Anonymous wrote:OMG OP, it's not like they're going to be reading The Happy Hooker in class.
Anonymous wrote:I’m the furthest thing from a prude or a book banner. I’m a former high school English teacher and am now a therapist. I’m also the parent of a socially immature boy with ADHD, very little filter and poor reasoning skills, and I see plenty of other boys who are similar. They don’t need the challenge of reading and discussing borderline explicit material in school. If you think Romeo and Juliet is as explicit as it gets, you are mistaken. I think the warnings are great. I like having the chance to prepare my son for challenging content. I’m not sure every parent has the time or ability to do that, though. I’m also not sure every English teacher has the skills to moderate discussions about sensitive topics. There is no SOL standard that requires the reading of books with sexual content, and there is an entire world of literature that educates and broadens the mind without presenting our kids with content they might not be ready for.
Anonymous wrote:Dear Parent/Guardian,
FCPS Policy 3290 requires parental notification when students may encounter instructional materials that contain sexually explicit content. According to the Policy, “sexually explicit content means (i) any description of or (ii) any picture, photograph, drawing, motion picture film, digital image or similar visual representation depicting sexual bestiality, a lewd exhibition of nudity, as nudity is defined in Section 18.2-390, sexual excitement, sexual conduct or sadomasochistic abuse, as also defined in Section 18.2-390, coprophilia, urophilia, or fetishism.”
This letter is to inform you that your student will encounter the following instructional materials that contain sexually explicit content as part of the course named below.
Course: English 9 and English 9 Honors
Omg. WTAF? Is this normal??
Anonymous wrote:The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo.
Anonymous wrote:Youngkin made us go through every book in the curriculum. If ANY sexual content is in there, and that means any, we have to alert the parents. This email sounds insane and it’s actually just to tell you “Hey, your kid is reading Romeo and Juliet which contains a very obtuse joke about penises.” But legally we have to tell you.
-hs teacher
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo.
That’s a hard no.
Why?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo.
That’s a hard no.
Anonymous wrote:I totally thought of the Romeo and Juliet movie we watched in 9th grade too! That's is NOTHING. Calm down. We didn't have the interenet and we weren't even that excited about it in 1989.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo.
That’s a hard no.
Anonymous wrote:I totally thought of the Romeo and Juliet movie we watched in 9th grade too! That's is NOTHING. Calm down. We didn't have the interenet and we weren't even that excited about it in 1989.
Anonymous wrote:The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo.