“Rick” summer reading

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s pretty disturbing grown adults feel a need for 11 year olds to be educated on their sexuality. Leave the kids alone.

Apparently you were never in middle school. Kids are aware. Hormones are everywhere. You can smell in the halls. (Or was that just more Axe?)

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It’s pretty disturbing grown adults feel a need for 11 year olds to be educated on their sexuality. Leave the kids alone.

Apparently you were never in middle school. Kids are aware. Hormones are everywhere. You can smell in the halls. (Or was that just more Axe?)

I guess they failed to notice that almost half the kids already identify as non-binary.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It’s pretty disturbing grown adults feel a need for 11 year olds to be educated on their sexuality. Leave the kids alone.

Apparently you were never in middle school. Kids are aware. Hormones are everywhere. You can smell in the halls. (Or was that just more Axe?)

I had a teacher sexually harass me in public school. They “dated” another student. Luckily, I told my parents but the school kept the teacher on.

You’re naive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:To the LGBTQ poster. I don’t care about your sexuality but my kid doesn’t need to explore their sexuality in public school through assigned reading and adult intervention. The fact you jump to a nasty term like “bigotry” makes me think you’re the one who needs to learn about the rights of others and respecting others. My kids can respect others but at the end of the day it is not the role of public schools to teach that, that is my role as a parent.

When you read the book and the assignment, what part did you feel forced kids to "explore their sexuality"?

And yes, schools need to be places where respect is an expectation.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It’s pretty disturbing grown adults feel a need for 11 year olds to be educated on their sexuality. Leave the kids alone.

Apparently you were never in middle school. Kids are aware. Hormones are everywhere. You can smell in the halls. (Or was that just more Axe?)

I had a teacher sexually harass me in public school. They “dated” another student. Luckily, I told my parents but the school kept the teacher on.

You’re naive.

How does illegal teacher behavior apply to school readings? That's a red herring.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It’s pretty disturbing grown adults feel a need for 11 year olds to be educated on their sexuality. Leave the kids alone.

Apparently you were never in middle school. Kids are aware. Hormones are everywhere. You can smell in the halls. (Or was that just more Axe?)

When I was 11, I was entering 6th grade, my last year of elementary school. Middle school was a world away. These kids are still 11 and prepubescent, even though we push them into middle school with kids who already smell like hormones and Axe.

[Anonymous]

There are state laws that require informing parents of the content of sexual materials and allowing parents the right to opt their kids out of these types of discussions. As a matter of the law. The Supreme Court also recognizes the rights of parents, you know that Court that created the right for gay marriage? Although pushing this agenda for kids I can 100% assure you will result in that right being overturned like Roe v Wade and left to the states. Keep pushing on kids this is what you will achieve. The Florida Gov sees how effective this is and is taking it National guaranteed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are state laws that require informing parents of the content of sexual materials and allowing parents the right to opt their kids out of these types of discussions. As a matter of the law. The Supreme Court also recognizes the rights of parents, you know that Court that created the right for gay marriage? Although pushing this agenda for kids I can 100% assure you will result in that right being overturned like Roe v Wade and left to the states. Keep pushing on kids this is what you will achieve. The Florida Gov sees how effective this is and is taking it National guaranteed.

You're not even informed enough to have a voice that carries any weight in this discussion. This story has nothing to do with anything sexual. It's about a kid who is confused about his place in the world and he's starting to figure it out. Much like most middle schoolers are whether they are gay, straight, binary, non-binary. It's just telling the same tale as old as time in a way that shows kids acceptance and empathy for the LGBTQ2S+ community.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s pretty disturbing grown adults feel a need for 11 year olds to be educated on their sexuality. Leave the kids alone.

Apparently you were never in middle school. Kids are aware. Hormones are everywhere. You can smell in the halls. (Or was that just more Axe?)

When I was 11, I was entering 6th grade, my last year of elementary school. Middle school was a world away. These kids are still 11 and prepubescent, even though we push them into middle school with kids who already smell like hormones and Axe.

The book is listed for kids ages 8-12. Try again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are state laws that require informing parents of the content of sexual materials and allowing parents the right to opt their kids out of these types of discussions. As a matter of the law. The Supreme Court also recognizes the rights of parents, you know that Court that created the right for gay marriage? Although pushing this agenda for kids I can 100% assure you will result in that right being overturned like Roe v Wade and left to the states. Keep pushing on kids this is what you will achieve. The Florida Gov sees how effective this is and is taking it National guaranteed.

I know parents should have the final say as to what their children learn in school. For example, say some parents don't want their children to learn about the civil war or ww2; well, they should be allowed to opt out of learning about the real world, right? Public education should be ala carte. Each week kids' parents would have to approve which topics their children can study, like addition or spelling. Kidding aside, if some parents don't like it, they are free to send their kids to some fundamentalist madrassas school or whatever it is they're into, but schools should teach objective reality and not some whitewashed fiction born out of religious bigotry.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There are state laws that require informing parents of the content of sexual materials and allowing parents the right to opt their kids out of these types of discussions. As a matter of the law. The Supreme Court also recognizes the rights of parents, you know that Court that created the right for gay marriage? Although pushing this agenda for kids I can 100% assure you will result in that right being overturned like Roe v Wade and left to the states. Keep pushing on kids this is what you will achieve. The Florida Gov sees how effective this is and is taking it National guaranteed.

You're not even informed enough to have a voice that carries any weight in this discussion. This story has nothing to do with anything sexual. It's about a kid who is confused about his place in the world and he's starting to figure it out. Much like most middle schoolers are whether they are gay, straight, binary, non-binary. It's just telling the same tale as old as time in a way that shows kids acceptance and empathy for the LGBTQ2S+ community.

What is 2S?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s pretty disturbing grown adults feel a need for 11 year olds to be educated on their sexuality. Leave the kids alone.

Apparently you were never in middle school. Kids are aware. Hormones are everywhere. You can smell in the halls. (Or was that just more Axe?)

When I was 11, I was entering 6th grade, my last year of elementary school. Middle school was a world away. These kids are still 11 and prepubescent, even though we push them into middle school with kids who already smell like hormones and Axe.

The book is listed for kids ages 8-12. Try again.

I was responding to this: Apparently you were never in middle school. Kids are aware. Hormones are everywhere. You can smell in the halls. (Or was that just more Axe?)


If you can't be bothered to read the post this is in reference to, then DON'T RESPOND. You are just wasting everyone's time. But I guess that's what trolls like.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are state laws that require informing parents of the content of sexual materials and allowing parents the right to opt their kids out of these types of discussions. As a matter of the law. The Supreme Court also recognizes the rights of parents, you know that Court that created the right for gay marriage? Although pushing this agenda for kids I can 100% assure you will result in that right being overturned like Roe v Wade and left to the states. Keep pushing on kids this is what you will achieve. The Florida Gov sees how effective this is and is taking it National guaranteed.

You're not even informed enough to have a voice that carries any weight in this discussion. This story has nothing to do with anything sexual. It's about a kid who is confused about his place in the world and he's starting to figure it out. Much like most middle schoolers are whether they are gay, straight, binary, non-binary. It's just telling the same tale as old as time in a way that shows kids acceptance and empathy for the LGBTQ2S+ community.

What is 2S?

I don't know but pretty soon it will include straight people and we will have come full circle.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There are state laws that require informing parents of the content of sexual materials and allowing parents the right to opt their kids out of these types of discussions. As a matter of the law. The Supreme Court also recognizes the rights of parents, you know that Court that created the right for gay marriage? Although pushing this agenda for kids I can 100% assure you will result in that right being overturned like Roe v Wade and left to the states. Keep pushing on kids this is what you will achieve. The Florida Gov sees how effective this is and is taking it National guaranteed.

I know parents should have the final say as to what their children learn in school. For example, say some parents don't want their children to learn about the civil war or ww2; well, they should be allowed to opt out of learning about the real world, right? Public education should be ala carte. Each week kids' parents would have to approve which topics their children can study, like addition or spelling. Kidding aside, if some parents don't like it, they are free to send their kids to some fundamentalist madrassas school or whatever it is they're into, but schools should teach objective reality and not some whitewashed fiction born out of religious bigotry.

We're not talking about objective reality. Clearly. You do the left a disservice by using these simple-minded arguments.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There is so much time for them to grow up, why are SO many people rushing it?

Because they are growing up right now, even if you wish they weren’t. Many kids going into sixth grade are going to have crushes, even if they don’t act on them. When you have a crush that doesn’t align with your parents’ very clear expectations for you, that can be very stressful, anxiety provoking and upsetting. The kids whose parents have a very narrow view of the “right” way to be need this book the most, to know there is nothing wrong with them if they don’t fit a certain mold.

Not all 10yo kids have crushes. It’s fine if the books are available in the library, but forcing kids to read them is another story.

What are you so afraid will happen if your 10 yo reads this book?

The issue is not fear and bigotry to me. Those terms are too often used as a cudgel to kill any debate on this topic. It is what parents feel is appropriate concerning a sensitive subject. Public schools seem to have a one size fits all strategy for how to handle the topic of gender/sex. Not everyone subscribes to the same belief system which is fine so long as everyone is respectful of other people.

Let’s face it, we’ve come a very long way in a very short time on these issues - most people I know could care less anymore about a person’s orientation and judging by the ubiquity of Pride flags in the area I don’t think being gay has the stigma it once carried which is great but I ultimately believe parents, not the government or public schools, should handle these issues with their kids.

Okay, I will rephrase. What are you concerned will happen if your child reads this book? There’s no reason to oppose it so vehemently if you think it will have no impact on kids, so clearly there is something that troubles you about it.

How about: I want to discuss issues of gender and sex with my child within the confines of my family? I don’t see it as the place for the government and it’s employees to educate my child on these issues. I prefer public schools focus more on traditional core subjects like math, english/literature/grammar, science etc. Personally speaking, i would not “fear” my child reading this nor do I think they’d be adversely affected by it, rather i just don’t see it as the state’s place to infringe in how I educate my kids on such subjects. I believe in teaching tolerance and respect for everyone but that does not mean I go along with every with every position on sex/gender/trans issues as espoused by some public schools.

BCC alum and parent here. Public school is open to everyone. Gay, lesbian, bi, trans, queer, etc. kids have a right to attend public school and be open about their identities. They do not have to hide who they are to please your narrow idea of what is and isn’t OK to go along with. There are books about heterosexual relationships, so there are books about other kinds of relationships. There are books assigned about Hetero families, so there should be books about other kinds of families. Please educate yourself and your kids so you don’t behave in a bigoted exclusionary manner by the time you get to BCC.

Frankly, you say you should “guide” your children on these issues, but you abdicate your responsibility to do so and instead demand that everyone else stay silent. That is not guiding. If you don’t like what this book says, you are perfectly able to read it with your kids and discuss your viewpoint in your family at home. No one is stopping you. No one is “infringing how you educated your kids”. But LGBTQIA families and allies are refusing to allow your views to be the sole views on sexuality any more. Love is love.🏳️‍🌈

Entirely too well reasoned for DCUM.

I thought it was satire.