Post by fivechickens on Jan 3, 2018 8:09:09 GMT -5
In preschool? No.
And isn’t there some protocol that schools have to go through to get animals for dissection purposes? Like, they can’t just walk into a seaford market and ask for a 2lb squid for their 4th period science class, right?
And isn’t there some protocol that schools have to go through to get animals for dissection purposes? Like, they can’t just walk into a seaford market and ask for a 2lb squid for their 4th period science class, right?
This is so weird.
According to national science teacher association (Yeah, I looked it up because of this post) a grocery store IS an acceptable place to get a live octopus or squid as it's fda inspected. But that's for an actual science curriculum where the live animal serves a purpose beyond having grubby little hands fuck with it.
Maybe I am breezy...I don't think this would bother me. I am going to assume the teacher got the octopus at a fish market? I mean, people eat octopus, you can buy them at a fish market, so that is a possibility.
Omg. This made me remember a time in 5th grade-we were putting together a school cookbook and both 5th grade classes were tasked to collect recipes, decide on layout, etc. The neighborhood was once famous for its flounder fishing so it was decided to put a flounder on the cover. We totally had a dead flounder that was inked and then pressed on paper to make the cover. I remember everyone going “Ewww” and laughing. It was smelly but I think we all got a kick out of it. It definitely was not respectful to the dead fish.
This was 1986. I don’t think that would fly these days. I don’t think I would want it to fly these days.
This doesn't bother me, but perhaps if my kids were younger I would be more shocked. It seems kind of cool and interesting.
I'm seriously wondering what's wrong with my radar, because I have a just-5 year old and I wouldn't mind if they did this at daycare. Apparently I should.
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This doesn't bother me, but perhaps if my kids were younger I would be more shocked. It seems kind of cool and interesting.
I'm seriously wondering what's wrong with my radar, because I have a just-5 year old and I wouldn't mind if they did this at daycare. Apparently I should.
I think this situation is so bizarre that it’s perfectly reasonable to be either appalled or indifferent. I personally think it’s both disgusting and hilarious. I also never cared what the hell my kid did at daycare though.
This is definitely better than the lady in my hometown with an in-home daycare who brought in a stray pit bull for the kids to play with.
Regardless of breed, this is jaw-dropping to me. Way more so than the octopus. This is like Dog Safety 101. What. The. Fuck?
I know. This lady is an idiot, and most of her staff are drug addicts. It’s really not funny that she is one of the few available childcare options in the town, but the pit bull thing cracked me up.
This doesn't bother me, but perhaps if my kids were younger I would be more shocked. It seems kind of cool and interesting.
I'm seriously wondering what's wrong with my radar, because I have a just-5 year old and I wouldn't mind if they did this at daycare. Apparently I should.
Same. I'm not sure if I should be questioning myself...
I'm seriously wondering what's wrong with my radar, because I have a just-5 year old and I wouldn't mind if they did this at daycare. Apparently I should.
I think this situation is so bizarre that it’s perfectly reasonable to be either appalled or indifferent. I personally think it’s both disgusting and hilarious. I also never cared what the hell my kid did at daycare though.
I hope things have changed this go around. I am really hoping hard for a special Baby Heel Goes to Daycare series from you featuring the gamut of "should I burn this place down" questions.
I think this situation is so bizarre that it’s perfectly reasonable to be either appalled or indifferent. I personally think it’s both disgusting and hilarious. I also never cared what the hell my kid did at daycare though.
I hope things have changed this go around. I am really hoping hard for a special Baby Heel Goes to Daycare series from you featuring the gamut of "should I burn this place down" questions.
that will never happen. Especially since the older one is in actual school, where I do actually have to burn it down on the regular. I intend to be downright negligent with this new one in all things daycare related.
ETA: For me, myself, personally. lol. I would not be up in arms about this for daycare, though that could be because I am 1000000% sure L would either not touch it, or touch it and then scream so loud they'd probably be sorry they ever initiated Touch A Dead Octopus Day.
I was worried that your daycare had a pet octopus that died
This is what I thought from the title! Like "any recs for books to help me explain the death of the daycare octopus to Baby Sequins?"
The actual situation....I just can't make up my mind! One part of me is like "ehhh...science project", plus my science geek H would probably think it's cool. Then the other part of me is throwing up in my mouth a little. No way would my kid touch that anyway, she thinks soup is "yucky" looking so nope to the octopus touching. Is this a Montessori school? It has that feel to it. No to playground equipment but yes to dead sea life!
It's odd but I don't think I care that much*. My kids would probably have thought it was cool and I assume they washed kids' hands pretty thoroughly afterwards. It is weird though.
* fair warning, no octopi have showed up, dead or alive, in my kids' classrooms so I might feel differently in that case
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I think it is odd, but also wouldn't care. I assume they washed hands and made sure kids didn't eat the octopus. I mean you can eat raw octopus so I don't think it is some disease ridden thing. I think it is an interesting sensory option for kids.
Post by imojoebunny on Jan 3, 2018 10:07:03 GMT -5
DD's pre-k did fish rubbings. Never occurred to me to be incensed about it. It is a legitimate art form, Gyotaku. The octopus doesn't bother me either, I am assuming there was some curriculum around it. The various parts, the habits, where they live in nature, ect, not just "here kids, play with this dead octopus on the floor".
I'm seriously wondering what's wrong with my radar, because I have a just-5 year old and I wouldn't mind if they did this at daycare. Apparently I should.
Same. I'm not sure if I should be questioning myself...
Thirded. I was like...shrug. I mean, it really depends on how it was done but I would have found that so cool as a kid that my mind goes to that first.
I heard the story from my mom, because she’s a social worker who has a lot of clients in that daycare. That was definitely a reportable offense. That dog was probably like, “what the fuck, lady!”