“I almost puked. It scarred me for life.” – Addie Ann Dowdy, TCPS sophomore
By Katie O’Malley
On August 24, Tennessee Christian Preparatory School was given a calf to dissect. It had died the day before from starvation. The dissection was open to the majority of the Upper School, and most teachers allowed their students to participate.
Different teachers and students gave us their opinion on the cow-cutting event. “I thought it was nasty, and that it stunk really bad,” freshman Carly Powell said.
In the lab, things were much different. “It was exciting to see how the students would act.” “The people you would expect to be freaked out, they turned out to enjoy it the most” said science teacher Angie Kesley.
Other teachers who are not part of the science department thought it was an amazing experience as well. “We talked about it in class,” English teacher Tawnie Locklear said. “But it still was a fantastic opportunity to get something like that at a private school.”
Keeping the cow in a good enough condition for all the classes to enjoy did not happen. “Mr. Long did a pretty good job at hammering the thing to pieces.” said Jordan Lewis.
But everyone can agree, no matter how gory or smelly, this was something everyone would like to do again. Well, almost everyone.
