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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Parent here. Have been mostly happy w GDS HS english and related faculty.

This fall, one of the HS grades as started out by studying the following topics:

Queer Studies, CRT, Marxist Theory, Intersectionality, Structuralism Theory

Serious old person question - why are these taught in ENGLISH rather than in a special elective class? Isn't english for the study of literature. I get it - literature is a window into humanity....but really? I also get it - it's GDS but this is a core class all students must take.

And there was even an op-ed in student paper last week from a student very unhappy with the single-minded bias faculty show and the lack of oxygen they provide for dissenting views.

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[b]This has to be a troll.[/b] Critical race theory is legal scholarship, no way they’d be teaching it in HS English, unless the person teaching it doesn’t understand what it is. Sounds like a Maga trump fan making fun of GDS’ wokism.[/quote]

I'm not OP but can vouch that this Not a Troll post - go to GDS Open House and they happily list the English books per grade. It's really different from any other school. [/quote]

I’m the OP. Honestly this is not a troll. This is the core English class for an upper grade in the high school. Truly really. [/quote]

I'm the PP - Yes I know - this is for the regular Grade level English classes that everyone has to take. Not a specialty class or an elective you choose as you get to 12th grade. It was eye opening that there seemed to be NO classic books at all. [/quote]

Can you name the books please?[/quote]

No because our child chose to go somewhere else and this was 4-5 years ago. Someone from GDS will have to share their child's 9th/10th grade English reading list.[/quote]

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