My freshman’s gen ed bio class is dissecting a frog next week.

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Anonymous wrote:Those who do dissections should be ashamed of themselves.

No. Learning about other creatures is a part of being educated.

It’s unnecessary in a HS setting (NP). Agreed it should not be allowed.

It isn’t, as you can see by many of the posts here. Dissections aren’t happening.

But I can tell you they are the only thing I actually remember from my HS bio class.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Those who do dissections should be ashamed of themselves.

No. Learning about other creatures is a part of being educated.

It’s unnecessary in a HS setting (NP). Agreed it should not be allowed.

Anonymous wrote:Those who do dissections should be ashamed of themselves.

No. Learning about other creatures is a part of being educated.

Those who do dissections should be ashamed of themselves.

That’s sad. At my kids private they have dissected worms, mice, frogs, crayfish all by 7th grade.

Fcps should be ashamed of itself.

Honors Biology last year: nothing. No labs.

My younger kid dissected a rat in Honors Bio and will be doing a shark (IIRC) soon in AP Bio. Dissections were an end of year bonus, and not part of the regular curriculum. My older kid did no dissections at all.

My kid who dissected the pig was in honors biology.

FCPS basically doesn't educate children anymore. I once dissected a starfish in elementary school. They definitely don't do that anymore.

My kid took bio last year and said he didn’t dissect anything. This was regular and not honors, if that matters.

Not in General Bio. Maybe in AP?

Yes. I think it was a fetal pig but not 100% sure

Some woodson kids set their science kab on fire a decade ago.

I think FCPS greatly curtailed lab projecfs after that.

I remember doing dissection of frog, cockroach, something else in another country. Do HS kids here also do dissections?