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Dissection

pineapple_babbit's picture

It sat there,
Cold,
and
Lifeless,
Limp and pale.
The two girls brought over a metal pan,
With a spongy plastic bottom.
One brought over pins,
The other,
Knives.
It was all I could do
To keep myself from getting sick.
One pinned one end down,
While the other pinned the other,
And then they started cutting.
I couldn’t hold it in,
Tears streamed down my face,
And I ran.
I went out into the empty,
And lonely
Hallway.
I stayed there,
And wept.

writingdog's picture

I hated frog dissection...

I hated frog dissection...

pineapple_babbit's picture

It wasn't a frog, but I'm

It wasn't a frog, but I'm still scarred.... I'm gonna have to do alot more disections too... Well, or at least things while disections are happening.... My teacher was awesome about it... ^_^
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I don't know what makes me fall more, my feet or my heart... - Self Quoted

writingdog's picture

I hope we don't do anymore

I hope we don't do anymore dissections in high school. one dissection is enough for me.... Our teacher was cool about it too...

apples's picture

No, you do plenty in Bio...

No, you do plenty in Bio... (what Babbit's in now...)
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The crimson tears of slaughter flow eternally through the sands of time... ~Self Quoted

writingdog's picture

I think my sister is taking

I think my sister is taking biology but she hasn't had any dissections so far...

apples's picture

She should soon

She should soon enough...
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The crimson tears of slaughter flow eternally through the sands of time... ~Self Quoted

pineapple_babbit's picture

Scarring experiance.....

After I spent a while in the hall crying, my teacher came out and said, "Didn't I tell you not to get stressed about this? Points aren't taken off for not doing this.... I may take off points if you don't cheer up shortly though.... Now you have a choise. You can go to the library for the rest of the block, or look for virtual dissections on my computer in the classroom. your choise." And then my teacher grabbed me a box of tissues.... and then dissapeared back into the class...
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I don't know what makes me fall more, my feet or my heart... - Self Quoted

pineapple_babbit's picture

I hate disections... I just

I hate disections... I just get so sad for the animal... *and thats why it was scarring...*
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I don't know what makes me fall more, my feet or my heart... - Self Quoted

apples's picture

Poor Babbit... --------- The

Poor Babbit...
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The crimson tears of slaughter flow eternally through the sands of time... ~Self Quoted

writingdog's picture

yes I know

I started crying when we did dissection and then I couldn't touch it. (My friend was the same way. We weren't really good partners) So this adult helper had to work with us and she did everything. All I did was watch and take "fresh air" breaks every five minutes.

pineapple_babbit's picture

Schools shouldn't make kids

Schools shouldn't make kids dissect things... Its a saddening thing for so many kids....
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I don't know what makes me fall more, my feet or my heart... - Self Quoted

apples's picture

You never actually HAVE to

You never actually HAVE to do it... they can't force you and you can do something else most of the time...
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The crimson tears of slaughter flow eternally through the sands of time... ~Self Quoted

writingdog's picture

yes you do

You HAVE to unless you move or are deathly deathly afraid of dead things. Atleast for our school.

apples's picture

Not in ours... though they

Not in ours... though they generally think that you should at least watch...
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The crimson tears of slaughter flow eternally through the sands of time... ~Self Quoted

pineapple_babbit's picture

gots to go...

gots to go... byes!!!
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I don't know what makes me fall more, my feet or my heart... - Self Quoted

writingdog's picture

your

your school is nicer than ours, Its because of our prinicipal...
bye babbit

Yami_no_Tenshi's picture

Poor Babbit...*tear* well

Poor Babbit...*tear* well its a good thing your teacher lets you do something else. I'm not so sure my Bio teacher would let us do anything else. I personaly don't have any problem with disections, but my gag reflex was tested a couple of times. It wasn't as bad as someone else in my class who looked like they were gonna toss their cookies....

apples's picture

Heh heh heh... they don't

Heh heh heh... they don't really gross me out, but I really don't like touching the thing...
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The crimson tears of slaughter flow eternally through the sands of time... ~Self Quoted

pineapple_babbit's picture

It's not that I was going to

It's not that I was going to throw up.. It just made me really, really sad...... T_T
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I don't know what makes me fall more, my feet or my heart... - Self Quoted

Yami_no_Tenshi's picture

Oh I know you weren't. It

Oh I know you weren't. It was just an example of how I doubt my teacher would be as cool about it as yours was.

pineapple_babbit's picture

ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo..... ok then. ^_^
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I don't know what makes me fall more, my feet or my heart... - Self Quoted

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