Do you think there should be dissections in schools?

If they let the future farmers of America (or FFA) raise a farm animal then have it slaughtered at the end of the school year then why not let the future scientists of America have their dissections? Now I draw the line at making the class mandatory. No kid should be forced to dissect anything ESPECIALLY if it upsets their psyche!

While I hated it, it does serve a purpose. Hands on learning is the best type of learning. Personally, it wouldn't have been half as bad if the used something other than formaldehyde to preserve them and if I didn't have biology for my first class, both in middle school and high school.

Yes.

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Absolutely! . . .

I think the animals should  be donated from natural means . . . Either an intact road kill or something else.

I do not believe in "Killing" the animal to dissect them.

I had to do a dissection of a fetal pig in 6th grade. I thought it was pretty gross, but also cool.