The Coddling Of The American Minds Analysis
Greg Lukianoff & Jonathan Haidt express their concerns about college students being overprotected. In The Atlantic, the article The Coddling of the American Mind has many cases of students being pampered because a few people were hurt. The authors view was that coddling will not be good for students in the long run. Coddling will not prepare students for the real world because the real world is much harsher than universities are portraying. You would think that universities are preparing students to be adults during the duration of their learning. Instead students are learning unnecessary words that has nothing to do with their major. For instance, the article states that university officials like using “trigger warnings”. Trigger warnings
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People that come from different background has different experiences. It all just depends on the way a person is raised and what they are accustomed to. I believe that the people that were raised being coddled could stop the habit before it goes too far. That’s where the university officials can step in and change it for the better. To where it can be stopped before it gets too bad. Being overly coddled can lead to mental problems or anxiety disorders by the person getting false information.
I agree with the authors, I think that coddling is bad in general with anybody. I personal grew up in a household where my mother basically let us know what to expect in the long run. Nothing was ever hidden from me; if I asked an adult question I learned what it was. As I watched my friends around me and what they learned was totally different from what I learned. I had to learn not to teach them what I knew because they would get in trouble. There are people that grew up with my situation and there are the others that were pampered.
I believe that at least half of the “coddled minds” wonder why they were protected. Always wondering why they didn’t get to hear about particular things until a certain part in their life. It’s not the persons fault, they were always open to the idea of being “straight up” but maybe came to the realization that’s it’s not for
People that come from different background has different experiences. It all just depends on the way a person is raised and what they are accustomed to. I believe that the people that were raised being coddled could stop the habit before it goes too far. That’s where the university officials can step in and change it for the better. To where it can be stopped before it gets too bad. Being overly coddled can lead to mental problems or anxiety disorders by the person getting false information.
I agree with the authors, I think that coddling is bad in general with anybody. I personal grew up in a household where my mother basically let us know what to expect in the long run. Nothing was ever hidden from me; if I asked an adult question I learned what it was. As I watched my friends around me and what they learned was totally different from what I learned. I had to learn not to teach them what I knew because they would get in trouble. There are people that grew up with my situation and there are the others that were pampered.
I believe that at least half of the “coddled minds” wonder why they were protected. Always wondering why they didn’t get to hear about particular things until a certain part in their life. It’s not the persons fault, they were always open to the idea of being “straight up” but maybe came to the realization that’s it’s not for