I would have loved to walk out of class and change to something else (even though I love biology)...but I can't. From when I was in grade 3, I have always wanted to become a vet, a vet that helps animals (NOT kill them, for no good reason). I need biology, and I need really good grades to get to university with scholarships (or else I can say bye bye....)...I have no other choice. There must be tons of compassionate students in the same situation as me, those are the ones who really care and love animals, and want to help in the future. But dissection is "weeding" them out of science, forcing them to either desensitize or change their dreams. I think it's really really sad.

In the whole of my biology class, we dissected 8 animals in 6 months, from roundworms to the final rat, it was absolutely depressing.

But the good news is, my principal read the report I wrote, he's agreeing to discuss and look into providing alternatives!!! It's only the first step, but it is a step! I'm very very relieved that my principal agrees with my views on dissection.

I urge anybody, students or parents, who feels the same about dissection to contact their school's principal and talk about it. I wasn't at all as hard as I thought it would be!
GOOD LUCK!!!

a really cool website on this made by a vancouver based anti dissection group is http://www.frogsarecool.com/

PS the report I wrote is the one with the title "Tiffany Tong's Report: Alternatives to Dissection in Secondary Schools" in the same thread.