Florida Bans AP Psychology Course
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Anonymous
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“The state of Florida ‘effectively banned’ a second Advanced Placement course as noncompliant with its newly enacted standards, this time barring hundreds of districts from offering a psychology class as long as it includes discussion of gender and sexual orientation,”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/08/03/florida-bans-ap-psychology-class/ Can't help but wonder how far down the rabbit hole this will go. This will effectively cost Florida students and parents thousands of dollars each, for the courses that the students can no longer place out of. |
Anonymous
| Not only that, will prestigious universities want to admit Florida school grads who will probably have major gaps in their education? Can students sue the state government for hindering their college acceptance outcomes? Oh, and Prager U videos are just fine in Florida! |
Anonymous
| This is nuts. DeSantis and his ilk are ostriches. Ridiculous! |
Anonymous
| I took AP psychology in FL. Why is the course now talking about gender and sexual orientation? Those aren't in the DSM |
Anonymous
| Me thinks AP Bio will be next. Poor kids! |
Anonymous
+1 |
Anonymous
| We have worked with many psychologists and practices and now days they are way over the top on LGBTQ, he him., She her they them rather that work with anxiety and other standard mental health issues. Even for eating disorders the practice made everyone give pronouns and talk about LGBTQ inclusion, wtf |
Anonymous
probably because you took in many many years ago. Times change. It's like if a history class never changed and only taught the white man's version of history. Oh wait, FL wants to do that, too. |
Anonymous
+1 slippery slope. First it was, "Oh, it's only K-3 we don't want indoctrinated in DEI".. not it's "HSers taking college level courses shouldn't be learning about sexuality and gender topics". Up next: AP history classes shouldn't teach about the Trail of Tears or the internment of Japanese Americans or how bad slavery was because of white fragility. |
Anonymous
If the course you took in FL never mentioned gender or sexual orientation, it was either already censored or you are old enough that your education occurred at a time when those things were considered disorders, in the way that DeSantis and his ostrich brigade would like. From the College Board committee that developed the AP psychology curriculum in question: "As a committee, we affirm that gender and sexual orientation are essential, longstanding, and foundational topics in the study of psychology. College-level introductory psychology students will encounter gender and sexual orientation as topics of study. Psychology graduates go on to pursue a range of careers and must be able to successfully navigate professional environments that will require familiarity with these concepts. To best prepare these students for college placement and careers in psychology, the topic on gender and sexual orientation will continue to be required in AP Psychology." https://newsroom.collegeboard.org/statement-ap-psychology-and-florida |
Anonymous
Why would you think that? |
Anonymous
LGBTQ people have higher rates of "anxiety and other standard mental health issues" than the rest of the population. Sorry that talking about their issues made you uncomfortable. It sounds like your kid has beyond the "standard mental health issues" if you are seeing "many psychologists and practices" including an eating disorder clinic. Consider focusing on that rather than getting upset about pronouns like a child. |
Anonymous
When did you take it? As always, curricula never stay stagnant. They get revised for new knowledge or account for changes/movements in societies. According to collegeboard they estimate a whopping 1 class period for the concept "Gender & Sexual Orientation". Should it be hushed up because it was something that was not talked about 30 years ago? Does that make it inherently bad to update curricula? https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/media/pdf/ap-psychology-course-at-a-glance.pdf |
Anonymous
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The bigger concern should be that this
Sort of censorship doesn’t just happen in high schools but also in universities. A family friend is getting a master’s in counseling from a Florida university. For degrees that require licensing like a doctorate in psychology or a licensed clinical social worker, these students may not be eligible for a nationally recognized degree. Their university departments may also lose the accreditation necessary to issue these nationally recognized degrees. I am even wondering about a Florida teaching license and whether it will transfer to other states. I am Thinking of the situation several years back where a biology graduate from Liberty couldn’t get licensed to teach in public schools because they never had coursework in evolution etc. |
Anonymous
If that's true, then Floridians have a few choices: 1. vote out extremist Rs 2. Move 3. Only get jobs in FL |