Is this considered cruelty to animals? My school allows this?

[anonymous]

So in my school, the junior biology classes are required to dissect rats. Standard enough, but it has become a trend to decapitate the dead rat and pose with the head in a picture. I find this disgusting because even though theyre dead, I think people should respect the animals body. Dissecting for the purpose of learning is fine, but doing it for the hell of it should be wrong. My school is very strict about stupid things like uniform but they have no rules against this and do not stop the students from posting these pictures. Do you guys think I am being too sensitive, or should I try and petition to ban this act? My school is really strict especially about social media, if you every bad mouth the school, teachers or anything its an automatic suspension and possible expulsion, so it annoys me that they tolerate the rat picture trend. Any suggestions on what to do are welcome, I live in Ontario, Canada if that helps