"Next, Timmy, we're going to make a nuclear reactor out of a fly swatter and some macaroni."
Posted on 03/12/2018 11:23:07 PM PDT by Innovative
According to a Monday report in East Idaho News, longtime Preston Junior High School science teacher Robert Crosland is in trouble over what Preston School District 201 Superintendent Marc Gee says is a “regrettable circumstance involving some of the biological specimens” for use in Crosland’s classes.
The regrettable circumstance was, uh, apparently feeding a puppy to a snapping turtle while students watched.
(Excerpt) Read more at gizmodo.com ...
More from the article:
“Though police were contacted, East Idaho News noted that Crosland has not been cited, charged with any crime, or placed on leave from his job.”
That teacher needs the equivalent done to him.
Just found the original article to which they are referring:
Preston is where “Napoleon Dynamite” was filmed. Life imitates art, sort of.
Possibly said canine was already dead. But still. We don’t do that here. Turtles have to find their own puppies in the wild.
Arm teachers? No, just arm students.
Tie him to a tree parked next to a fire ant mound.
live mice are fed to snakes at the pet store....we fish with wiggly worms or wiggly minnows...
I have a better idea. But I’m not going to type it here or in FReepmail
Unbelievable!
Is it any wonder the students are becoming monsters!
yup.
Clickbait to gain a few dollars while attempting to destroy the career of an exemplary science teacher, by all accounts.
All animals die. All. Turtles eat meat.
Many people allow their emotion driven attachment to some fuzzy animals over take all logic and reason.
From the comments at the article:
“I am a current student of Mr. Crosland and own animals of my own, and while in his class have not at all felt he has overstepped his boundaries with his animal at all. Everything he shows and teaches is for his students’ benefits. He does a great job of teaching and shows how much he cares for his students. If you can’t see what he has tried to do for his students then you should do one of two things: mind your own business cause you clearly don’t know, or maybe find a day you can come sit in on one of his classes and see it for yourself. He is the best teacher I have had, and probably will ever have. He doesn’t deserve all of this harassment and knows more about the animals involved in these actions than any one of you. For those of you already judging him who don’t know him personally, you shouldn’t have a say in this at all.”
All the comments at the site, by people who actually know the man are complimentary, and saying this is being taken way out of context.
The “puppy” was not some beloved pet, but most likely a stillborn animal in a litter.
A clear case of destroy a man to get a few clicks with a sensationalist headline.
Some have reported the animal was still alive when it was fed to the turtle. The proper thing to do would have been if it were born alive and suffering to quickly break the dogs neck and if you were going to use it as food, stick it in the freezer or fridge until feeding time.
It’s unclear if the dog was dead or alive? Well that’s pretty relevant would you not say?
If the puppy was dead then, fine.
Turtles eat meat.
Snakes eat meat.
Circle of life...
The circle of poo : https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BjsVRIqOhGA
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