I just finished the science lesson with my 6yr old son. Part of it was a graphic organizer based on scientific inquiry. The table asked us to list what he knows, what he wanted to know, and after the lesson, what he's learned.
We ran out of room on what he knows. We ran out of room on what he learned....but what's more interesting to me: his questions. They expected kids to ask if pigs fly or turtles swim, etc. He wanted to know if animals feel pain, like when we catch them with hooks when fishing or kill them for food (all this, mind you, was totally, completely unsolicited). He wanted to know if animals could be sad, like when Ruby saw Max get ran over by a car. Amazing.
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Well duh,
he is not stupid, though curriculum usually is.
Excellent questions.
I've always wondered why we assume that animals can't feel pain or be sad? Other than as a convenient salve for our consciences when we hurt them, I can't see a single reason to assume that they don't feel pain or have emotions. Our physiology just isn't that different from theirs.
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