Controversy

Why Trigger Warnings can not be Implemented In recent discussions of trigger warnings, a controversial issue has been whether college and universities should enforce this movement that prevent students from being exposed to important academic content. A trigger warning is, according to the article The Coddling of the Mind by Jonathan Haidt and Greg Lukianoff, “Alerts that professors are expected to issue if something in a course might cause a strong emotional response” (Haidt, Lukianoff). These…

Task 4: Factors Affecting Group Interaction Effective communication is important in groups because if communication is not effective then the group members will not cooperate or trust each other, this results in more conflict arising. If the members question each other, disagree with one another, share ideas and interact then communication will be effective, this results in the group cooperating and trusting each other; leading to the success of the group. Bales Theory Bale 's theory is based…

Teaching controversial issues in the classroom through discussion is the most beneficial method for students to learn about these matters because it teaches them how to be open-minded, think critically about their own beliefs, and forces them to master their public speaking and interpersonal skills. The benefits of using discussions in classrooms to teach contentious topics are endless but the three previously mentioned have proven to be the most valuable by students, teachers, and parents…

Week 7 written assignment –Critical thinking and disputes Recently there was an argument with between a friend and his sister. The sister wanted to go to school but the brother was against it, believing that school was being used as a reason to get out of the house, be with friends whilst ignoring her obligations in the household. The debate became heated and the brother begrudgingly let the sister go. He stayed behind and did the chores in a sour mood, believing that he had been duped, thus his…

In America, free speech has been a privilege that has been used to its extent but that has also been criticized and censored. In the current state of our country, free speech has been both expressed and censored to a maximum because of different viewpoints that people have. The people who are trying to censor everyone else’s free speech do so because of various reasons that are essentially harming to our country as a whole. The reasons that cause for censorship of certain forms of free speech…

Learning Activity #4: Objective vs Subjective Exercise How and why understanding the differences between objective and subjected statements, reasoning will help me achieve academic success? Because of the formula and methodology used which is often used in mainstream media, books, programs, films, movies, articles, music, religion and a plethora of other different genre’s we are often misinformed or given a half- truth on a particular subject and therefore as the general population, we don’t…

SPED Module 10 In this discussion, examine how school districts can ensure that parents are actively and meaningfully involved in the special education process. Stated another way, how are procedural safeguards implemented in day-to-day administrative practice to ensure that parents are involved in their children’s education. Give specific examples that relate to the content in the chapter and instructor notes. Safeguards ensuring that parents would be involved in planning their child’s…

Research Question 3: What is the level of community college student agreement with what inhibits collaboration in online courses? To further develop an understanding of participant experiences with collaboration in online courses, research question 3 seeks to find out the level of agreement student survey participants rate seven (7) factors that inhibit collaboration in online courses. Much like the previous question that asked participants to rate their level of agreement to the benefits of…

Between the two articles “Vaccine Controversies” and “Parents of Autistic Children…” the corresponding authors, Philippines Daily Inquirer and Jane Fullerton Lemon choose two separate forms of diction to make their articles strongly represent their argument. Jane Fullerton Lemon, who wrote “Vaccine Controversies”, uses a form of diction that villainizes the idea of vaccination in adolescents. When discussing vaccinations…

The Controversies Of Judo The controversies that judo is solely a sport martial art and does not well apply to self-defense are endless. However, I personally believe that judo is one of the best martial arts to defend one's self. The majority of people say that the lack of strike and kick training in judo results in vulnerability. Others say that the heavy use of the 'GI' (practice uniform) is just crippling the players for “real life” circumstances. There's also the argument that there's too…