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Imagine you have a 10- or 11-year old child, just entering a
public middle school. How would you feel if, as part of a class
ostensibly about nutrition, your child was given "risk cards"
that named and graphically depicted a variety of animal body
parts that had been cut up, butchered for human consumption? Or
if, in another lesson, your child was encouraged to disregard
what you have taught them about cruelty and violence, and to
rely instead on teachers and health clinic staff members?
Imagine you are a vegetarian or anyone who is committed to
reducing violence and cruelty in the world. What are your rights
as a parent to protect your child from the indoctrination of a
public school education that teaches about the nutritional value
of meat and the social value of farming animals for slaughter?
I'm guessing that most people, vegetarian and omnivore alike,
would say that informatio