Idaho teacher facing discipline for killing rabbitt

[Ebiz]

Interesting, doesn't this teacher know that meat comes from the grocery store

Idaho teacher kills, skins rabbit in class

Published November 14, 2014

Associated Press

BOISE, Idaho – An Idaho biology teacher is facing possible disciplinary action after killing and skinning a rabbit in class to show students where their food comes from.

Nampa School District spokeswoman Allison Westfall says the teacher killed the rabbit in front of 16 students by snapping its neck on Nov. 6 at Columbia High School.

The rabbit was then skinned and cut up in front of the 10th graders.

Westfall says the demonstration isn't part of the biology curriculum.

She says students who didn't want to view the lesson were allowed to leave ahead of time.

The teacher's name hasn't been released.

[PurpleFloyd]

I am pretty sure that lesson was already done on a duck dynasty episode. But not with a rabbit.

[LightningBG]

If the kids were allowed to skip that lesson, I think it's fine. If you forced a kid to watch you off a rabbit, that might be grounds for discipline.

[LMITOUT]

Was the teacher's name Cheddar Bob?

Sorry, nevermind.

[Juneau4]

What a bunch of talk. It's a Biology class, not a human relationship class.

[LMITOUT]

I am pretty sure that lesson was already done on a duck dynasty episode. But not with a rabbit.

One small, but important difference...the duck was already dead.

[Kidd]

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[PurpleFloyd]

One small, but important difference...the duck was already dead.

Why?

[LMITOUT]

Breaking a rabbit's neck in front of the class is a bit overkill. The rest is perfectly acceptable for a biology class, IMO.

[Gary B]

I don't see to much wrong with it. They punish her then go heat a burger maybe she should of shot the rabbit with a bolt pistol lol

[leech~~]

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Come on, would Mc Don's have many families there if they killed the cow right before making the burgers!

[Snag]

I used to remember going into Fuddruckers and seeing the meet hanging as you walked in.

[bobbymalone]

This was not something that was covered in any class I've taken. I've cut up plenty of already dead animals in biology classes, slit open brain dead frogs, gassed mice with CO2 and cut out their spleens, stuck needles into live rabbit hearts, etc etc. But it was always about how things work, not how to turn animals into food.

BTW all those things were signed off by some sort of Animal Use and Care ethics board. Snapping the neck of a lab mouse isn't even a kosher way of killing mice anymore, even when you call it "cervical dislocation"

[Ufatz]

I would have fired that teacher within the day for gross stupidity. Just what did she accomplish by killing a small animal in front of some kids? Kids know where meat comes from and they know animals die to provide the meat. There is something sick about killing a live creature in front of a bunch of impressionable young people.

Kids watch enough insensitive behavior every day.

[swamptiger]

Quote:

Kids know where meat comes from and they know animals die to provide the meat.

Yeah, they know it comes from the grocery store in neat shiny plastic packages.

[FshBloodRiverMud]

Hmmm.

Reminds me of the first duck my daughter watched me choot.

When it came time to clean it, we did just that, and then she says..."Well, Let's look in the head"...So on we went, learning about what's in ducks heads

That was several years ago...She's still quite a bit younger than a 10th grader.

[nofishfisherman]

I think most of us can agree that killing the rabbit in front of the class was probably overkill. It was obviously not needed to teach her apparent lesson. I think most of us would have the same reaction if our kid came home and said their teacher snapped a rabbits neck in front of the class. I think most of us would have a W T F type reaction, its simply not a normal or rational thing to do in front of a classroom of kids.

While I want my kids to have an appreciation of where our food comes from I also want them to respect animals and to know that killing an animal is not something that should be taken lightly. You need to have respect for the animal and every kill should be done respectfully, ethically, and for a purpose. I'm not sure the teachers actions would support those principles.

As far as firing the teacher, I suspect the school has guidelines and policies governing the use of animals in the classroom. My guess is that snapping a rabbits neck in front of the class would violate those policies making dismissal a rather straight forward action.

[Big Dave2]

Kids know where meat comes from and they know animals die to provide the meat.

[MN Shutterbug]

Ummm, I would actually guess that the majority do not know this.

Seriously? High school kids not realizing an animal must be killed to provide meat? Even my 8 year old grandson knows this.