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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]FCPS is truly going downhill.

Excerpts from The Poet X: the other girls call me conceited. Ho. Thot. Fast.
When your body takes up more room than your voice
you are always the target of well-aimed rumors,
which is why I let my knuckles talk for me.
Which is why I learned to shrug when my name was replaced
by insults.

And I get all this attention from guys  but it’s like a sancocho of emotions.
This stew of mixed-up ingredients: partly flattered they think I’m attractive, partly scared they’re only interested in my ass and boobs, and a good measure of Mami-will-kill-me fear sprinkled on top.

Good girls don’t wear tampones. Are you still a virgin? Are you having relations?”
I didn’t know how to answer her, I could only cry. She shook her head and told me to skip church that day. Threw away the box of tampons, saying they were for cueros. That she would buy me pads. Said eleven was too young. That she would pray on my behalf.
I didn’t understand what she was saying. But I stopped crying. I licked at my split lip. I prayed for the bleeding to stop.

Yeah, no, my kid isn’t going to be reading this crap. This is so ridiculous. [/quote]

This is what you find offensive?  You've got to be kidding me 🤦. Let me guess, you threw a fit about Turning Red as well?  What do you think is appropriate reading for a 14 year old?  Nancy Drew?  [/quote]

I don’t see any boys being able to relate to this crap. I don’t think they need to be exposed to vocabulary such as “thot” or “ho” and I don’t think they need to be discussing tampon use and virginity. [/quote]

Are you kidding? Let's take apart your idiotic statement:

I don't see any boys being able to relate to this crap.  -- Part of the point of literature is to help students understand different view points. Seems like it would be beneficial for boys to understand a girl's perspective on puberty.

Exposed to vocabulary... -- Your boys have already heard and said far worse. Welcome to the real world.

Tampon use. -- What the f is wrong with you if you think boys need to be protected from learning about menstruation. I guess you better pull them out of biology to.

Virginity. -- Do you also forbid them from reading about Mary?[/quote]

Like I said, FCPS is going downhill. Meanwhile private schools are reading classics such as “Lord of the Flies”, “A Tale of Two Cities”…I wonder who will be better prepared for college. [/quote]

Lord of the Flies barely qualifies as a classic since it wasn't written until the 1950s. It's ironic that you cite that as an acceptable book. It's the eighth most banned or challenged book in the US. I'd be surprised if you're OK with it if you've actually read it.[/quote]

Lord of the flies is so violent.  I think there is more to learn from poet x than from lord of the flies.  I think they are both worth reading however.[/quote]

+1 and it's interesting that the PP is ok with the violence of Lord of the Flies vs very minor references in Poet X. [/quote]

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