Condoms, Drug Dealers, Drunk Fathers – Are these good books for 6th graders?
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Anonymous
Sounds like you have SAAS (Steve Austin Affective Disorder). You should talk to your therapist about this while you continue to discuss your TAD. |
Anonymous
DP. When my child was in 5th, 99% of her friends turn 11 and they weren't redshirted! Fall, winter, spriing birthdays. In fact, my dc was an outlier with a summer birthday. No one turns 11 in 6th grade. |
Anonymous
Please explain this Stephen Austin reference. |
Anonymous
You seem really unfamiliar with what’s taught at catholic schools. And sorry, but they have waiting lists not openings because they’ve managed to pull off in-person school all this year. |
Anonymous
Nope I want there, my parents went there, I have about 52 niece snd nephews snd 2 kids, 1/2 have gone there. They still teach creationism and they still teach gays kids will burn in hell and they were all to happy to say it for the last 4 years. Plus the y bus kids to March for life. |
Anonymous
You must be an anti-redshirter given your math skills. 
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Anonymous
You all just make anything up and post it here, don’t you? 😂😂 Most 5th graders turn 11 during that particular school year. This means... -they were 9-10 in 4th grade -they were 8-9 in 3rd grade -they were 7-8 in 2nd grade -they were 6-7 in 1st grade -they were 5-6 in Kindergarten. |
Anonymous
| Not a child psychologist, but I can't imagine they would say these books are appropriate for 11 and 12 year old kids. |
Anonymous
Not a lawyer, but I can't imagine that the Second Amendment protects an individual's right to keep and bear arms, unconnected with service in a militia. |
Anonymous
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These are good books to be included in recommended list for 6th graders. I have not read them but my 6th grader has. He has read literally thousands of books including things like Shakespeare, the Odyssey, Jules Verne, Twain, Tolkien, Dune, etc., as well as all the more contemporary teen or middle grade classics like Riorda,, Lin, His Dark Materials, etc.
He recommends them. Incidentally, I remember reading Catcher in the Rye as a middle class white girl who was not from the east coast in 9th grade in the 80s. I liked it okay but it felt even less relevant to my life than Jane Austen or Frankenstein. Was he in boarding school? I had no idea those even existed. And his relationship with girls was seriously screwed up. Again, the Jane Austen relationship were more relateable to me! (The guy who might be a jerk or might be a nice guy who just communicates poorly—thats a classic!) |
Anonymous
Yes, they do turn 11 in 6th. My child started as a 10 year old and that fall turned 11. Kids with Fall birthdays can turn 11 or 12 that fall. |
Anonymous
Your math is off. My child was 10 starting 6th grade. Turned 11 that fall. |
Anonymous
You must be a redshirted given your math skills. My child started 6th grade as a 10 year old and turned 11 in 6th. How hard is that for you to understand? My kid is smart. I didn't need to hold them back to pretend they are smart. |
Anonymous
Your child is the outlier nowadays. Most kids turn 12 in the winter/spring of 6th grade. The fall birthday kids are usually turning 12 in the fall. The only reason now aways for kids to be off this age is if they attended K/1 in a school or district with a cutoff after September 1, they red-shirtrd which makes them even older, or they skipped a grade. In the context of the original topic, who do you think the books are going to be more geared towards; the majority pre-teens/teens or the few kids just turning 11? |
Anonymous
Stone Cold requires no explanation |