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Threnody ( member #1558) posted at 1:58 PM on Wednesday, September 8th, 2010
A friend of mine went through vet school with all sorts of interesting things in her fridge and freezer. I remember the time she told me to get out the ice trays from a deep freeze in her garage and I had to lift up a (plastic-wrapped) horse head. We'd go to Asian markets together to buy things like pig's feet and chicken's feet so she could practice.
I'm a true-blue animal lover, but it never bothered me. Human specimens, I think I'd have a problem with, but animals? Well, you need to learn it somewhere.
I cannot wait til your son and her have their first argument about the bodies littering the place. Talk about your New Jersey stereotypes!
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Siamo Uno ( member #993) posted at 2:00 PM on Wednesday, September 8th, 2010
Oh Yuck! I cannot even begin to imagine getting a cat corpse in the mail....
So, D, after she dissects the cat, does she have to mail it back to the school to get graded on it? Just wondering. 
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Defiance (original poster member #8265) posted at 2:01 PM on Wednesday, September 8th, 2010
Thren,
I can only imagine my son's and my ex-wife's reaction to all this.
On a more serious note, I give my daughter tremendous credit. She has come a very long way, and decided to take one of the hardest courses in school, and to face some pretty gruesome tasks in order to complete it.
She's been on the Dean's list, top honors, every semester.
I am very proud.
-D 
Success is not measured by what you accomplish but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.
Mama_of_3_Kids ( member #26651) posted at 2:18 PM on Wednesday, September 8th, 2010
To answer a couple of the questions/comments...
Even in the medical field, you still dissect a cat. The anatomy of a cat is very similar to the anatomy of a human 
The main things she will probably have to dissect out are muscles and major organs.
They usually get the cats from the pound. They are the one's that have been euthanized.
Tell her not to be surprised if they also send her a pig heart, a cow eye and/or a sheep's brain When I was in A&P, we had to dissect a cat, a cow eye, a sheep's brain and learned the vein's/arteries of the heart using a pigs heart 
Fun times!
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Defiance (original poster member #8265) posted at 2:21 PM on Wednesday, September 8th, 2010
I cannot imagine what motivated my daughter to decide that anatomy was a great course to take.
And I am sure she is going to deal with just a little bit of nausea during this whole semester.
God bless her. Hope she makes it!
-D
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TrulyReconciled ( member #3031) posted at 3:44 PM on Wednesday, September 8th, 2010
"In a time of deceit, telling the Truth is a revolutionary act."
Rise_Above ( member #23674) posted at 4:04 PM on Wednesday, September 8th, 2010
Ah, anatomy. Fun fun times.
We did cat, shark, pig fetus, owl, fox, baby chick.
The hardest was when we had to have fresh killed ones to watch the veins and arteries...I had to leave the room with those. I learned at that point I could never work with a vet.
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summerbaby ( member #28879) posted at 4:35 PM on Wednesday, September 8th, 2010
The dead animal part doesn't bother me. I loved A & P. My first thought was "oh my! the smell!! The whole house is going to reek of preserved dead cat!!" LOL!! One of the cats we opened up was pregnant. That was pretty cool!!
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SunsetLost ( member #3145) posted at 7:44 PM on Wednesday, September 8th, 2010
I took Anatomy as a HIgh School honors course, and we had to do the "Dissect the cat for entire semester" project.
Fortunately, it was NOT at home. I can't even imagine that !! The smell of Formaldehyde was overpowering!!
But warn your daughter, Defiance.. we also came across many of the cats were pregnant, and that really tore people up. The instructor made them open up the uterus to expose the kittens.. :(
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Jessy1501 ( member #24483) posted at 8:12 PM on Wednesday, September 8th, 2010
I have an abundant supply of coyote corpses.
<bang>
Wait, this ones fresh!!
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SourCherryDrops ( member #25883) posted at 12:53 PM on Friday, September 10th, 2010
really mailing a dead cat ???
that is gross and completely unecessary.
Surely her neighbourhod has a cat or two?
Must remeber to never allow any dependents to do anatomy via correspondence school.
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imgrace ( member #26390) posted at 1:01 AM on Saturday, September 11th, 2010
Vicks under the nose helps with the smell. It can be overpowering.
grace
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Defiance (original poster member #8265) posted at 1:05 AM on Saturday, September 11th, 2010
I am sure my daughter is going to have a very rude awakening with this.
And she may decide it's not for her.
But I give her a lot of credit. She has come a long way. And she is trying to do things that stretch the limits of what she thinks (or used to think) she is capable of.
To me, that shows great determination.
And even if she barfs and freaks out and decides this is not for her, at least she will have given it a shot.
Me?
I cannot even kill a fish. I throw them back. Filleting one would make me ill.
-D
Success is not measured by what you accomplish but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.
jrc1963 ( member #26531) posted at 1:18 AM on Saturday, September 11th, 2010
In HS A & P class we did the cat, sharks head, sheep's brain, and something else I can't recall right now.
In AP Biology we did the fetal pig. I didn't take the AP test so I had to repeat Freshman Bio in College... and did the fetal pig again. Thanks to me, my jock lab partner aced the lab and the exam. I got roses!!
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Defiance (original poster member #8265) posted at 1:25 AM on Saturday, September 11th, 2010
Anatomy is for vets and pre-med students.
Neither of which could I in any way handle.
That is why I prefer to shoot pictures of living animals, with cameras.
-D
Success is not measured by what you accomplish but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.
jrc1963 ( member #26531) posted at 1:26 AM on Saturday, September 11th, 2010
D -
I couldn't decided between Pre-Med and Teaching when I was in HS and early college.
Teaching won out, 'cause I suck at math!!
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Defiance (original poster member #8265) posted at 1:32 AM on Saturday, September 11th, 2010
I spent 32 years in IT to discover that what I should be doing is writing about and photographing nature.
Because I hate everything else.
-D
Success is not measured by what you accomplish but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.
jrc1963 ( member #26531) posted at 1:43 AM on Saturday, September 11th, 2010
32 years in IT??? You deserve a metal for that!!
I think I'd have killed myself after day 2
Me: BSO - 56 Him: FWSO - 79 DS - 23 D-Day - 12-11-09, R - he finally came homeYour life is an Occasion. Rise to it. - Mr. Magorium, "Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium"
Defiance (original poster member #8265) posted at 1:46 AM on Saturday, September 11th, 2010
You deserve a metal for that!
I would like 50 lbs of Platinum, please.
-D
Success is not measured by what you accomplish but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.
jrc1963 ( member #26531) posted at 1:48 AM on Saturday, September 11th, 2010
I meant medal
like this: 
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