What do you think?

After posting about dissection technology I thought I would post some information about the Lynchburg College 2006 Governor's School for Math, Science, and Technology to get opinions about the use of technology at this school. The school is for gifted high school juniors and seniors in Virgina who stay the summer and take advanced courses in math, science, and technology. One of the science classes offered is called "Blood and Guts" which many students take because they are thinking about medicine as a career. To showcase the work of students the college put up a website showing gifted students with mutilated animals and with students pretending to eat animal intestines. Many different groups were appalled at this display including the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. The following links are from the college's press release about the school, the blood and guts web page, PCRM's response to the web site, and the book The Use of Animals in Higher Education by Jonathan Balcombe.

Now it is time to read through the information and comment on what you think about the issues at Lynchburg College. I'll comment with my thoughts in a later post.

Lynchburg College 2006 Governor's School for Math, Science, and Technology.
Blood and Guts Web Page
PCRM Article 1
PCRM Article 2
The Use of Animals in Higher Education by Jonathan Balcombe