Anonymous
07/28/2022 21:22
Subject: “Rick” summer reading
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:There is so much time for them to grow up, why are SO many people rushing it?
Because they are growing up right now, even if you wish they weren’t. Many kids going into sixth grade are going to have crushes, even if they don’t act on them. When you have a crush that doesn’t align with your parents’ very clear expectations for you, that can be very stressful, anxiety provoking and upsetting. The kids whose parents have a very narrow view of the “right” way to be need this book the most, to know there is nothing wrong with them if they don’t fit a certain mold.
Not all 10yo kids have crushes. It’s fine if the books are available in the library, but forcing kids to read them is another story.
Anonymous
07/28/2022 21:20
Subject: “Rick” summer reading
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:my 10yo has 2 moms. We don’t discuss our sex life with her or her friends. Would you be ok with your kid coming to our house? What will you say when your kids asks you about us?Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:You don’t need to be pressured into having a sexual preference at ages 10-11. This is absurd. Westland is our home school.
I kind of think the point is that you don’t need to be pressured into being straight
How about boundaries and privacy? Why is anyone discussing sexuality with pre-pubertal tweens? How is this okay?
I’d be fine with my kid going to your house. “Larla has two moms”. Not a big deal. That’s different than drilling a 10 year old about their own sexuality.
+1 million
I have no issue with that and it is much different than forcing my 10yo to read a book for English class that deals with sexuality.
Anonymous
07/28/2022 21:06
Subject: “Rick” summer reading
Anonymous wrote:There is so much time for them to grow up, why are SO many people rushing it?
Because they are growing up right now, even if you wish they weren’t. Many kids going into sixth grade are going to have crushes, even if they don’t act on them. When you have a crush that doesn’t align with your parents’ very clear expectations for you, that can be very stressful, anxiety provoking and upsetting. The kids whose parents have a very narrow view of the “right” way to be need this book the most, to know there is nothing wrong with them if they don’t fit a certain mold.
Anonymous
07/28/2022 21:05
Subject: “Rick” summer reading
Anonymous wrote:my 10yo has 2 moms. We don’t discuss our sex life with her or her friends. Would you be ok with your kid coming to our house? What will you say when your kids asks you about us?Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:You don’t need to be pressured into having a sexual preference at ages 10-11. This is absurd. Westland is our home school.
I kind of think the point is that you don’t need to be pressured into being straight
How about boundaries and privacy? Why is anyone discussing sexuality with pre-pubertal tweens? How is this okay?
I’d be fine with my kid going to your house. “Larla has two moms”. Not a big deal. That’s different than drilling a 10 year old about their own sexuality.
Anonymous
07/28/2022 21:02
Subject: “Rick” summer reading
are you aware there are preteens out there who have considered cutting or other forms of self harm? Have you seen the news articles about elem age kids who commit suicide? Not everyone and every kid fits into your idea of normal and the consequences are awful for those kids and families. Reading Rick and/or George is not rushing anything. You k is what’s rushing? Cell phones, tiktok, Instagram, that’s what kids don’t need yet almost every kid I see now has a cell phone in hand.Anonymous wrote:There is so much time for them to grow up, why are SO many people rushing it?
Anonymous
07/28/2022 21:01
Subject: “Rick” summer reading
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:You don’t need to be pressured into having a sexual preference at ages 10-11. This is absurd. Westland is our home school.
I kind of think the point is that you don’t need to be pressured into being straight
How about boundaries and privacy? Why is anyone discussing sexuality with pre-pubertal tweens? How is this okay?
Not only discussing, unfortunately. MCPS is actively encouraging certain sexual choices. Subtly and sometimes overtly. Even as young as ES. Walk through your kid’s ES library and look at some of the books being ‘highlighted’. You’ll get a feel for what the school is trying to promote.
Just go away. No one is buying your “grooming” bs MoCo. Your slate lost and will continue to lose no matter how much crap you throw around because this is the most educated county in the country.
Anonymous
07/28/2022 20:59
Subject: “Rick” summer reading
my 10yo has 2 moms. We don’t discuss our sex life with her or her friends. Would you be ok with your kid coming to our house? What will you say when your kids asks you about us?Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:You don’t need to be pressured into having a sexual preference at ages 10-11. This is absurd. Westland is our home school.
I kind of think the point is that you don’t need to be pressured into being straight
How about boundaries and privacy? Why is anyone discussing sexuality with pre-pubertal tweens? How is this okay?
Anonymous
07/28/2022 20:56
Subject: Re:“Rick” summer reading
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I do think MCPS has gone very deep into many social justice/political topics in their choice of reading materials. As a contrast, I looked up the summer reading for incoming 6th graders in our old Brooklyn neighborhood. Much more innocuous than the mcps selections.
They don't even have to be innocuous. How about good books? These books are being assigned precisely because of their subject matter, not because they're well written or worth reading.
When i think of all the actual **literature** I read by the time I had graduated from MCPS, it just makes me want to cry. These assignments are a joke.
That school has gone off the deep end. OP, just don't have your child read it.
Wow just wow so many bigots
This is exactly how the liberals in Montgomery County shut down any opposing viewpoints. Call them bigots/racist/transphobic/etc. Never actually addressing parent concerns.
It works very well because it is clear who is in charge at MCPS and the progressive liberal faction has pretty much completely overtaken this entire county and the BOE.
PP, asking MCPS to avoid books like Rick as required reading does NOT make one a bigot.
Well, I expect people would stop calling them bigots if they'd stop advocating bigotry.
Anonymous
07/28/2022 20:45
Subject: “Rick” summer reading
There is so much time for them to grow up, why are SO many people rushing it?
Anonymous
07/28/2022 20:32
Subject: Re:“Rick” summer reading
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I do think MCPS has gone very deep into many social justice/political topics in their choice of reading materials. As a contrast, I looked up the summer reading for incoming 6th graders in our old Brooklyn neighborhood. Much more innocuous than the mcps selections.
They don't even have to be innocuous. How about good books? These books are being assigned precisely because of their subject matter, not because they're well written or worth reading.
When i think of all the actual **literature** I read by the time I had graduated from MCPS, it just makes me want to cry. These assignments are a joke.
That school has gone off the deep end. OP, just don't have your child read it.
Wow just wow so many bigots
So you’d be okay if “Jesus is my Lord and Savior” was required summer reading?
Well, teaching kids in a public school that "Jesus is my Lord and Savior" would violate the constitutional separation of church and state. Having a gay character in a book doesn't.
Anonymous
07/28/2022 20:19
Subject: “Rick” summer reading
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:You don’t need to be pressured into having a sexual preference at ages 10-11. This is absurd. Westland is our home school.
I kind of think the point is that you don’t need to be pressured into being straight
How about boundaries and privacy? Why is anyone discussing sexuality with pre-pubertal tweens? How is this okay?
Not only discussing, unfortunately. MCPS is actively encouraging certain sexual choices. Subtly and sometimes overtly. Even as young as ES. Walk through your kid’s ES library and look at some of the books being ‘highlighted’. You’ll get a feel for what the school is trying to promote.
Anonymous
07/28/2022 20:18
Subject: Re:“Rick” summer reading
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I do think MCPS has gone very deep into many social justice/political topics in their choice of reading materials. As a contrast, I looked up the summer reading for incoming 6th graders in our old Brooklyn neighborhood. Much more innocuous than the mcps selections.
They don't even have to be innocuous. How about good books? These books are being assigned precisely because of their subject matter, not because they're well written or worth reading.
When i think of all the actual **literature** I read by the time I had graduated from MCPS, it just makes me want to cry. These assignments are a joke.
That school has gone off the deep end. OP, just don't have your child read it.
Wow just wow so many bigots
This is exactly how the liberals in Montgomery County shut down any opposing viewpoints. Call them bigots/racist/transphobic/etc. Never actually addressing parent concerns.
It works very well because it is clear who is in charge at MCPS and the progressive liberal faction has pretty much completely overtaken this entire county and the BOE.
PP, asking MCPS to avoid books like Rick as required reading does NOT make one a bigot.
Anonymous
07/28/2022 20:10
Subject: Re:“Rick” summer reading
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I do think MCPS has gone very deep into many social justice/political topics in their choice of reading materials. As a contrast, I looked up the summer reading for incoming 6th graders in our old Brooklyn neighborhood. Much more innocuous than the mcps selections.
They don't even have to be innocuous. How about good books? These books are being assigned precisely because of their subject matter, not because they're well written or worth reading.
When i think of all the actual **literature** I read by the time I had graduated from MCPS, it just makes me want to cry. These assignments are a joke.
That school has gone off the deep end. OP, just don't have your child read it.
Wow just wow so many bigots
It's crazy how so many of these right-wing nutjobs cling to their bigoted notions about others.
One religion has been swapped for another.
Anonymous
07/28/2022 20:09
Subject: “Rick” summer reading
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:You don’t need to be pressured into having a sexual preference at ages 10-11. This is absurd. Westland is our home school.
I kind of think the point is that you don’t need to be pressured into being straight
How about boundaries and privacy? Why is anyone discussing sexuality with pre-pubertal tweens? How is this okay?
Anonymous
07/28/2022 20:06
Subject: Re:“Rick” summer reading
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I do think MCPS has gone very deep into many social justice/political topics in their choice of reading materials. As a contrast, I looked up the summer reading for incoming 6th graders in our old Brooklyn neighborhood. Much more innocuous than the mcps selections.
They don't even have to be innocuous. How about good books? These books are being assigned precisely because of their subject matter, not because they're well written or worth reading.
When i think of all the actual **literature** I read by the time I had graduated from MCPS, it just makes me want to cry. These assignments are a joke.
That school has gone off the deep end. OP, just don't have your child read it.
Wow just wow so many bigots
It's crazy how so many of these right-wing nutjobs cling to their bigoted notions about others.