For Wednesday, read this piece and come with your thoughts on the following discussion questions:
- What is the relationship between free expression and inclusive environments in higher education?
- What subjects might you find difficult to discuss in J676?
- Have you ever felt directly threatened as a result of some characteristic of yours, such as your age or religion or political ideology? If not threatened, bullied? If neither, treated badly in any way?
- Do you buy the authors’ arguments?
College students are increasingly demanding protection from words and ideas they don’t like. Here’s why that’s disastrous for education.
Source: How Trigger Warnings Are Hurting Mental Health on Campus – The Atlantic
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