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Field Trips Canceled After Students See Autopsy of Classmate
« on: December 08, 2008, 11:34:19 AM »
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Field Trips Canceled After Students See Autopsy of Classmate

PONTIAC, Mich. —  A medical examiner's office in Michigan has canceled public school tours after a high school group watched the autopsy of a 14-year-old girl from their district.

The Detroit News reports Monday that Oakland County officials decided to stop the tours in Pontiac after they were contacted by the girl's parents, who were very upset about the March tour.

Mike Zehnder, the county's director of public services, says it was "a poor decision" to let the tour go on.

The newspaper reports the teacher who brought in the Waterford Kettering High School group was told the autopsy would be of a Waterford middle school student and discussed that with students.

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Um, who thought it would be a good idea for high school kids to watch ANY autopsy?  WTF???

edited...was high school students, not middle school students.
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Re: Field Trips Canceled After Students See Autopsy of Classmate
« Reply #1 on: December 08, 2008, 12:09:46 PM »
Quote from: lug-nut on December 08, 2008, 11:34:19 AM
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Um, who thought it would be a good idea for middle school kids to watch ANY autopsy?  WTF???

Holy crap that's my High school! :o
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Re: Field Trips Canceled After Students See Autopsy of Classmate
« Reply #2 on: December 08, 2008, 12:14:37 PM »
Quote from: lug-nut on December 08, 2008, 11:34:19 AM
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Um, who thought it would be a good idea for middle school kids to watch ANY autopsy?  WTF???

They weren't middle school kids.They were high school kids watching the autopsy of a middle schooler from the same school district!
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Re: Field Trips Canceled After Students See Autopsy of Classmate
« Reply #3 on: December 08, 2008, 12:18:35 PM »
That is totally insane.

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Re: Field Trips Canceled After Students See Autopsy of Classmate
« Reply #4 on: December 08, 2008, 12:19:46 PM »
Quote from: Toastedturningtidelegs on December 08, 2008, 12:14:37 PM
They weren't middle school kids.They were high school kids watching the autopsy of a middle schooler from the same school district!
That's still crazy.
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Re: Field Trips Canceled After Students See Autopsy of Classmate
« Reply #5 on: December 08, 2008, 12:35:42 PM »
I actually don't have a problem with it. Perhaps if kids are exposed to death outside of movies & video games they will be less apt to do some of the potentially deadly crap kids are prone to do. Wouldn't hurt to have some adults get some close up experience with death also.
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Re: Field Trips Canceled After Students See Autopsy of Classmate
« Reply #6 on: December 08, 2008, 12:40:25 PM »
Quote from: Zeus on December 08, 2008, 12:35:42 PM
I actually don't have a problem with it. Perhaps if kids are exposed to death outside of movies & video games they will be less apt to do some of the potentially deadly crap kids are prone to do. Wouldn't hurt to have some adults get some close up experience with death also.

I was thinking the same thing. Whether it be drinking and driving, drugs, or shooting someone.

4 high school kids from a high school in Southern KY, just over the TN line....were killed Saturday night on the way to a Christmas Parade. The state police think they hit a patch of ice. 2 of them were twins. All four were in ROTC. So far, they don't think alcohol was an issue. Just bad luck and probably not knowing how to drive on ice.

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Re: Field Trips Canceled After Students See Autopsy of Classmate
« Reply #7 on: December 08, 2008, 12:42:36 PM »
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Re: Field Trips Canceled After Students See Autopsy of Classmate
« Reply #8 on: December 08, 2008, 12:46:49 PM »
Quote from: Zeus on December 08, 2008, 12:35:42 PM
I actually don't have a problem with it. Perhaps if kids are exposed to death outside of movies & video games they will be less apt to do some of the potentially deadly crap kids are prone to do. Wouldn't hurt to have some adults get some close up experience with death also.

I think kids are exposed to death outside of movies & video games.  When I was in HS, at least one carload of kids died on a highway and one kid died of cancer.  I don't think one has to see an autopsy to have close up experience with death.  You can feel and know the loss without viewing the autopsy.
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Re: Field Trips Canceled After Students See Autopsy of Classmate
« Reply #9 on: December 08, 2008, 06:35:45 PM »
Exposure to death and the reality of it is fine. But they could have picked someone who wasn't from their school district.
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Re: Field Trips Canceled After Students See Autopsy of Classmate
« Reply #10 on: December 08, 2008, 06:51:18 PM »
Quote from: DixieBelle on December 08, 2008, 06:35:45 PM
Exposure to death and the reality of it is fine. But they could have picked someone who wasn't from their school district.

Agreed that it's somewhat morbid to consider that one of their classmates was on the table.

HOWEVER....As long as they were informed of what they were about to see and they knew and understood that the deceased was someone that they might've known, they (the parents) don't have a leg to stand on.

I can't imagine in this day and age of a parent having to sign a freaking note for a kid to get an aspirin at school that the parents didn't know about this autopsy AND signed off on it.

Quitcherbitchin' Mom & Dad. WTF difference does it make if it's a middle school student or a high school student? Anatomy looks the same. Dead is dead.
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Re: Field Trips Canceled After Students See Autopsy of Classmate
« Reply #11 on: December 08, 2008, 07:18:49 PM »
PETA considers this a viable substitute for dissecting frogs in biology class. :)
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Re: Field Trips Canceled After Students See Autopsy of Classmate
« Reply #12 on: December 09, 2008, 06:14:29 AM »
Quote from: freedumb2003 on December 08, 2008, 12:42:36 PM
I saw Hancock for the first time the other day -- not as bad the critics made it out to be.  And that was a great line (although derivative of Back to the Future "don't call me chicken" one).
That was one of the funniest parts of that movie! When he threw the french kid into space! :lmao:
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