Anyone who reads the article should be put at ease, it was no big deal. The parent brought a live raccoon in, obviously knowing that the teacher would have to dispatch it. It didn't happen in front of the students, no dangerous weapon was involved, and it was part of an agricultural assignment. The teacher is popular with the students, they enjoy his class, so what's all the fuss?
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Originally posted by Sam The ShamYeah, agree, but i'm a bit surprised that high school students need to know how to skin animals, even in Arkansas. Do they get banjo lessons as well?
Anyone who reads the article should be put at ease, it was no big deal. The parent brought a live raccoon in, obviously knowing that the teacher would have to dispatch it. It didn't happen in front of the students, no dangerous weapon was involved, and it was part of an agricultural assignment. The teacher is popular with the students, they enjoy his class, so what's all the fuss?
Originally posted by Iron MonkeyI would have to assume that the purpose of the lesson is to teach about anatomy, not how to skin a raccoon... but it is Arkansas after all so who knows?
Yeah, agree, but i'm a bit surprised that high school students need to know how to skin animals, even in Arkansas. Do they get banjo lessons as well?
Originally posted by darvlayArticle says it was a skinnin' demonstration:
I would have to assume that the purpose of the lesson is to teach about anatomy, not how to skin a raccoon... but it is Arkansas after all so who knows?
HUNTSVILLE, Ark. - A high school teacher killed a raccoon with a nail gun after discovering the planned subject of a skinning demonstration was alive.
Yee haw! Critter shore is dead now!
Originally posted by masscatA toothpick! Man, the guy with the nail gun was doin' that critter a favour!
If you dry a male raccoon’s member it makes a neat keychain fob or you can sharpen it & make a toothpick. If you get a couple small ones you can make your lady a pair of earrings. Betcha didn't know that.
Originally posted by pawnhandlerseriously, isnt that something you would learn from a family member, or even a college course, but highschool? skinning a freshly deceased animal is not excactly as "clean" as disecting frogs
Well, if they have "skinning squirrels" on their State Standards, then you have to wonder...
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Originally posted by stevetodd"What" is: who scored lowest on the last pop quiz?
Maybe that's what an unintelligent person would have done like you, but an intelligent resourceful person would have taught something else by using their initiative. If he is not capable of improvising what would he have done if no animal had been delivered at all?