Two Connecticut teens are fighting to remove frogs and other animals, used in biology class to discover how the human body works, out of the classroom. Citing froggy rights, Mary Sheppard and Rachel Matos are hoping to stop dissections of frogs in the classroom in hopes of computerized dissections, which doesn't give young future doctors any kind of practical experience in high schools across the country.
There is a reason why animals are used in the classroom. They not only provide a model, but they also provide an environment where students are required to follow direction while providing textures and microscope samples a computer can possibly provide.
These two students are letting the pathos of cruelty drive their petition drive. When I was in biology, the frogs were already dead; therefore there was no cruelty in the classroom. As well, they were gassed and didn't feel a thing.
