside, in the dirt, under the trees, and watch and experience nature.

Most people do not become doctors but most people do provide first aid for themselves and/or others at some point during their lives. Knowing about bodies, human and animal, is valuable knowledge for every person.

First aid education from dissecting frogs?