Reading, ‘riting and … raccoon?
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- November
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I get that there are cultural differences in the United States. I get that what flies in the south wouldn’t go over so well in the north and vice versa.
But I’m still trying to figure out how skinning a raccoon is an educational experience.
According to the above MSNBC.com article, an Arkansas teacher shot a raccoon with a nail gun—on school property—before his planned lesson on how to skin an animal.
Now, just to be clear, I did participate in a fetal pig dissection as a sophomore, but at no time did my teacher whack the pigs using unconventional methods.
The punishment for said teacher? A reprimand for killing the animal on school grounds and a promise that he would provide more detailed lesson plans.
Makes me grateful my father was transferred to Connecticut when I was six. Instead of taking music and creative writing classes, I could have been proficient at skinning things had his job moved him below the Mason-Dixon line.
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Sarah Netter has covered Rockland County government and politics for The Journal News since August 2005. A Connecticut native, she previously covered several municipalities and state elections for her hometown paper. Sarah's passions include her two Italian greyhounds and cheesy disaster movies.
