eeeeeeeeeeeeew!

I'm a biology teacher, I can't help but get the kids to do gross things. Most of the time they have nooo problem getting their hands dirty and looking at icky pictures. But every year it doesn't fail that when I start to talk about the bug collection I get eeeeeeeeeeeww!'s and 'I can't touch that!' in chorus from my 7th graders. I have to admit that I'm squemish myself sometimes and didn't like doing a collection but I needed the grade. I'm a but surprised that a few are totally freaked out by their Monarch caterpillars they have to take care of. What is going on!? We are raising a whole generation of children who don't go outside because they can't get away from the Wii or X-box. (I'm a Wii fan myself but I can take a hike too!) So get your kids outside and enjoy nature. Turn off the TV and the computer and garden. I give kudo's to my sis who is always doing something outside with the kids. I'm sure Jana would be too if it wasn't a million degrees outside in Phoenix. :) Hahaa!

Anyway, the kids are slooooooooooowly getting warmed to the idea and are starting to do the classic 'die, diiiie!' chant as they skewer their bugs with pins. Don't worry, it's all in the name of science.