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School holds funeral for lab skeleton after
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i' , bones were REAL
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arandomanon ONLINE (01/05/2016) [-] I've worked with actual human remains in my university. In fact, every human remain I've worked with was real.
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arandomanon ONLINE (01/06/2016) [-] Well, yes but I wanted to emphasize it because it could be fake. That's what this is all about.
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arandomanon ONLINE (01/06/2016) [-] I've only worked with a complete skeleton once, I've worked more times with just partial remains, that's why I didn't use that sentence.
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threeeighteen ONLINE (01/06/2016) [-] You'd think that being the 21st century they wouldn't need to kill hobos so that medical students could study on them.
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assdoreponyfucker (01/06/2016) [-] i mean more appropriate for other places than a high school
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thepizzadevourer (01/06/2016) [-] True, but it's not common to use said bones in schools anymore.
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darthblam ONLINE (01/05/2016) [-] Why? Was the skeleton not donated for the sole purpose of it being used to be studied?
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blueboysixnine ONLINE (01/05/2016) [-] Donating a skeleton to what looks like a high school seems a bit much. You can get plastic ones that are close enough for what they need. You only really get body donations to universities
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elcreepo ONLINE (01/06/2016) [-] You do realize that for the longest time that was standard practice, to use the skeletons from donated bodies in classrooms across america
In a lot of cases the person's family also received a bit of money for the service
Also the plastic ones really don't do the finer details of the skeleton justice, at all. You do know that there are advanced anatomy and physiology classes in high school, right? Seeing the actual structures is kind of important for that. Hell even the spongey tissue just looks completely wrong in plastic ones.
I've only worked with one complete set and partial sets throughout my student life, but they're just so much better... it's a waste to bury the bones in the ground especially when the odds of the skeleton being stolen from a corpse are ridiculously low. The dead person wanted their bones to be put to good use.
In a lot of cases the person's family also received a bit of money for the service
Also the plastic ones really don't do the finer details of the skeleton justice, at all. You do know that there are advanced anatomy and physiology classes in high school, right? Seeing the actual structures is kind of important for that. Hell even the spongey tissue just looks completely wrong in plastic ones.
I've only worked with one complete set and partial sets throughout my student life, but they're just so much better... it's a waste to bury the bones in the ground especially when the odds of the skeleton being stolen from a corpse are ridiculously low. The dead person wanted their bones to be put to good use.
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lennybrown (01/06/2016) [-] It could be from an old school or past down form one which is pretty common, in my secondary school we had a real skeleton in a glass case that is like 40-50 years old supposedly paste down from a school that got knocked down 25 year ago. I did go to school in the UK a lot of old **** is here.
Most likely new students found out that it was real and got upset so they wanted to bury it even though it owner properly already has a grave marker somewhere unless they are burying it at his grave marker. I havent read the article.
Most likely new students found out that it was real and got upset so they wanted to bury it even though it owner properly already has a grave marker somewhere unless they are burying it at his grave marker. I havent read the article.
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anon (01/06/2016) [-]
It was mentioned last time, but I think they were going to throw it out any ways, better to bury it and be respectful. If it was anything like my schools skeleton, it probably had parts stolen off it over the years. I think my school had a real one, but had to get plastic replacements for missing legs and an arm. They were used for pranks over the years and some just ended up gone for good.
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Jenisist (01/06/2016) [-] I saw the story behind the article picture a few weeks back.
Apparently the school got some new technology that would let them do something to study bones or something like that, but they wanted to test it on their "fake" Mr. Skeletal to make sure the machines fit properly and all, and that's how they found out the bones were real. The skeleton had been at the school for decades now, so nobody at the present time ever knew where it came from.
Turns out the skeleton is of an Asian man believed to be around 30 years old (if I remember correctly.) Nobody can guess how the guy died or how his skeleton ended up in a school.
Im sure if you just do a quick Google search you can learn more.
Apparently the school got some new technology that would let them do something to study bones or something like that, but they wanted to test it on their "fake" Mr. Skeletal to make sure the machines fit properly and all, and that's how they found out the bones were real. The skeleton had been at the school for decades now, so nobody at the present time ever knew where it came from.
Turns out the skeleton is of an Asian man believed to be around 30 years old (if I remember correctly.) Nobody can guess how the guy died or how his skeleton ended up in a school.
Im sure if you just do a quick Google search you can learn more.
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killugon (01/05/2016) [-] My elementary school had a real skeleton for basic biology class, and the teachers called him "Benjamin"
(Ben = Bone in Swedish).......
(Ben = Bone in Swedish).......
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benadryl (01/05/2016) [-] Having a real skeleton in class sounds ******* awesome.
If I were to choose what happens to my corpse after death, I'd rather have it used as a medical exhibit than to rot 6 feet under and have someone pay bills for my useless grave.
If I were to choose what happens to my corpse after death, I'd rather have it used as a medical exhibit than to rot 6 feet under and have someone pay bills for my useless grave.
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zerosonaku ONLINE (01/05/2016) [-] y..you can. You can register as a organ donor in your state/province. one of the things asked on the registration form is the use of your skeleton, at least here in ontario it was.
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Lintutu (01/06/2016) [-] i dont see a problem with using a real skeleton? Maybe the person who died wanted their body donated to science. Hell, my anatomy class used a real skeleton and that **** was pretty neat. Getting to study, look at, and touch real bone. I personally found it fascinating looking at the hairline fractures on the bones had and even seeing the cavities on the teeth
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darkseidrules (01/06/2016) [-] It's probably from another country. I know India has a market where people can will their families to sell their bodys after death to a company that strips the meat off, bleaches, assembles, and then sells them to schools and medical companies.
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gotbannedicusvile (01/06/2016) [-] Whats the big ******* deal? Probably wanted remains donated to science.
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chokebee (01/06/2016) [-]
I thought all school skeletons were donated by their original owners.
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elcreepo ONLINE (01/06/2016) [-] Well considering that most of those bones were DONATED by the dead person, usually by poor people to secure a bit of money for their families we had a little Indian woman skeleton in our class. That was the story handed down since we got it. She apparently had cancer or some **** and her family was ******** in the streets poor so she decided to donate her body to science , but also by people who had an interest in the education of future students, medical or whatnot
It is very, very unlikely that the anatomical skeleton your classroom has was stolen from a graveyard or cadaver. Most of those bones came from people who wanted to serve some purpose even after death.
So putting them in the ground is really a waste of all that effort.
It is very, very unlikely that the anatomical skeleton your classroom has was stolen from a graveyard or cadaver. Most of those bones came from people who wanted to serve some purpose even after death.
So putting them in the ground is really a waste of all that effort.
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elcreepo ONLINE (01/06/2016) [-] Oh, not to mention how time and labor intensive the process of cleaning, sterilizing, and drying those bones so the marrow doesn't rot in the classroom is
You're essentially throwing away a valuable learning tool plastic ones don't do it justice especially on the finer details and disrespecting the last wishes of the dead
How did a teacher not say "this is ******* retarded here's why" to this
You're essentially throwing away a valuable learning tool plastic ones don't do it justice especially on the finer details and disrespecting the last wishes of the dead
How did a teacher not say "this is ******* retarded here's why" to this
