Just got disturbing email regarding English class for my rising freshman

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:FCPS is truly going downhill.

Excerpts from The Poet X: the other girls call me conceited. Ho. Thot. Fast.
When your body takes up more room than your voice
you are always the target of well-aimed rumors,
which is why I let my knuckles talk for me.
Which is why I learned to shrug when my name was replaced
by insults.

And I get all this attention from guys 
but it’s like a sancocho of emotions.
This stew of mixed-up ingredients:
partly flattered they think I’m attractive,
partly scared they’re only interested in my ass and boobs,
and a good measure of Mami-will-kill-me fear sprinkled on top.

Good girls don’t wear tampones.
Are you still a virgin? Are you having relations?”
I didn’t know how to answer her, I could only cry.
She shook her head and told me to skip church that day.
Threw away the box of tampons, saying they were for cueros.
That she would buy me pads. Said eleven was too young.
That she would pray on my behalf.
I didn’t understand what she was saying.
But I stopped crying. I licked at my split lip.
I prayed for the bleeding to stop.

Yeah, no, my kid isn’t going to be reading this crap. This is so ridiculous.

You want to ban Shakespeare too just to keep your views consistent right??

Hamlet: Lady, shall I lie in your lap?
Ophelia: No, my lord.
Hamlet: Did you think I meant country matters?
Ophelia: I think nothing, my lord.
Hamlet: That’s a fair thought to lie between maids’ legs.

Graze on my lips, and if those hills be dry
Stray lower, where the pleasant fountains lie.

Mercutio: Now will he sit under a medlar tree
And wish his mistress were that kind of fruit
As maids call medlars when they laugh alone.
O Romeo, that she were! Oh, that she were
An open arse, and thou a poperin pear.

Iago: I am one, sir, that comes to tell you your daughter and the Moor are now making the beast with two backs

Sir Andrew: But it becomes me well enough, does ’t not?
Sir Toby Belch: Excellent; it hangs like flax on a distaff; and I
hope to see a housewife take thee between her legs

My cherry lips have often kissed thy stones.
Thy stones with lime and hair knit up in thee.” – A Midsummer Night’s Dream

[Anonymous]

All Quiet on the Western Front

""By Jove yes," "then I'd grab some good buxom dame, some real kitchen wench with plenty to get hold of, you know, and jump straight into bed. Just you think, boys, a real feather-bed with a spring mattress; I wouldn't put trousers on again for a week.""

[Anonymous]

The policy allows them to request their kid read the replacement text. The kid has to leave the room when the parts of the book the parent objected to come up, and their assignments have to be done alone since they’re different from the book the class is reading. The kids this happens to generally hate it and are mortified, but it’s what their parents chose. Op and any other parent upset by this just replies “Thanks, my kid will read the replacement text.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The idea that anything with sexual content is "pornography" shows a real lack of understanding of what pornography is.

+1

Funny how the most ignorant people are often the loudest and most obnoxious.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just finished poet x based on this thread. What a fantastic book with a lot of fodder for an English class. Catholicism is shown positively btw. And no one has sex in the book.

And yet somehow people who say they’ve “read” it think it’s pornography.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:FCPS is truly going downhill.

Excerpts from The Poet X: the other girls call me conceited. Ho. Thot. Fast.
When your body takes up more room than your voice
you are always the target of well-aimed rumors,
which is why I let my knuckles talk for me.
Which is why I learned to shrug when my name was replaced
by insults.

And I get all this attention from guys 
but it’s like a sancocho of emotions.
This stew of mixed-up ingredients:
partly flattered they think I’m attractive,
partly scared they’re only interested in my ass and boobs,
and a good measure of Mami-will-kill-me fear sprinkled on top.

Good girls don’t wear tampones.
Are you still a virgin? Are you having relations?”
I didn’t know how to answer her, I could only cry.
She shook her head and told me to skip church that day.
Threw away the box of tampons, saying they were for cueros.
That she would buy me pads. Said eleven was too young.
That she would pray on my behalf.
I didn’t understand what she was saying.
But I stopped crying. I licked at my split lip.
I prayed for the bleeding to stop.

Yeah, no, my kid isn’t going to be reading this crap. This is so ridiculous.

This is what you find offensive? You've got to be kidding me 🤦. Let me guess, you threw a fit about Turning Red as well? What do you think is appropriate reading for a 14 year old? Nancy Drew?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:FCPS is truly going downhill.

Excerpts from The Poet X: the other girls call me conceited. Ho. Thot. Fast.
When your body takes up more room than your voice
you are always the target of well-aimed rumors,
which is why I let my knuckles talk for me.
Which is why I learned to shrug when my name was replaced
by insults.

And I get all this attention from guys 
but it’s like a sancocho of emotions.
This stew of mixed-up ingredients:
partly flattered they think I’m attractive,
partly scared they’re only interested in my ass and boobs,
and a good measure of Mami-will-kill-me fear sprinkled on top.

Good girls don’t wear tampones.
Are you still a virgin? Are you having relations?”
I didn’t know how to answer her, I could only cry.
She shook her head and told me to skip church that day.
Threw away the box of tampons, saying they were for cueros.
That she would buy me pads. Said eleven was too young.
That she would pray on my behalf.
I didn’t understand what she was saying.
But I stopped crying. I licked at my split lip.
I prayed for the bleeding to stop.

Yeah, no, my kid isn’t going to be reading this crap. This is so ridiculous.

This is what you find offensive? You've got to be kidding me 🤦. Let me guess, you threw a fit about Turning Red as well? What do you think is appropriate reading for a 14 year old? Nancy Drew?

I don’t see any boys being able to relate to this crap. I don’t think they need to be exposed to vocabulary such as “thot” or “ho” and I don’t think they need to be discussing tampon use and virginity.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:FCPS is truly going downhill.

Excerpts from The Poet X: the other girls call me conceited. Ho. Thot. Fast.
When your body takes up more room than your voice
you are always the target of well-aimed rumors,
which is why I let my knuckles talk for me.
Which is why I learned to shrug when my name was replaced
by insults.

And I get all this attention from guys 
but it’s like a sancocho of emotions.
This stew of mixed-up ingredients:
partly flattered they think I’m attractive,
partly scared they’re only interested in my ass and boobs,
and a good measure of Mami-will-kill-me fear sprinkled on top.

Good girls don’t wear tampones.
Are you still a virgin? Are you having relations?”
I didn’t know how to answer her, I could only cry.
She shook her head and told me to skip church that day.
Threw away the box of tampons, saying they were for cueros.
That she would buy me pads. Said eleven was too young.
That she would pray on my behalf.
I didn’t understand what she was saying.
But I stopped crying. I licked at my split lip.
I prayed for the bleeding to stop.

Yeah, no, my kid isn’t going to be reading this crap. This is so ridiculous.

This is what you find offensive? You've got to be kidding me 🤦. Let me guess, you threw a fit about Turning Red as well? What do you think is appropriate reading for a 14 year old? Nancy Drew?

I don’t see any boys being able to relate to this crap. I don’t think they need to be exposed to vocabulary such as “thot” or “ho” and I don’t think they need to be discussing tampon use and virginity.

Boys are not that precious. They can learn about menstruation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:FCPS is truly going downhill.

Excerpts from The Poet X: the other girls call me conceited. Ho. Thot. Fast.
When your body takes up more room than your voice
you are always the target of well-aimed rumors,
which is why I let my knuckles talk for me.
Which is why I learned to shrug when my name was replaced
by insults.

And I get all this attention from guys 
but it’s like a sancocho of emotions.
This stew of mixed-up ingredients:
partly flattered they think I’m attractive,
partly scared they’re only interested in my ass and boobs,
and a good measure of Mami-will-kill-me fear sprinkled on top.

Good girls don’t wear tampones.
Are you still a virgin? Are you having relations?”
I didn’t know how to answer her, I could only cry.
She shook her head and told me to skip church that day.
Threw away the box of tampons, saying they were for cueros.
That she would buy me pads. Said eleven was too young.
That she would pray on my behalf.
I didn’t understand what she was saying.
But I stopped crying. I licked at my split lip.
I prayed for the bleeding to stop.

Yeah, no, my kid isn’t going to be reading this crap. This is so ridiculous.

This is what you find offensive? You've got to be kidding me 🤦. Let me guess, you threw a fit about Turning Red as well? What do you think is appropriate reading for a 14 year old? Nancy Drew?

I don’t see any boys being able to relate to this crap. I don’t think they need to be exposed to vocabulary such as “thot” or “ho” and I don’t think they need to be discussing tampon use and virginity.

Are you kidding? Let's take apart your idiotic statement:

I don't see any boys being able to relate to this crap. -- Part of the point of literature is to help students understand different view points. Seems like it would be beneficial for boys to understand a girl's perspective on puberty.

Exposed to vocabulary... -- Your boys have already heard and said far worse. Welcome to the real world.

Tampon use. -- What the f is wrong with you if you think boys need to be protected from learning about menstruation. I guess you better pull them out of biology to.

Virginity. -- Do you also forbid them from reading about Mary?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:FCPS is truly going downhill.

Excerpts from The Poet X: the other girls call me conceited. Ho. Thot. Fast.
When your body takes up more room than your voice
you are always the target of well-aimed rumors,
which is why I let my knuckles talk for me.
Which is why I learned to shrug when my name was replaced
by insults.

And I get all this attention from guys 
but it’s like a sancocho of emotions.
This stew of mixed-up ingredients:
partly flattered they think I’m attractive,
partly scared they’re only interested in my ass and boobs,
and a good measure of Mami-will-kill-me fear sprinkled on top.

Good girls don’t wear tampones.
Are you still a virgin? Are you having relations?”
I didn’t know how to answer her, I could only cry.
She shook her head and told me to skip church that day.
Threw away the box of tampons, saying they were for cueros.
That she would buy me pads. Said eleven was too young.
That she would pray on my behalf.
I didn’t understand what she was saying.
But I stopped crying. I licked at my split lip.
I prayed for the bleeding to stop.

Yeah, no, my kid isn’t going to be reading this crap. This is so ridiculous.

This is what you find offensive? You've got to be kidding me 🤦. Let me guess, you threw a fit about Turning Red as well? What do you think is appropriate reading for a 14 year old? Nancy Drew?

I don’t see any boys being able to relate to this crap. I don’t think they need to be exposed to vocabulary such as “thot” or “ho” and I don’t think they need to be discussing tampon use and virginity.

Are you kidding? Let's take apart your idiotic statement:

I don't see any boys being able to relate to this crap. -- Part of the point of literature is to help students understand different view points. Seems like it would be beneficial for boys to understand a girl's perspective on puberty.

Exposed to vocabulary... -- Your boys have already heard and said far worse. Welcome to the real world.

Tampon use. -- What the f is wrong with you if you think boys need to be protected from learning about menstruation. I guess you better pull them out of biology to.

Virginity. -- Do you also forbid them from reading about Mary?

Like I said, FCPS is going downhill. Meanwhile private schools are reading classics such as “Lord of the Flies”, “A Tale of Two Cities”…I wonder who will be better prepared for college.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:FCPS is truly going downhill.

Excerpts from The Poet X: the other girls call me conceited. Ho. Thot. Fast.
When your body takes up more room than your voice
you are always the target of well-aimed rumors,
which is why I let my knuckles talk for me.
Which is why I learned to shrug when my name was replaced
by insults.

And I get all this attention from guys 
but it’s like a sancocho of emotions.
This stew of mixed-up ingredients:
partly flattered they think I’m attractive,
partly scared they’re only interested in my ass and boobs,
and a good measure of Mami-will-kill-me fear sprinkled on top.

Good girls don’t wear tampones.
Are you still a virgin? Are you having relations?”
I didn’t know how to answer her, I could only cry.
She shook her head and told me to skip church that day.
Threw away the box of tampons, saying they were for cueros.
That she would buy me pads. Said eleven was too young.
That she would pray on my behalf.
I didn’t understand what she was saying.
But I stopped crying. I licked at my split lip.
I prayed for the bleeding to stop.

Yeah, no, my kid isn’t going to be reading this crap. This is so ridiculous.

This is what you find offensive? You've got to be kidding me 🤦. Let me guess, you threw a fit about Turning Red as well? What do you think is appropriate reading for a 14 year old? Nancy Drew?

I don’t see any boys being able to relate to this crap. I don’t think they need to be exposed to vocabulary such as “thot” or “ho” and I don’t think they need to be discussing tampon use and virginity.

I just want to understand. You don't want your boys discussing poems about how how demeaning women harms them. Or about women's bodies. Or about women's right to say not to them. Because those themes are a major part of this book. It seems as though you'd rather your child continue to think that he is the center of the universe, and that rapey culture is fine. Boys and men thinking that they don't need to understand phenomena that they can't personally relate to is the foundation of that culture.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:FCPS is truly going downhill.

Excerpts from The Poet X: the other girls call me conceited. Ho. Thot. Fast.
When your body takes up more room than your voice
you are always the target of well-aimed rumors,
which is why I let my knuckles talk for me.
Which is why I learned to shrug when my name was replaced
by insults.

And I get all this attention from guys 
but it’s like a sancocho of emotions.
This stew of mixed-up ingredients:
partly flattered they think I’m attractive,
partly scared they’re only interested in my ass and boobs,
and a good measure of Mami-will-kill-me fear sprinkled on top.

Good girls don’t wear tampones.
Are you still a virgin? Are you having relations?”
I didn’t know how to answer her, I could only cry.
She shook her head and told me to skip church that day.
Threw away the box of tampons, saying they were for cueros.
That she would buy me pads. Said eleven was too young.
That she would pray on my behalf.
I didn’t understand what she was saying.
But I stopped crying. I licked at my split lip.
I prayed for the bleeding to stop.

Yeah, no, my kid isn’t going to be reading this crap. This is so ridiculous.

This is what you find offensive? You've got to be kidding me 🤦. Let me guess, you threw a fit about Turning Red as well? What do you think is appropriate reading for a 14 year old? Nancy Drew?

I don’t see any boys being able to relate to this crap. I don’t think they need to be exposed to vocabulary such as “thot” or “ho” and I don’t think they need to be discussing tampon use and virginity.

Are you kidding? Let's take apart your idiotic statement:

I don't see any boys being able to relate to this crap. -- Part of the point of literature is to help students understand different view points. Seems like it would be beneficial for boys to understand a girl's perspective on puberty.

Exposed to vocabulary... -- Your boys have already heard and said far worse. Welcome to the real world.

Tampon use. -- What the f is wrong with you if you think boys need to be protected from learning about menstruation. I guess you better pull them out of biology to.

Virginity. -- Do you also forbid them from reading about Mary?

Like I said, FCPS is going downhill. Meanwhile private schools are reading classics such as “Lord of the Flies”, “A Tale of Two Cities”…I wonder who will be better prepared for college.

Which private schools? Fortunately, my private school kids will be well prepared for college because they are reading books with a variety of perspectives, including modern texts written by and about women. This particular book wasn't on my older kid's list, but he read other books that dealt with these topics, and that provided a launching point for conversations about difficult topics. The ones you seem to want to avoid for your boys.

[Anonymous]

You do you. My kid isn’t reading it. Luckily they have alternatives.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:FCPS is truly going downhill.

Excerpts from The Poet X: the other girls call me conceited. Ho. Thot. Fast.
When your body takes up more room than your voice
you are always the target of well-aimed rumors,
which is why I let my knuckles talk for me.
Which is why I learned to shrug when my name was replaced
by insults.

And I get all this attention from guys 
but it’s like a sancocho of emotions.
This stew of mixed-up ingredients:
partly flattered they think I’m attractive,
partly scared they’re only interested in my ass and boobs,
and a good measure of Mami-will-kill-me fear sprinkled on top.

Good girls don’t wear tampones.
Are you still a virgin? Are you having relations?”
I didn’t know how to answer her, I could only cry.
She shook her head and told me to skip church that day.
Threw away the box of tampons, saying they were for cueros.
That she would buy me pads. Said eleven was too young.
That she would pray on my behalf.
I didn’t understand what she was saying.
But I stopped crying. I licked at my split lip.
I prayed for the bleeding to stop.

Yeah, no, my kid isn’t going to be reading this crap. This is so ridiculous.

This is what you find offensive? You've got to be kidding me 🤦. Let me guess, you threw a fit about Turning Red as well? What do you think is appropriate reading for a 14 year old? Nancy Drew?

I don’t see any boys being able to relate to this crap. I don’t think they need to be exposed to vocabulary such as “thot” or “ho” and I don’t think they need to be discussing tampon use and virginity.

I just want to understand. You don't want your boys discussing poems about how how demeaning women harms them. Or about women's bodies. Or about women's right to say not to them. Because those themes are a major part of this book. It seems as though you'd rather your child continue to think that he is the center of the universe, and that rapey culture is fine. Boys and men thinking that they don't need to understand phenomena that they can't personally relate to is the foundation of that culture.

This, this, this!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:FCPS is truly going downhill.

Excerpts from The Poet X: the other girls call me conceited. Ho. Thot. Fast.
When your body takes up more room than your voice
you are always the target of well-aimed rumors,
which is why I let my knuckles talk for me.
Which is why I learned to shrug when my name was replaced
by insults.

And I get all this attention from guys 
but it’s like a sancocho of emotions.
This stew of mixed-up ingredients:
partly flattered they think I’m attractive,
partly scared they’re only interested in my ass and boobs,
and a good measure of Mami-will-kill-me fear sprinkled on top.

Good girls don’t wear tampones.
Are you still a virgin? Are you having relations?”
I didn’t know how to answer her, I could only cry.
She shook her head and told me to skip church that day.
Threw away the box of tampons, saying they were for cueros.
That she would buy me pads. Said eleven was too young.
That she would pray on my behalf.
I didn’t understand what she was saying.
But I stopped crying. I licked at my split lip.
I prayed for the bleeding to stop.

Yeah, no, my kid isn’t going to be reading this crap. This is so ridiculous.

This is what you find offensive? You've got to be kidding me 🤦. Let me guess, you threw a fit about Turning Red as well? What do you think is appropriate reading for a 14 year old? Nancy Drew?

I don’t see any boys being able to relate to this crap. I don’t think they need to be exposed to vocabulary such as “thot” or “ho” and I don’t think they need to be discussing tampon use and virginity.

To be clear, you would ban a lot of literature including Shakespeare.

And by the logic of "need to relate to" we would ban most of it