As new students enroll into college they tend to find out what they really want to do in life but in this case this is about the protection of that student. Some students want the need to feel like they are safe from anything that can harm them. Some think that being hurt can be used by words or even ideas that students don't agree with. This is something that is currently happening on college campuses today. To be convinced that something like this is happening to college students two authors went ahead and found some interesting research to show that this is actually happening. In “The Coddling of the American Mind” Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt the article explains how college students are being offended with words or ideas that affect
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The way the authors have structured this article by stating what is the problem, what is really causing all the these problems to happen, and lastly what is the way to fix this problem on college campuses. They start off by say how having certain words and ideas to be restricted and how this is doing more harm than it is doing good and how the punishment for causing someone harm by the use of certain words and ideas just because that person got offended. Then the authors continue to say that one of the reasons why college students are being offended is because of overprotectiveness and how it started. “Stories of abducted children appeared more frequently in the news, and in 1984, images of them began showing up on milk cartons. In response, many parents pulled in the reins and worked harder to keep their children safe.” (Lukianoff & Haidt) They also go on to tell you have how it could be a mental illness that could be another factor in the matter of being offended so easily.
In the essay “The Coddling of the American Mind” by Lukianoff and Haidt have come to a conclusion as to what the students can do about this problem. “...colleges should do all they can to equip students to thrive in
The way the authors have structured this article by stating what is the problem, what is really causing all the these problems to happen, and lastly what is the way to fix this problem on college campuses. They start off by say how having certain words and ideas to be restricted and how this is doing more harm than it is doing good and how the punishment for causing someone harm by the use of certain words and ideas just because that person got offended. Then the authors continue to say that one of the reasons why college students are being offended is because of overprotectiveness and how it started. “Stories of abducted children appeared more frequently in the news, and in 1984, images of them began showing up on milk cartons. In response, many parents pulled in the reins and worked harder to keep their children safe.” (Lukianoff & Haidt) They also go on to tell you have how it could be a mental illness that could be another factor in the matter of being offended so easily.
In the essay “The Coddling of the American Mind” by Lukianoff and Haidt have come to a conclusion as to what the students can do about this problem. “...colleges should do all they can to equip students to thrive in