Profanity In Classroom

Profanity is something that everyone has dealt with at some point in their life. The wall street journal says, “At street level and in popular culture, Americans are freer with profanity now than ever before.” In a day and age where Americans are comfortable using profanity, it must be analyzed as to where it is appropriate to use profanity. In a college classroom, students are pushed to get out of their comfort zones and grow in intelligence. Profanity might be a tool that a professor uses to get the students to listen and learn. However, in the classroom, profanity should not be considered acceptable or appropriate. Profanity should not be considered acceptable in the college classroom because profanity is unprofessional. Profanity …show more content…
Some people are just plainly and simply uncomfortable at the use of profanity no matter the location. Some have grown up with a set of morals that makes them feel completely awkward in the setting of profanity. Colleen Young, a students from Buff State, says,
I can also name teachers who not only pardon swear words in their classroom, but also use them casually or humorously in their lectures. Not only does it make me uncomfortable, but it also disappoints me knowing that my classmates look up to these professors as profoundly successful and accomplished people who cuss as if they never learned not to.
If there is profanity in the classroom, a student might not be able to learn anything because they are so awkward with being surrounded by profanity. Although this can be avoided if the student just drops the class, it is not good for a student to drop any required class. Now, if the student decides to stick through the class, they might fail because they are incapable of being comfortable in a setting that contains profanity. The use of profanity a professor implements can ruin the education plan of a student, which is the last thing any college wants. If a professor just resists from using profanity, these issues can be fully