In order for this to happen, students must be challenged. And they need to learn to engage rationally with ideas, arguments and views they find difficult, upsetting or even repulsive. On this count, I also agree with the critics as Kate does. However, what we are trying to discuss is “Should college professors use trigger warnings on their course materials?”. As far as I am concerned, people cannot deny a fact that there are all kinds of students from different cultures, backgrounds, families, etc. (not to mention some students with some bad memories, such as rape, sexual assault, suicide or even worse, they should be taken good care of). Accordingly, as college professors, they should consider the distinctions among students. If college professors do not use trigger warnings on their course materials, some students must feel uncomfortable or recall some miserable memories when they encounter some strong materials. Using trigger warnings gives students the opportunity to choose voluntarily if they want to see the materials or …show more content…
The ultimate aim, it seems, is to turn campuses into “safe spaces” where young adults are shielded from words and ideas that make some uncomfortable. And more than the last, this movement seeks to punish anyone who interferes with that aim, even accidentally. You might call this impulse vindictive protectiveness. It is creating a culture in which everyone must think twice before speaking up, lest they face charges of insensitivity, aggression, or worse.’ That is not the purpose of giving trigger warnings. And the consequence of trigger warnings are exaggerated. Using trigger warnings is to help students choose whether or not they continue reading the materials, not to create a vulnerable culture that people should do everything too carefully. Peggy Noonan said, ‘There is no such thing as safety. That is asking too much of life. You can’t expect those around you to constantly accommodate your need for safety. That is asking too much of people.’ That is the truth, but campuses are not the real society. Students there deserve a good environment to study and research. Of course, to some degree, they need to be taught what the society is and what kind of people or things they might meet in the