Since most universities provide reasonable accommodations for students with physical and learning needs—why not emotional? The concept of trigger warnings and safe spaces is a brilliant idea, that provides students with trauma, the opportunity to prepare for potentially graphic content in the classroom. Trigger warnings and safe spaces have adversely impacted the way Millennials convey information. Ultimately giving them the freedom to implement the voice of change. Equally important, encouraging students to express when they are feeling stressed. Universities looking to implement safe spaces should incorporate continuous psychiatric services, as well as buddy systems for freshmen students'. This change will allow college students' to connect
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To begin the academic year, freshmen received a letter from the University of Chicago explaining that the University would not offer trigger warnings nor safe spaces for students who may become triggered by content offered in the classroom. Specifically, she then indicates that, "we provide trigger warnings because they give survivors of various stripes the option to assess whether they're in a state of mind to deal with triggering material before they stumble across …show more content…
Some students' are so outraged they have begun to call safe spaces dangerous, since no real therapy is provided, leaving only the illusion that they feel safe. According to Shulevitz many professors have begun to loathe instructional learning, fearing that they may hurt students' feelings. "Shield them from unfamiliar ideas, and they’ll never learn the discipline of seeing the world as other people see it"
To begin the academic year, freshmen received a letter from the University of Chicago explaining that the University would not offer trigger warnings nor safe spaces for students who may become triggered by content offered in the classroom. Specifically, she then indicates that, "we provide trigger warnings because they give survivors of various stripes the option to assess whether they're in a state of mind to deal with triggering material before they stumble across …show more content…
Some students' are so outraged they have begun to call safe spaces dangerous, since no real therapy is provided, leaving only the illusion that they feel safe. According to Shulevitz many professors have begun to loathe instructional learning, fearing that they may hurt students' feelings. "Shield them from unfamiliar ideas, and they’ll never learn the discipline of seeing the world as other people see it"