{"id":7318,"date":"2011-06-01T08:00:17","date_gmt":"2011-06-01T13:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/?p=7318"},"modified":"2023-12-14T17:15:57","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T23:15:57","slug":"your-kids-are-never-going-to-dissect-a-frog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/2011\/06\/your-kids-are-never-going-to-dissect-a-frog\/","title":{"rendered":"Your kids are never going to dissect a frog"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-thumbnail\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/2011\/06\/your-kids-are-never-going-to-dissect-a-frog\/frog\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7339\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-attachment-id=\"7339\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/2011\/06\/your-kids-are-never-going-to-dissect-a-frog\/frog\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/frog.jpg?fit=756%2C504&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"756,504\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"frog\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/frog.jpg?fit=602%2C401&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/frog.jpg?resize=150%2C150&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7339\" title=\"frog\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/frog.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/frog.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/frog.jpg?zoom=3&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve recently come upon a horrible fact: there&#8217;s a school in California that is giving into the hippies. By that I mean that an animal rights group will donate up to 25 of the product licenses (worth $900 each) to schools who agree to forgo dissections for 5 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of course, the program is &#8220;safer&#8221; than traditional dissection, without the cutting hazards of scalpels, and the poisonous formaldehyde, but I doubt frogs and tools cost as much as the computers required to run this software. The other side of the coin is that your kids will never know if they&#8217;ve got the guts required to be a surgeon. There&#8217;s nothing quite like feeling the skin peel back behind the edge of a scalpel, and pretending you&#8217;re not grossed out by the stuff oozing out of the intestine. &nbsp;Of course, with any luck, our children will never experience anything out of their comfort zones. Because we all know no real hero &nbsp;ever <a href=\"http:\/\/www.badassoftheweek.com\/dorismiller.html\">did<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Martin_Luther_King,_Jr.\">anything<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Medal_of_honor#Recipients\">that<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chesty_Puller#Fourth_Navy_Cross_citation\">made<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rosa_parks\">them<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/artofmanliness.com\/2011\/05\/23\/wilderness-survival-know-your-distress-signals\/\">uncomfortable<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Sources: <a href=\"http:\/\/&quot;http:\/\/www.physorg.com\/print226032764.html\">Physorg<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.digitalfrog.com\/products\/index.html\">Digital Frog<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Forget formaldehyde and scalpels! California school opts for virtual frog dissection software, sparking debate. 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