novels and other readings

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I suppose the same people who object to Of Mice and Men also think The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a racist book.

there is a huge difference between a book containing archaic racist tropes and a "racist book"
use these terms more thoughtfully

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Last year my reluctant reader, who is a boy, was given the book Last Night at the Telegraph Club. He had no interest in reading a novel about a girl who realizes she is a lesbian. The teacher purposely stuck it to him even though that was his last choice of books, among other choices she offered to the class. She pushed her agenda.

You sound close minded. Reading by nature involves learning about an experience that isn't identical to our own. That you consider this pushing an agenda makes you sound bigoted.

+1 Yes, boys should only read books about boys, girls about girls, Christians should only read Christian themed books. That's what the school curriculum should mandate.

You are entirely missing the point.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I suppose the same people who object to Of Mice and Men also think The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a racist book.

there is a huge difference between a book containing archaic racist tropes and a "racist book"
use these terms more thoughtfully

Do you oppose to kids reading Of Mice and Men?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I suppose the same people who object to Of Mice and Men also think The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a racist book.

there is a huge difference between a book containing archaic racist tropes and a "racist book"
use these terms more thoughtfully

Correct. And avoiding all books with racist tropes isn’t helpful either because it Nevers gives kids the opportunity to learn about these tropes, history, and discuss. They key is for teachers to be informed on the books and teach accordingly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I suppose the same people who object to Of Mice and Men also think The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a racist book.

there is a huge difference between a book containing archaic racist tropes and a "racist book"
use these terms more thoughtfully

Do you oppose to kids reading Of Mice and Men?

I think Of Mice and Men is a middle school book. It's not challenging enough for a HS Honors English class.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Last year my reluctant reader, who is a boy, was given the book Last Night at the Telegraph Club. He had no interest in reading a novel about a girl who realizes she is a lesbian. The teacher purposely stuck it to him even though that was his last choice of books, among other choices she offered to the class. She pushed her agenda.

You sound close minded. Reading by nature involves learning about an experience that isn't identical to our own. That you consider this pushing an agenda makes you sound bigoted.

+1 Yes, boys should only read books about boys, girls about girls, Christians should only read Christian themed books. That's what the school curriculum should mandate.

You are entirely missing the point.

Do tell us what the point is. That you would accuse a teacher of "pushing her agenda" because she had the class read a novel about a girl who is a lesbian and your son didn't want to read it because he's a boy is really offensive.

[Anonymous]

9th grade, BCC high school. First "novel" is of the graphic variety. I am not impressed. The weakness of MCPS is in its reading and writing program. It's abysmal. STEM is done very well, on the other hand.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I suppose the same people who object to Of Mice and Men also think The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a racist book.

there is a huge difference between a book containing archaic racist tropes and a "racist book"
use these terms more thoughtfully

Do you oppose to kids reading Of Mice and Men?

I think Of Mice and Men is a middle school book. It's not challenging enough for a HS Honors English class.

There are anchor books that are way less challenging than that in the "honors" English 9 course.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:9th grade, BCC high school. First "novel" is of the graphic variety. I am not impressed. The weakness of MCPS is in its reading and writing program. It's abysmal. STEM is done very well, on the other hand.

Did B-CC choose the Magic Fish? That is a graphic novel for struggling middle school readers. Ugh. My kid will be there next year, and I was hoping they went with A Separate Peace (the only on-grade level anchor book option for Q1).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Last year my reluctant reader, who is a boy, was given the book Last Night at the Telegraph Club. He had no interest in reading a novel about a girl who realizes she is a lesbian. The teacher purposely stuck it to him even though that was his last choice of books, among other choices she offered to the class. She pushed her agenda.

You sound close minded. Reading by nature involves learning about an experience that isn't identical to our own. That you consider this pushing an agenda makes you sound bigoted.

+1 Yes, boys should only read books about boys, girls about girls, Christians should only read Christian themed books. That's what the school curriculum should mandate.

You are entirely missing the point.

Do tell us what the point is. That you would accuse a teacher of "pushing her agenda" because she had the class read a novel about a girl who is a lesbian and your son didn't want to read it because he's a boy is really offensive.

You realize this age is a difficult age and kids don't want to pubically talk about these things and in MCPS they feel they need to fit in, including changing your pronouns as teachers are pushing it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I suppose the same people who object to Of Mice and Men also think The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a racist book.

there is a huge difference between a book containing archaic racist tropes and a "racist book"
use these terms more thoughtfully

Do you oppose to kids reading Of Mice and Men?

I don't oppose anyone reading anything actually. I think this country with its ridiculous book bans means it lives in the Middle Ages intellectually.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Last year my reluctant reader, who is a boy, was given the book Last Night at the Telegraph Club. He had no interest in reading a novel about a girl who realizes she is a lesbian. The teacher purposely stuck it to him even though that was his last choice of books, among other choices she offered to the class. She pushed her agenda.

You sound close minded. Reading by nature involves learning about an experience that isn't identical to our own. That you consider this pushing an agenda makes you sound bigoted.

+1 Yes, boys should only read books about boys, girls about girls, Christians should only read Christian themed books. That's what the school curriculum should mandate.

You are entirely missing the point.

Do tell us what the point is. That you would accuse a teacher of "pushing her agenda" because she had the class read a novel about a girl who is a lesbian and your son didn't want to read it because he's a boy is really offensive.

You realize this age is a difficult age and kids don't want to pubically talk about these things and in MCPS they feel they need to fit in, including changing your pronouns as teachers are pushing it.

if your kid is so uncomfortable with speaking around others and finds pronouns frightening, you should homeschool him. none of the other teens I know have mentioned this as an issue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Last year my reluctant reader, who is a boy, was given the book Last Night at the Telegraph Club. He had no interest in reading a novel about a girl who realizes she is a lesbian. The teacher purposely stuck it to him even though that was his last choice of books, among other choices she offered to the class. She pushed her agenda.

Aren't there typically two different groups in same class? students rank their choice from three books? A student may get their first choice if many other students also choose that book, but if not one picked it, they may get stuck in a group reading one of the other novels.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Last year my reluctant reader, who is a boy, was given the book Last Night at the Telegraph Club. He had no interest in reading a novel about a girl who realizes she is a lesbian. The teacher purposely stuck it to him even though that was his last choice of books, among other choices she offered to the class. She pushed her agenda.

You sound close minded. Reading by nature involves learning about an experience that isn't identical to our own. That you consider this pushing an agenda makes you sound bigoted.

I have no objection to the content of the book. The issue was my son hates reading. He is not remotely interested in learning about lesbians. Why couldn’t she give him a topic he would be interested in reading about so he would actually read the fing book? Because she was pushing an agenda instead of encouraging a struggling reader. She didn’t care about that little part.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Last year my reluctant reader, who is a boy, was given the book Last Night at the Telegraph Club. He had no interest in reading a novel about a girl who realizes she is a lesbian. The teacher purposely stuck it to him even though that was his last choice of books, among other choices she offered to the class. She pushed her agenda.

You sound close minded. Reading by nature involves learning about an experience that isn't identical to our own. That you consider this pushing an agenda makes you sound bigoted.

+1 Yes, boys should only read books about boys, girls about girls, Christians should only read Christian themed books. That's what the school curriculum should mandate.

You are entirely missing the point.

Do tell us what the point is. That you would accuse a teacher of "pushing her agenda" because she had the class read a novel about a girl who is a lesbian and your son didn't want to read it because he's a boy is really offensive.

You missed the point entirely. This has to do with a kid who hates reading. If he isn’t interested in a subject like lesbians, why would you push that on him? And I would bet that most boys have absolutely NO INTEREST in reading about lesbians. Oh your outrage. Let’s be real here and stop with the virtue signaling.