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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, many in upper NW.  Its more than just how DCPS has handled the pandemic though.  It’s also how critical race theory has overtaken the curriculum in just about every subject.  I want my kids to learn about our not so great history.  But the constant indoctrination that my family achieved everything through “privilege” and that we are all surely closet racists has become too much.  [/quote]

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I'm sure I'll be crucified for saying this but I would like my kids to read one book (a single book) before graduation that is not about race or slavery.  Every single ELA book at Deal (for 3 years) has been about this.  The same went for 4th and 5th grades at our JKLM. 
My kid has learned nothing about anything else (except for math and science) for the past 5 years.   [/quote]

+1000. We're bailing at the end of elementary for DCPS.  Our Asian family never wants to hear another word about Black History Month. We want our children to learn about ancient civilizations, modern history, great literature, anything but more MLK, Rosa Parks and the rest. Enough already of progressive humanities (read abysmal instruction in the humanities).  Crucify me with PP above, so she has company.[/quote]

There’s a lot of nonsense and racism in these posts, so I hesitate to respond. But it’s important to call out distortions and outright lies. The social studies curriculum in 7th and 9th grade is 100% ancient civilizations. 8th grade is US history. As others have noted, the MS and HS literature curriculum includes “white canon” like Shakespeare, To Kill a Mockingbird, Beowulf, and Call of the Wild alongside literature from non-white authors, like Fences, Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry, and Warriors Don’t Cry.

This is what a well-rounded education in the humanities looks like. It’s different from what most of us had, and thank goodness for that.[/quote]

Yes! And what’s wrong with literature reflecting the culture your kid is living in? When I was in HS in the 80s in the Southwest, we read the classic plus Chicano and Native American Lit...because that’s where we lived! I would be upset if my kid only got “old white guy lit!” I say this as someone with an undergrad degree in Classics![/quote]

Literature should be from different times and cultures.  The idea that a PP suggested above that an emphasis on local culture makes literature “more engaging” is flawed.

The beauty of good fiction and narrative non-fiction is that it is relatable in a way that transcends cultures.  You could read a story about an old man in China or a little kid in Africa and “get” their experience.  You could travel there and see their home environment and try to talk to them with translation and still not “get it.”  But good writing can make the connection and show the universality of the human experience.[/quote]

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