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Science New Technologies To See Animal Dissections Obsolete In The Classroom Gone are the days when the smell of formaldehyde emanated from high school science class rooms; no longer is there a need to make the dissecting of frogs, rats, and other animals a strict requirement. Today’s budding high school scientists can wave that all goodbye as new technologies such as narrated computer software, step-by-step DVDs and lifelike manikins are being developed to help students gain practical, and even hands-on, knowledge of internal biological systems. This not only improves the lives of animals, decreases their capture in the wild, and eliminates the need for intentional breeding, but also marks great improvements for the educators and learners themselves. “All animals are conscious, living beings. We look to our educators to teach our students to be respectful of all life, and to teach the value of that life,” says Erika Vercuiel, manager of the Animal Ethics Unit of the National Council of SPCAs (NSPCA). Countries such as the Netherlands, Norway, Denmark, Argentina and Slovakia have already banned the use of animals in dissection at elementary and high school level. Several states in America have also passed policies that require schools to offer alternatives to dissection. According to the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) in the US, 95 percent of medical schools in that country, and all Canadian medical schools, have discontinued the use of animal dissection for medical students. The PCRM reports that students and educators prefer the use of simulation-based training to that of the use of animals. “In addition, for schools not financially equipped to purchase animals for each student, each class, each year, along with costly lab equipment, the once-off fees for the purchase of alternatives are a welcomed affordable option,” says Vercuiel. Lessons become more efficient, as the time spent preparing and cleaning the classroom, teaching etiquette, and explaining procedures is eradicated when alternatives are employed. In addition, educators can customise and save lesson plans for their students. Utilising alternative methods to dissection, especially at high school level, teaches learners additional lessons and benefits that go well beyond the biology lab. Vercuiel continues, “Making a stand in the classroom encourages students to become conscientious citizens, who respect animals and their environment. This type of compassion has been shown to overflow to the child’s surrounding family and community.” Several alternatives are currently available such as interactive DVDs, lifelike models and interactive computer models. The DVDs include a general notes for teachers, and introduction to the external features of the animal, then leads the learners through the digestive, urinogential, circulatory system, nervous system, and skeleton systems. For more information on the ethical alternatives to dissection please contact Erika Vercuiel animalethics@nspca.co.za. National Council of SPCAs (NSPCA) Tel: +27 11 907 3590 | Fax: +27 11 907 4013 Web: www.nspca.co.za PO Box 1320, Alberton 1450, Gauteng 24 >>>HOLA MAHIGH-SCHOOL
does not rub off We all want success. The question is how do we attain it This is my very first article and I decided to start writing about success as it is something that is really close to my heart. I believe we are all born for greatness and if we follow the right steps and have the right outlook on life, we can attain success. Success is not transferable or contagious. It is personal hence it stays with the successful person. Success is finding what you are best at and excelling in it. Just because your parents are successful does not mean you automatically are. Success is not an overnight thing. You can inherit wealth and material things from your parents, but you cannot inherit success. Finding your way through hardships, persevering and striving to be where you want to be, is what leads to success. If your parents are successful it is because they have worked hard and became dedicated to what they were doing that led them to success. They knew that success is not a birth right, it is earned. Driving expensive cars, wearing designer label clothes and having the latest technology gadgets does not make you successful. For instance, one can wake up and win the lottery. But does that make them successful No, they only become millionaires. Success is an attitude, it is a matter of how you carry yourself. A person is who he thinks he is. You want to be successful Everyone does. Start taking action and stop being lazy. As it is said ‘time wasted is never regained’. Pull up your socks, study hard at school, find your purpose... make things happen. Care about what people say Always know that people will talk, whether you do good or bad. Ignore negative attitudes. No one has the right to tell another person that he/she is not good enough. Believe in yourself and constantly remind yourself that you can do anything you set your mind to. Ignore those with negative energy around you. At least there’s something you are doing that they are not doing. Live your life to the fullest. If attaining success was that easy, everyone would be successful in this world. Reality is that only those few who are prepared to work hard, are dedicated and put in all the effort will succeed. Do not procrastinate, if your mind tells you to do something do it instantly. Do not blame anyone for your failures. We all are bound to fail sometimes in life. It is failure that makes us great people. Mistakes make us great people. Remember that success is not magnetic nor is it inherited. It is discipline and hard work that leads to success. Read, read and read so that you gain knowledge. Who knows, you could be the next great doctor that South Africa has ever produced, the next African Messi and score many goals or become the next great engineer to invent things. Do not envy other people’s success, try your best to attain yours. Nothing is impossible! By Augustine Mbalenhle >>>HOLA MAHIGH-SCHOOL 25
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