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Thank you for including the article on virtual dissection in June 2's Salina Journal. It is refreshing to hear that some schools are realizing students can learn just as much about anatomy through non-cruel methods as they can through traditional dissection. I agree with the group mentioned in the article that dissection does encourage unnecessary cruelty. The animals used for dissection are killed for nothing. How many high schoolers are going to go on to use their dissection experience to help people? Maybe the few that become doctors or scientists. The rest are dissecting just because. Dissecting is teaching these children that it is okay to kill something just because we want to. I feel sorry for the science teacher mentioned who said there is nothing like cutting through tissue and feeling dead skin. He sounds like he may have a few issues of his own that need to be dealt with.

As a homeschooling parent, I try to teach my sons to be kind to all creation. When my sons are old enough for dissection, we will definitely use the virtual method. I want to instill in them the value of life, in general.

Thank you for your time. God bless.

Kandy Crosby-Hastings

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My Recent Letter to Our Local Newspaper Thank you for including the article on virtual dissection in June 2's Salina Journal. It is refreshing to hear that some schools are realizing students can learn just as much about anatomy through non-cruel methods as they can through traditional dissection. I agree with the group mentioned in the article that dissection does encourage unnecessary cruelty. The animals used for dissection are killed for nothing. How many high schoolers are going to go on to use their dissection experience to help people? Maybe the few that become doctors or scientists. The rest are dissecting just because. Dissecting is teaching these children that it is okay to kill something just because we want to. I feel sorry for the science teacher mentioned who said there is nothing like cutting through tissue and feeling dead skin. He sounds like he may have a few issues of his own that need to be dealt with. As a homeschooling parent, I try to teach my sons to be kind to all creation. When my sons are old enough for dissection, we will definitely use the virtual method. I want to instill in them the value of life, in general. Thank you for your time. God bless. Kandy Crosby-Hastings	Disturbing Trend in Parental Rights Anyone who knows me knows I stand up for the rights of parents. But I think this is taking parental rights to an extreme. In the state of California, there is a law in process that would make spanking a child with an object illegal. Many parents are saying it is against their parental rights to not be able to discipline their children by using an object - a folded newspaper, a rod, at paddle, whatever. I do not think this particular law is taking away parental rights. There are so many other ways to discipline children without causing them extreme physical pain! I definitely hope this law passes! What's Next On July 15, we will be having a candy day! We will all meet at 11:00 a.m. at Russell Stover's in Abilene, Kansas. We will be shown a video and hear information about candy making, tour the candy store and shop if tha tis something we are interested in, and (if there is someone in the kitchen that day), we can watch them make the candy. If interested, please contact me by e-mail at coramdeo_intheeyesofGod@yahoo.com.	Navigation Home Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Services guestbook

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