How many books was your seventh grader assigned in seventh grade English?

[Anonymous]

I find it unbelievable that people are refusing to believe there are 7th grade English public school classes where books aren’t assigned. Do you people know literally anything about educational inequality? Are you all that blind? This thread is mind-blowing in the ignorance shown.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Grade 5, Homeschool assigned reading

Hello Universe
The Boy at the Back of the Class
Pax
The War That Saved My Life
The War I Finally Won
The Someday Birds
Counting by 7s
Starry River of the Sky
One Crazy Summer
Coop Knows the Scoop
Ways to Make Sunshine
Brown Girl Dreaming
A Tale Dark and Grimm
Becoming Muhammad Ali
Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky
Hidden Figures- young readers edition
The Radium Girls- young readers edition
The Disappearing Spoon- young readers edition
Augustus Caesars World
One Thousand and One Arabian Nights
Tales of Ancient Egypt
The Story of Gilgamesh
The Silk Roads- young readers edition
Ramayana, Divine Loophole
Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales
The Odyssey- Graphic Novel
The Iliad- Graphic Novel
Art of War- Graphic Novel
Complete Dickens- abridged

Any assignments or just reading? Nice list, but curious what is done with it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^^^ For the record, this is DCUM. The vast majority of the people posting here are privileged.

Maybe the majority is privileged, but I’ve been here a long time and I have seen genuine, heartfelt posts from struggling parents who are far, far from privileged. And so what if a majority are privileged? Does that mean the PPs are right to make their blithe assumptions that everyone posting on DCUM sends their kids to a fancy public middle school in a safe suburb? That parents here don’t struggle with public schools that are in terrible shape? Are those posters so steeped in their wealth that they can’t imagine a seventh grade English class that doesn’t get assigned books? Do they even know what the state of books are in some schools? Your kid can’t read books your school can’t even give everybody copies of, you know. But the gaslighting PPs are so blind, so ignorant that they immediately say that the PPs must be lying.

This thread is the definition of “nice white liberal,” the people who at heart don’t want any change so their kids continue to be advantaged, and so gaslight people who have their kids in failing public schools or who have lived school experiences that they can’t even dream about. It is, as I said, appalling.

You are appalling. My child’s private school in DC has 40% of its student’s paid for with aid from other parents and is nearly half minority. Are you providing any aid to a child who is not yours? I think not.

My God. You are one of the worst people I’ve ever encountered on DCUM and that is saying something.

I don’t think you are worthy of anybody answering your question, and I hope nobody else wastes their time on you, but as one of the PPs who is being gaslit by you in this thread, I will answer your incredibly obnoxious question: No, I’m not as rich as you. That’s why my kid went to a public middle school where they didn’t assign any books to read in 7th grade. Now you tell me, from your safe position in your rich private school life, how I am lying about that. You tell me how you know better than I do what my 7th grader did. You tell me all about how my kid’s experience went in a school that is 40% FARMS and far, far more diverse than your fancy private school. You tell me I’m lying and exaggerating about my own life. You tell me, like you already have on this thread, how people like me in public schools you can’t even imagine are exaggerating or lying. And then, you tell me how you aren’t the textbook definition of a horrifying “nice white liberal.”

I’m not a liberal, I’m not white, and I my child is on financial aid at the school. I paid the parent club dues which was under $50. You need to stop having a “victim mentality” and being envious of others. That seems to be driving your anger and your inaccurate assumptions about people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:7th grade Honors in Fairfax. None. Zero. Zip.
Impressive.

I think that some FCPS parents may be confusing the term "assigned books." I believe it is very common for 7th grade teachers in FCPS to allow their students to choose a book from a list of 5 or 10. For example, when my son was in 7th grade, he was required to read 2 novels that he selected from a list of 5. He chose The Outsiders for the fall and To Kill a Mockingbird for the winter and was grouped with other students who selected those books. In the spring, his class concentrated on reading/analyzing non-fiction articles. He was also "assigned" a few short stories (like The Lottery by Shirley Johnson) and a few excepts from different novels (I can't remember many of these... but I know one was from The Joy Luck Club).

Is that what you mean by saying that your child was assigned "none, zero, zip"? That they did not have any particular novel that they read as a whole class?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^^^ For the record, this is DCUM. The vast majority of the people posting here are privileged.

Maybe the majority is privileged, but I’ve been here a long time and I have seen genuine, heartfelt posts from struggling parents who are far, far from privileged. And so what if a majority are privileged? Does that mean the PPs are right to make their blithe assumptions that everyone posting on DCUM sends their kids to a fancy public middle school in a safe suburb? That parents here don’t struggle with public schools that are in terrible shape? Are those posters so steeped in their wealth that they can’t imagine a seventh grade English class that doesn’t get assigned books? Do they even know what the state of books are in some schools? Your kid can’t read books your school can’t even give everybody copies of, you know. But the gaslighting PPs are so blind, so ignorant that they immediately say that the PPs must be lying.

This thread is the definition of “nice white liberal,” the people who at heart don’t want any change so their kids continue to be advantaged, and so gaslight people who have their kids in failing public schools or who have lived school experiences that they can’t even dream about. It is, as I said, appalling.

You are appalling. My child’s private school in DC has 40% of its student’s paid for with aid from other parents and is nearly half minority. Are you providing any aid to a child who is not yours? I think not.

My God. You are one of the worst people I’ve ever encountered on DCUM and that is saying something.

I don’t think you are worthy of anybody answering your question, and I hope nobody else wastes their time on you, but as one of the PPs who is being gaslit by you in this thread, I will answer your incredibly obnoxious question: No, I’m not as rich as you. That’s why my kid went to a public middle school where they didn’t assign any books to read in 7th grade. Now you tell me, from your safe position in your rich private school life, how I am lying about that. You tell me how you know better than I do what my 7th grader did. You tell me all about how my kid’s experience went in a school that is 40% FARMS and far, far more diverse than your fancy private school. You tell me I’m lying and exaggerating about my own life. You tell me, like you already have on this thread, how people like me in public schools you can’t even imagine are exaggerating or lying. And then, you tell me how you aren’t the textbook definition of a horrifying “nice white liberal.”

I’m not a liberal, I’m not white, and I my child is on financial aid at the school. I paid the parent club dues which was under $50. You need to stop having a “victim mentality” and being envious of others. That seems to be driving your anger and your inaccurate assumptions about people.

NP- I was sympathetic of your situation until you started beating up on people for no reason other than having more money than you. I know some of the kindest wealthy people. Some of the kindest middle class people. And some of the kindest poor people.

[Anonymous]

Sorry, the above post was supposed to go to poster prior to that poster.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^^^ For the record, this is DCUM. The vast majority of the people posting here are privileged.

Maybe the majority is privileged, but I’ve been here a long time and I have seen genuine, heartfelt posts from struggling parents who are far, far from privileged. And so what if a majority are privileged? Does that mean the PPs are right to make their blithe assumptions that everyone posting on DCUM sends their kids to a fancy public middle school in a safe suburb? That parents here don’t struggle with public schools that are in terrible shape? Are those posters so steeped in their wealth that they can’t imagine a seventh grade English class that doesn’t get assigned books? Do they even know what the state of books are in some schools? Your kid can’t read books your school can’t even give everybody copies of, you know. But the gaslighting PPs are so blind, so ignorant that they immediately say that the PPs must be lying.

This thread is the definition of “nice white liberal,” the people who at heart don’t want any change so their kids continue to be advantaged, and so gaslight people who have their kids in failing public schools or who have lived school experiences that they can’t even dream about. It is, as I said, appalling.

You are appalling. My child’s private school in DC has 40% of its student’s paid for with aid from other parents and is nearly half minority. Are you providing any aid to a child who is not yours? I think not.

My God. You are one of the worst people I’ve ever encountered on DCUM and that is saying something.

I don’t think you are worthy of anybody answering your question, and I hope nobody else wastes their time on you, but as one of the PPs who is being gaslit by you in this thread, I will answer your incredibly obnoxious question: No, I’m not as rich as you. That’s why my kid went to a public middle school where they didn’t assign any books to read in 7th grade. Now you tell me, from your safe position in your rich private school life, how I am lying about that. You tell me how you know better than I do what my 7th grader did. You tell me all about how my kid’s experience went in a school that is 40% FARMS and far, far more diverse than your fancy private school. You tell me I’m lying and exaggerating about my own life. You tell me, like you already have on this thread, how people like me in public schools you can’t even imagine are exaggerating or lying. And then, you tell me how you aren’t the textbook definition of a horrifying “nice white liberal.”

Read my post above before this one.

[Anonymous]

I don’t find the range of experiences for 7th grade assigned literature to be that surprising. Husband and I grew up near each other in different school systems in the same state in the Midwest. Vastly different school reading experiences. He and his classmates read lots of great books in school. My school as a top “gifted” student: one book and either short stories or a Shakespeare play per year. This continued through high school. I had no idea until college that this was insufficient.

Best outcome of this thread could be to encourage reading regardless of what your school requires. Assume it’s not enough.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^^^ For the record, this is DCUM. The vast majority of the people posting here are privileged.

Maybe the majority is privileged, but I’ve been here a long time and I have seen genuine, heartfelt posts from struggling parents who are far, far from privileged. And so what if a majority are privileged? Does that mean the PPs are right to make their blithe assumptions that everyone posting on DCUM sends their kids to a fancy public middle school in a safe suburb? That parents here don’t struggle with public schools that are in terrible shape? Are those posters so steeped in their wealth that they can’t imagine a seventh grade English class that doesn’t get assigned books? Do they even know what the state of books are in some schools? Your kid can’t read books your school can’t even give everybody copies of, you know. But the gaslighting PPs are so blind, so ignorant that they immediately say that the PPs must be lying.

This thread is the definition of “nice white liberal,” the people who at heart don’t want any change so their kids continue to be advantaged, and so gaslight people who have their kids in failing public schools or who have lived school experiences that they can’t even dream about. It is, as I said, appalling.

You are appalling. My child’s private school in DC has 40% of its student’s paid for with aid from other parents and is nearly half minority. Are you providing any aid to a child who is not yours? I think not.

My God. You are one of the worst people I’ve ever encountered on DCUM and that is saying something.

I don’t think you are worthy of anybody answering your question, and I hope nobody else wastes their time on you, but as one of the PPs who is being gaslit by you in this thread, I will answer your incredibly obnoxious question: No, I’m not as rich as you. That’s why my kid went to a public middle school where they didn’t assign any books to read in 7th grade. Now you tell me, from your safe position in your rich private school life, how I am lying about that. You tell me how you know better than I do what my 7th grader did. You tell me all about how my kid’s experience went in a school that is 40% FARMS and far, far more diverse than your fancy private school. You tell me I’m lying and exaggerating about my own life. You tell me, like you already have on this thread, how people like me in public schools you can’t even imagine are exaggerating or lying. And then, you tell me how you aren’t the textbook definition of a horrifying “nice white liberal.”

Get off your hating on people. You are the worst. If I work and make money, I earned that. You’re not going to shame me for earning a good living. Go to hell.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^^^ For the record, this is DCUM. The vast majority of the people posting here are privileged.

Maybe the majority is privileged, but I’ve been here a long time and I have seen genuine, heartfelt posts from struggling parents who are far, far from privileged. And so what if a majority are privileged? Does that mean the PPs are right to make their blithe assumptions that everyone posting on DCUM sends their kids to a fancy public middle school in a safe suburb? That parents here don’t struggle with public schools that are in terrible shape? Are those posters so steeped in their wealth that they can’t imagine a seventh grade English class that doesn’t get assigned books? Do they even know what the state of books are in some schools? Your kid can’t read books your school can’t even give everybody copies of, you know. But the gaslighting PPs are so blind, so ignorant that they immediately say that the PPs must be lying.

This thread is the definition of “nice white liberal,” the people who at heart don’t want any change so their kids continue to be advantaged, and so gaslight people who have their kids in failing public schools or who have lived school experiences that they can’t even dream about. It is, as I said, appalling.

You are appalling. My child’s private school in DC has 40% of its student’s paid for with aid from other parents and is nearly half minority. Are you providing any aid to a child who is not yours? I think not.

My God. You are one of the worst people I’ve ever encountered on DCUM and that is saying something.

I don’t think you are worthy of anybody answering your question, and I hope nobody else wastes their time on you, but as one of the PPs who is being gaslit by you in this thread, I will answer your incredibly obnoxious question: No, I’m not as rich as you. That’s why my kid went to a public middle school where they didn’t assign any books to read in 7th grade. Now you tell me, from your safe position in your rich private school life, how I am lying about that. You tell me how you know better than I do what my 7th grader did. You tell me all about how my kid’s experience went in a school that is 40% FARMS and far, far more diverse than your fancy private school. You tell me I’m lying and exaggerating about my own life. You tell me, like you already have on this thread, how people like me in public schools you can’t even imagine are exaggerating or lying. And then, you tell me how you aren’t the textbook definition of a horrifying “nice white liberal.”

The irony is you are the one making assumptions while accusing someone of doing that. I don’t think the school is your issue, you’ve got some other underlying but not really underlying issue that you are raging about.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^^^ For the record, this is DCUM. The vast majority of the people posting here are privileged.

Maybe the majority is privileged, but I’ve been here a long time and I have seen genuine, heartfelt posts from struggling parents who are far, far from privileged. And so what if a majority are privileged? Does that mean the PPs are right to make their blithe assumptions that everyone posting on DCUM sends their kids to a fancy public middle school in a safe suburb? That parents here don’t struggle with public schools that are in terrible shape? Are those posters so steeped in their wealth that they can’t imagine a seventh grade English class that doesn’t get assigned books? Do they even know what the state of books are in some schools? Your kid can’t read books your school can’t even give everybody copies of, you know. But the gaslighting PPs are so blind, so ignorant that they immediately say that the PPs must be lying.

This thread is the definition of “nice white liberal,” the people who at heart don’t want any change so their kids continue to be advantaged, and so gaslight people who have their kids in failing public schools or who have lived school experiences that they can’t even dream about. It is, as I said, appalling.

You are appalling. My child’s private school in DC has 40% of its student’s paid for with aid from other parents and is nearly half minority. Are you providing any aid to a child who is not yours? I think not.

My God. You are one of the worst people I’ve ever encountered on DCUM and that is saying something.

I don’t think you are worthy of anybody answering your question, and I hope nobody else wastes their time on you, but as one of the PPs who is being gaslit by you in this thread, I will answer your incredibly obnoxious question: No, I’m not as rich as you. That’s why my kid went to a public middle school where they didn’t assign any books to read in 7th grade. Now you tell me, from your safe position in your rich private school life, how I am lying about that. You tell me how you know better than I do what my 7th grader did. You tell me all about how my kid’s experience went in a school that is 40% FARMS and far, far more diverse than your fancy private school. You tell me I’m lying and exaggerating about my own life. You tell me, like you already have on this thread, how people like me in public schools you can’t even imagine are exaggerating or lying. And then, you tell me how you aren’t the textbook definition of a horrifying “nice white liberal.”

Get off your hating on people. You are the worst. If I work and make money, I earned that. You’re not going to shame me for earning a good living. Go to hell.

Answer one question: when I say that my kid had no assigned books to read in 7th grade, do you believe me or not? Yes or no answer, please.

Because my anger is directed at those awful, awful people in this thread who are, from their position of sending their kids to wealthy private schools, telling me that I am exaggerating or lying about what my kid read in 7th grade. Rich people who aren’t telling me what my experience was are fine. I don’t shame anyone who earns money AND who doesn’t gaslight me. But if you are rich and send your kid to a fancy private school like the incredibly obnoxious PP AND, like that PP, you tell me I am lying or exaggerating about my own kid’s experience, then yes, not only will I shame you, I think you deserve to be shamed.

So, who are you? Are you going to believe that people send their kids to public schools where no books are assigned in 7th grade? Or are you not?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t find the range of experiences for 7th grade assigned literature to be that surprising. Husband and I grew up near each other in different school systems in the same state in the Midwest. Vastly different school reading experiences. He and his classmates read lots of great books in school. My school as a top “gifted” student: one book and either short stories or a Shakespeare play per year. This continued through high school. I had no idea until college that this was insufficient.

Best outcome of this thread could be to encourage reading regardless of what your school requires. Assume it’s not enough.

I find this really interesting, and ditto for all the variety of responses on this thread. I would have assumed more standardization, and clearly I would have been wrong.

One other thing I’ve just realized — I remember many details of 8th-12th grade English classes but draw a total blank when I try to remember 7th-grade English. And I remembered other classes from 7th grade, so English must have been particularly dismal that year. If so, I take heart from the fact that it got much better immediately after that year, at least for me.

My own 7th-grader has read 2 at her DC charter: The Hate U Give and Frederick Douglass’s memoir. (And I know because I read them too — I’ve been happy to catch up with two titles I’ve always meant to read!) The rest of the the content has been short stories and way too much grammar.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I find it unbelievable that people are refusing to believe there are 7th grade English public school classes where books aren’t assigned. Do you people know literally anything about educational inequality? Are you all that blind? This thread is mind-blowing in the ignorance shown.

There is reading done. Short stories, excerpts, etc. Stop with your scare tactic and deceitfulness.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^^^ For the record, this is DCUM. The vast majority of the people posting here are privileged.

Maybe the majority is privileged, but I’ve been here a long time and I have seen genuine, heartfelt posts from struggling parents who are far, far from privileged. And so what if a majority are privileged? Does that mean the PPs are right to make their blithe assumptions that everyone posting on DCUM sends their kids to a fancy public middle school in a safe suburb? That parents here don’t struggle with public schools that are in terrible shape? Are those posters so steeped in their wealth that they can’t imagine a seventh grade English class that doesn’t get assigned books? Do they even know what the state of books are in some schools? Your kid can’t read books your school can’t even give everybody copies of, you know. But the gaslighting PPs are so blind, so ignorant that they immediately say that the PPs must be lying.

This thread is the definition of “nice white liberal,” the people who at heart don’t want any change so their kids continue to be advantaged, and so gaslight people who have their kids in failing public schools or who have lived school experiences that they can’t even dream about. It is, as I said, appalling.

You are appalling. My child’s private school in DC has 40% of its student’s paid for with aid from other parents and is nearly half minority. Are you providing any aid to a child who is not yours? I think not.

My God. You are one of the worst people I’ve ever encountered on DCUM and that is saying something.

I don’t think you are worthy of anybody answering your question, and I hope nobody else wastes their time on you, but as one of the PPs who is being gaslit by you in this thread, I will answer your incredibly obnoxious question: No, I’m not as rich as you. That’s why my kid went to a public middle school where they didn’t assign any books to read in 7th grade. Now you tell me, from your safe position in your rich private school life, how I am lying about that. You tell me how you know better than I do what my 7th grader did. You tell me all about how my kid’s experience went in a school that is 40% FARMS and far, far more diverse than your fancy private school. You tell me I’m lying and exaggerating about my own life. You tell me, like you already have on this thread, how people like me in public schools you can’t even imagine are exaggerating or lying. And then, you tell me how you aren’t the textbook definition of a horrifying “nice white liberal.”

Get off your hating on people. You are the worst. If I work and make money, I earned that. You’re not going to shame me for earning a good living. Go to hell.

Answer one question: when I say that my kid had no assigned books to read in 7th grade, do you believe me or not? Yes or no answer, please.

Because my anger is directed at those awful, awful people in this thread who are, from their position of sending their kids to wealthy private schools, telling me that I am exaggerating or lying about what my kid read in 7th grade. Rich people who aren’t telling me what my experience was are fine. I don’t shame anyone who earns money AND who doesn’t gaslight me. But if you are rich and send your kid to a fancy private school like the incredibly obnoxious PP AND, like that PP, you tell me I am lying or exaggerating about my own kid’s experience, then yes, not only will I shame you, I think you deserve to be shamed.

So, who are you? Are you going to believe that people send their kids to public schools where no books are assigned in 7th grade? Or are you not?

You did the exact same thing!!! You made assumptions. Not all children who attend private are wealthy and you know that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^^^ For the record, this is DCUM. The vast majority of the people posting here are privileged.

Maybe the majority is privileged, but I’ve been here a long time and I have seen genuine, heartfelt posts from struggling parents who are far, far from privileged. And so what if a majority are privileged? Does that mean the PPs are right to make their blithe assumptions that everyone posting on DCUM sends their kids to a fancy public middle school in a safe suburb? That parents here don’t struggle with public schools that are in terrible shape? Are those posters so steeped in their wealth that they can’t imagine a seventh grade English class that doesn’t get assigned books? Do they even know what the state of books are in some schools? Your kid can’t read books your school can’t even give everybody copies of, you know. But the gaslighting PPs are so blind, so ignorant that they immediately say that the PPs must be lying.

This thread is the definition of “nice white liberal,” the people who at heart don’t want any change so their kids continue to be advantaged, and so gaslight people who have their kids in failing public schools or who have lived school experiences that they can’t even dream about. It is, as I said, appalling.

You are appalling. My child’s private school in DC has 40% of its student’s paid for with aid from other parents and is nearly half minority. Are you providing any aid to a child who is not yours? I think not.

My God. You are one of the worst people I’ve ever encountered on DCUM and that is saying something.

I don’t think you are worthy of anybody answering your question, and I hope nobody else wastes their time on you, but as one of the PPs who is being gaslit by you in this thread, I will answer your incredibly obnoxious question: No, I’m not as rich as you. That’s why my kid went to a public middle school where they didn’t assign any books to read in 7th grade. Now you tell me, from your safe position in your rich private school life, how I am lying about that. You tell me how you know better than I do what my 7th grader did. You tell me all about how my kid’s experience went in a school that is 40% FARMS and far, far more diverse than your fancy private school. You tell me I’m lying and exaggerating about my own life. You tell me, like you already have on this thread, how people like me in public schools you can’t even imagine are exaggerating or lying. And then, you tell me how you aren’t the textbook definition of a horrifying “nice white liberal.”

Get off your hating on people. You are the worst. If I work and make money, I earned that. You’re not going to shame me for earning a good living. Go to hell.

Answer one question: when I say that my kid had no assigned books to read in 7th grade, do you believe me or not? Yes or no answer, please.

Because my anger is directed at those awful, awful people in this thread who are, from their position of sending their kids to wealthy private schools, telling me that I am exaggerating or lying about what my kid read in 7th grade. Rich people who aren’t telling me what my experience was are fine. I don’t shame anyone who earns money AND who doesn’t gaslight me. But if you are rich and send your kid to a fancy private school like the incredibly obnoxious PP AND, like that PP, you tell me I am lying or exaggerating about my own kid’s experience, then yes, not only will I shame you, I think you deserve to be shamed.

So, who are you? Are you going to believe that people send their kids to public schools where no books are assigned in 7th grade? Or are you not?

Are you really not aware that private schools offer financial aid in the area? Are you also calling people obnoxious and expect people to think you are credible?