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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid is at Longfellow and I completely support this parent. This is indoctrination, 7th graders have no business reading content with horrible language and explicit sexual references. FCPS needs to get a handle on this nonsense. I think the parent at Cooper is an Asian mom, I am an Asian as well and I can surely understand her thought process.[/quote]

Literally every book someone could find something wrong with, even the classics. No one is saying the kids have to read every book on this list. But I hate to break it to you, these kids know about sex, drugs, BLM, gender identity already, just by talking. While I support parents doing what they think is best for THEIR child, no one should be banning books for ALL children. If you can’t find a book you are comfortable with your child reading, then contact the teacher. All this hoopla about a list is ridiculous. [/quote]

DP.  There's a difference between what kids talk about amongst themselves or see on their phones compared to officially sanctioned material in class/for class.  It's not all equivalent. Are these books elevating or edifying?  Or are they all about "identity", something that middle school children have not yet formed and are impressionable?  What should we be aiming to teach them?  If everything is contrarian, counter culture, pushing boundaries, subversive, they will not learn our culture.  Because we are refusing to teach it to them.  [/quote]

Our culture? What does that even mean? American culture?  Who decides what is good literature and what isn’t? Even with classics you have people who don’t like it or love it. As for the idea of identity…identity is more than gender. Identity is all aspects of what makes you you. There are a ton of classics that focus on the idea of identity. Little Women is a great example.

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