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dissecting.
I'm in 10th grade and we are going to be dissecting frogs, starfish, and i think something else soon. I really don't think I can handle doing it. First, I love animals, and in 7th grade when we did it, as soon as I saw it, I started crying, and had to leave the room. That's my first reason I can't do it. I also don't really believe in it either. Some one told me that they like find them dead, they don't kill them. Which honestly, to me sounds like a complete lie. I'm assuming they breed them and kill them. But, anyway.. I also hate cutting things open, seeing all their organs and everything, I have a weak stomach and can't handle it. I don't want to do it, I told my science teacher I didn't think I'd be able to handle it, and he said "well whose your lab partner" and I told him how it was this one girl, who never ever comes to school. and he didn't say anything. It going to be worth a lot of points. Has anyone had this problem? How do I get out of this assignment? Has anyone ever heard of an alternate one? I need help on what to say.
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Like the previous poster said you don't have to do anything at all you feel wrong about doing. They can threaten to fail you etc. etc. but it's your right not to participate.
The teacher nor the school can fail you period or screw up your grade. How do you get out of it? Tell your parents how you feel. Next go to the town or city office and get a letter or form stating this violates your religious or core beliefs. Once you have that letter notorized by them there isn't a bloody thing they can do.
That's what you need to do get an official document that bars them from doing anything or make you take a tumble in points. Also, a compromise can be made as there are tons of computer programs out there showing what the insides and dissection of animals reveals. Tell your school to get one.
Things like crayfish, starfish are usually dead but frogs etc. aren't. You more or less put them to sleep with a cotton swab and some kind of drug and then kill them with what they've told you to do. Take a stand and don't back down.
Like I said go to the town or city office tell them what you need. I believe it's the clerk's department that does it but they'll help guide you to the right person. Nobody can do anything to you or make you do it after that. A plain old letter from mom and dad won't do it with these people. Trust me. It's the only thing they take seriously.
More or less it's legal wording that tells them where to go about forcing you to do something you find wrong. They can get in so much shit for ignoring it and therefore they can't. It's your rights being trampled if they did and that can wind up in a legal problem for them for violating it. Teachers, principals etc won't take you seriously without said document.
The document exempts you from that class either permanently or for a certain time because they are teaching something contrary to your beliefs that you want no part of. Usually this letter is obtained by those who don't want their kids taking health, receiving vaccinations, dental screenings by the school or anything against their culture, religions, principles.
Also if you know of anybody that is a lawyer they could draft such a note as well. Use these ideas if the school just won't budge. Get your parents involved now so it doesn't come to getting notes like those.
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You don't have to dissect animals if you're not comfortable with it. By law, your teacher has to give you an alternative assignment. At my school, they would typically either have you do a virtual dissection online or a written assignment. Ask your teacher about what alternate assignment you can do for equal points.
Hope this helps,
Darby(:
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