VildeJ Posted December 15, 2014 Report Share Posted December 15, 2014 Hi,Today my bio teacher asked the muslim students in the class if they are allowed to touch pigs blood and if they have any objections about dissecting a pig, but he didn't ask anyone else. I don't think I could dissect a pig and still feel good about my self. So my question is: Do we have to participate in the dissection? Does the syllabus say anything about this? I will probably participate if I have to, but I would really like not to. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pink97 Posted December 15, 2014 Report Share Posted December 15, 2014 (edited) Hi,Today my bio teacher asked the muslim students in the class if they are allowed to touch pigs blood and if they have any objections about dissecting a pig, but he didn't ask anyone else. I don't think I could dissect a pig and still feel good about my self. So my question is: Do we have to participate in the dissection? Does the syllabus say anything about this? I will probably participate if I have to, but I would really like not to. According to the IB animal experimental policy - dissection isn't required for group 4 subjects, in other words it isn't on the syllabus. (http://www.fmvisikokullari.k12.tr/i/Assets/ayazaga/lise/ib/ibeng/EXTENDEDESSAY//EEanimalpolicy.pdf). So if you don't want to participate show this to your teacher, although it does state that if the teacher wants to conduct experiments that involve dissections for educational purposes that they can. I recommend you just tell your teacher that you don't want to participate for the reasons you've state above and that you'd rather observe others doing it (or if this makes you uncomfortable too, that you so some other work in another classroom). Edited December 15, 2014 by Pink97 1 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandwich Posted December 15, 2014 Report Share Posted December 15, 2014 To be honest any teacher who 'made' somebody do dissection who said they didn't want to do dissection would have to be some kind of psychopath. Fairly sure if you just tell him or her you don't want to do it, they're not going to strap you down and make you involve yourself! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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