*Lord of the Flies* is the 9th grade reading for Wilson. sigh.

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When he's bored of re-reading this very quick read, here are some other options. https://slate.com/human-interest/2019/07/best-books-advanced-teenage-readers.html

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Hmm. I went to an elite New England private school (25% of my class went to Ivy or “Ivy-equivalent”)...and we read LOTF in 9th grade. And Catcher in the Rye. Somehow we all made it in this world.

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Anonymous wrote:Hmm. I went to an elite New England private school (25% of my class went to Ivy or “Ivy-equivalent”)...and we read LOTF in 9th grade. And Catcher in the Rye. Somehow we all made it in this world.

I bet they’re reading different books now at your elite New England private school. Maybe look at the reading lists online, if you can. We read LOTF at my public school too. And A Separate Peace, and so much Steinbeck. But in really good English depts now, no, those aren’t what they are reading.

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If you look at the Deal reading lists (see recent thread!), you will notice a good balance of books by dead white guys and books not by dead white guys. Raisin in the Sun for eighth grade anyone?

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Anonymous wrote:It crazy to me that people don’t understand teaching a book in 7th is vastly different than teaching thatvsame book on HS.

Jeff we need a head in palm emoji!

Imagine rereading a book when older and the perspective you may gain. Every child should be required to do that.

Especially after having lived through Lord of the Flies in DCPS MS.

My kid's DCPS MS experience couldn't have been further from this. In fact, having attended pretty tough schools as a kid a million years ago, I sometimes can't relate to my high school athlete son who has never been bullied or teased or hazed on a sports team and never been in a fist fight in 11 years of DCPS.

Are you a DCPS parent who had a different experience, or are you just some random @sshole?

Sorry to disappoint. DCPS parent here. Yes, a different experience from you. Imagine that.

Nice language, BTW.

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DCPS is majority illiterate

https://dcps.dc.gov/release/dc-public-schools-releases-2018-parcc-scores-showing-steady-gains-across-all-grade-levels

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Anonymous wrote:Hmm. I went to an elite New England private school (25% of my class went to Ivy or “Ivy-equivalent”)...and we read LOTF in 9th grade. And Catcher in the Rye. Somehow we all made it in this world.

It’s not that reading it will cause you to shrivel and die. It’s that it’s a missed opportunity to teach something more relevant and engaging.

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Anonymous wrote:DCPS is majority illiterate

https://dcps.dc.gov/release/dc-public-schools-releases-2018-parcc-scores-showing-steady-gains-across-all-grade-levels

I think we can all agree that PARCC is not an accurate snapshot nor student friendly state based assessment because DC and only one other state uses PARCC. Secondly, DCPS struggles citywide with certain populations due to English not being the students first language, systemic generational poverty, DC’s curriculum which was horrible for many decades, etc.

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Anonymous wrote:Op, I sympathize with you. Perhaps check with your local library or check online to see if they have a list of suggested summer readings?

For example I work in DC but DD attends MCPS, via a simple search I found that the MCPL has a list of recommended books by grade level. https://montgomerycountymd.libguides.com/readinglistsbygrade

My DD will be attending Churchill so the school has posted the summer recommended list awhile back. We were told that once school officially starts in the fall that students would read more classics as the year progresses. However, students taking AP Literature and Composition and any other AP classes will have been emailed a special class code to begin their assignments via Google Classroom. Maybe this is similar for Wilson? Perhaps next summer your child will have access to those special code class assignments.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1S4sUePTdvqhlrTGH5RdiBqf_vpKEPad4SAq_Fs-0XgA/edit

DC has these lists too: https://www.dclibrary.org/teens/booklists

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Anonymous wrote:Hmm. I went to an elite New England private school (25% of my class went to Ivy or “Ivy-equivalent”)...and we read LOTF in 9th grade. And Catcher in the Rye. Somehow we all made it in this world.

It’s not that reading it will cause you to shrivel and die. It’s that it’s a missed opportunity to teach something more relevant and engaging.

They will read more than one book.

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Anonymous wrote:Boy talk about self-absorbed. You specifically want a high school with over 500 incoming Freshmen to select a book that your child has not read? My Deal student did not read this in middle school and since Deal is the largest feeder to Wilson HS, it seems safe to assume that a large number of the incoming Freshmen have not read this book as a class assignment.

Lord of the Flies is a classic book about adolescence. It also contains a fair amount of violence that some would say makes it inappropriate for middle school students.

I did a quick search online and Blair HS just across the DC/MD has a brochure in which they specifically state not re-reading books that you read in middle school [under the Choosing What To Do section]. In fact, the books in which you can read. No, the OP is not being selfish.

https://mbhs.edu/departments/english/2019%209th%20summer%20PDF.pdf

Which school did Lord of the Flies in class? My Deal kids did not read it as assigned reading.

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Anonymous wrote:Boy talk about self-absorbed. You specifically want a high school with over 500 incoming Freshmen to select a book that your child has not read? My Deal student did not read this in middle school and since Deal is the largest feeder to Wilson HS, it seems safe to assume that a large number of the incoming Freshmen have not read this book as a class assignment.

Lord of the Flies is a classic book about adolescence. It also contains a fair amount of violence that some would say makes it inappropriate for middle school students.

I did a quick search online and Blair HS just across the DC/MD has a brochure in which they specifically state not re-reading books that you read in middle school [under the Choosing What To Do section]. In fact, the books in which you can read. No, the OP is not being selfish.

https://mbhs.edu/departments/english/2019%209th%20summer%20PDF.pdf

Which school did Lord of the Flies in class? My Deal kids did not read it as assigned reading.

I don't think it was on the majority of either Hardy or Deal reading lists. OP likely is moving in or cannot afford privates anymore.

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Anonymous wrote:Is that for the honors level 9th grade or the regular classes?

Honors for All, remember?

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Aren’t reading lists coordinated across all grades in DCPS? Seems like bad management to assign same books in different year. But on par with DCPS in general I guess.

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Anonymous wrote:As a white man, I'd say that Lord of the Flies is not necessarily the most favorable representation of the supposed values of the white man.