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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]I remember my friend and I sneaking into the  library’s Young Adult fiction to read Judy Blume’s “Forever” when I was in the sixth grade. [/b] This was after I had asked the children’s librarian why it wasn’t there and she said it was for older girls and not me.  Made me go read it faster.

By freshman year, we had read many more books in that section.

Did not make me go out and have sex early.  In fact, I was a late bloomer on that front.  [/quote]

My friends and I passed a paperback copy of this around in 6th grade! I remember sitting on the grass behind the school during recess, every one of us confused about what "came" meant, lol. We had no clue. [/quote]

Well if they had assigned it in class—your adult male English teacher could have explained it to you in detail or you could have gone—line by line—taking turns to share your interpretations of the meaning before he explained it. Or maybe you would have been quizzed on how you think the character was feeling in that moment. Or maybe you would be asked to share a similar experience in a small group discussion. These are normal classroom literary discussion options that I think would feel very uncomfortable for both the students and the teacher when explicit material is the theme.
And since the letter did not detail how this explicit content would be addressed/discussed/reviewed in the context of the classroom (are they reading passages aloud? Writing comparative essays centered around these topics? Reading these passages silently and then discussing in mixed-gender small groups? With or without guidance of an adult?), we decided to opt out of the in-class intro.
My kid is welcome to read it on her own though, and come to me with questions.[/quote]

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