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Good for them
Edit: them being the college board
What exactly is good about this? It’s a psychology course. You don’t think that gender and sexuality are included in psychology?
Edit- retracted after op edit
I think they meant good on the AP board for not folding. A cursory look at their profile reveals them to be a lesbian so that’s the most likely explanation here, I think.
That is in fact what I was saying. I had hoped my username would convey my position on lgbt people sufficiently. Sorry for any misconceptions.
Your username definitely threw me off
It takes like thirty seconds to click on their profile, to read “lez” in their username and put two and two together.
It’s not really benefit of the doubt I’m 99.99% sure that’s what OP meant
Their username is literally "captainlezbian", I guess it could sarcastic though
That the college board refused to cave. I think it’s a dangerous precedent if they had.
My bad, totally misunderstood.
You wouldn't ban the teaching of material science to a future civil engineer.
You wouldn't ban the teaching of chemistry to a future pharmacist.
You wouldn't ban the teaching of aerodynamic sciences to a future car designer.
Why would you ban the teaching of gender identity and sexuality to a future psychologist if it's a core piece of knowledge required to excel at their profession?
Yeah you really shouldn’t. Hence good for the college board for not caving to the demands to erase the hard fought acknowledgement of people like myself’s experiences
Probably because the people behind these changes by-and-large don't believe psychologists are needed. If you have any problems you should consult your pastor or something.
Pray the cray away?
If you have any problems you're a useful scapegoat. They don't want to give that up.