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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know this a FFX thread but my kid is in Falls Church City and as a 9th grader read:
- The Hate U Give
- Make Lemonade
- Romeo and Juliet
- The Odyssey
- Of Mice and Men 
- To Kill a Mockingbird
- Ender’s Game (independent read chosen out of 10, I think choices)
- Never Let Me Go (ditto)

I think that is a pretty balanced list!
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Off topic—but as someone who opted their kid out of reading the Poet X book ( just too graphic), I wish my 9th grader would have been assigned to read more than just four books all year long.  [/quote]

serious question - how does your child feel about you opting them out?  I can't imagine treating my teen like a little kid like that.[/quote]

As a teen, I had my mom opt me out of high school sex Ed. I didn’t want to be hearing about it from a teacher who was old enough to be my grandparent, in a class with an creepy boy who wanted to date me. No thanks.

Nor do I think high schoolers should be assigned books with explicit sexual content by their teacher. When I think about my (all male) high school English teachers assigning me books to read about sex and blow jobs it is highly disturbing. [/quote]

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