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[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (6 children)

Despite my pleasure in trolling vegans, now that we have relatively high quality digital simulations of dissection, it really is time to do away with animal dissection, especially when the chemicals used to keep them in shape to be used aren't exactly good for the students.

I don't object to animals being used educationally like that, when there's no better alternative, but it just isn't the only way to achieve the same level of knowledge now. Every high school I'm aware of in the US has something like an ipad, tablet, chromebook, or even full laptops. It's time to phase out dissection.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I had to dissect a bunch of things in high school: a frog, a pig fetus, a cow heart, a cat... I'm still not entirely sure what the intent was. "Yup, the brain is in the right spot. Always good to check, just in case."

If they want to teach kids knife skills they should do so in home ec. At least make something edible.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

Yeah, it always seemed a bit silly in the basic biology class to have dissection in the first place. The only real benefit I saw in it was, like you said, learning how to dissect in general. A useful skill for later on, but not something that taught anything preserved samples and good photography couldn't.

I mean it's cool to see how things connect, how the organs are shaped in reality, but it was a shit ton of time and resources for basic biology class where you could have spent the same resources for more general knowledge. Save the dissection for AP classes, or anatomy, or courses like that, where it's going to really be useful.

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