Today, Americans face a wide array of controversy and conflict with people of different opinions, appearance, and interests. This unfortunate but inevitable circumstance can occur really anywhere. While it is impossible to eradicate this problem everywhere, college students think it is plausible and practical to rid college campuses of words and ideas they don’t like, according to The Coddling of the American Mind. In my opinion, present-day student’s sensitivity is far too visible and excessive when it comes to material in a classroom. Obviously, certain topics such as bigotry and racism are unacceptable in all circumstances, but other material should not be censored because it is important to learn from iffy topics and is not fair to others
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There is also another side to this opinion and it extends past academic purposes: it is courtesy. Students from all around the country and world have worked hard their entire lives and made great financial sacrifices to be able to come to America and receive a top-notch college education. In a 2014 study, The Cooperative Institutional Research Program at the Higher Education Research Institute at U.C.L.A. asked the freshman class how important certain reasons for going college were. 70.6% of the class said it was very important that they come to university to gain a general education and appreciation for ideas. (Rampell) With students being sensitive on campuses and in classrooms, they are restricting their peers from getting the most out of their education that does not come cheap these days. While certain topics of conversation, such as hatred, racism, and bigotry should never be tolerated on college campuses, students need to refrain from being overly sensitive to certain subjects because it is important to gain awareness through genuine and productive conversations. Banning words or ideas goes directly against our country's ideals of free expression and prohibits students from getting the true college experience, which is to explore complex, and often controversial
There is also another side to this opinion and it extends past academic purposes: it is courtesy. Students from all around the country and world have worked hard their entire lives and made great financial sacrifices to be able to come to America and receive a top-notch college education. In a 2014 study, The Cooperative Institutional Research Program at the Higher Education Research Institute at U.C.L.A. asked the freshman class how important certain reasons for going college were. 70.6% of the class said it was very important that they come to university to gain a general education and appreciation for ideas. (Rampell) With students being sensitive on campuses and in classrooms, they are restricting their peers from getting the most out of their education that does not come cheap these days. While certain topics of conversation, such as hatred, racism, and bigotry should never be tolerated on college campuses, students need to refrain from being overly sensitive to certain subjects because it is important to gain awareness through genuine and productive conversations. Banning words or ideas goes directly against our country's ideals of free expression and prohibits students from getting the true college experience, which is to explore complex, and often controversial