Mind

A shift is being made to rid college campuses of offensive, racial, or sexist material and topics. In the September 2015 issue of The Atlantic, authors Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt poignantly title their article “The Coddling of the American Mind” and investigate why U.S. college students are demanding censorship in their studies and “trigger warnings” on the syllabus’ (Lukianoff and Haidt). A crusade is taking place across college campuses everywhere to rid subject matter and discussions…

challenges for any young adult. An intricate aspect of higher education is the exposure to a variety of culture and opinions. But in colleges and schools across America education is being severely limited. In their article “Coddling of the American Mind”, Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt, show that stifling the education of America’s youth is not only detrimental to their education but also harmful to their mental health. They successfully provoke the urgency to address the desolation of…

can effectively provide insight into their moral realm. A president that frequently utilizes subtle religious rhetoric is also providing his listeners with an understanding of his moral beliefs. As Jonathan Haidt illustrates in his book The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion, people’s decisions and actions are driven by their emotional and moral beliefs subconsciously, and the logic and reasoning people provide to defend these decisions and actions are developed…

Most of who we are is influenced by hidden forces. In the movie “A Beautiful Mind” the main character, John Nash shows his personality by the theory of psychoanalysis because of his id. His id takes control and tells him what to do. The id is the bad, it tells him to do the wrong thing and not to care about what everyone else is…

The doctrines of unique worth of human beings are based on biblical scriptures and revelations. The assertions are similar to Laudato Si’s divine mind. According to Laudato Si Si’s, human beings were created in the image of God. He created man and woman in his image. The concept became the Christological basis of human dignity placing them above the other creations. Laudato Si further states that human beings are the core of God’s nature and they have a major responsibility for taking care of…

The seniors of the BFA and BA dance programs at the University of Florida put together the show Mind Your Step. This show incorporated many different styles of work from both students and dance faculty. This semester’s showcase was quite different the showcase in the spring entitled Being, which featured several very similar dances. This time no dance was alike and some looked as if they had been created by a professional dance company. The first dance of the evening was Psalms of Mass…

unbelievable speed as users share links with each other, meaning that breaking news can reach hundreds of millions of people exactly as it is occurring. The speed of news has been able to save lives and promote assistance. In Steven Pinker’s essay “Mind over Mass Media, the author argues about the effects of technologies on mental development. Pinker believes that technology is very valuable, and it keeps people smart. To prove his argument, he brings up several points to look at when…

In The Minds Of Psychopaths “I think a lot of psychopaths are just geniuses who drove so fast that they lost control” ~Criss Jami. Anyone can reach their breaking point where so much is going on in their lives that they cannot take it anymore which causes them to go crazy. When it comes to the issue of psychopaths, people debate if it is the nature or nurture of a person’s life that pushes them to the point of becoming a psychopath. In the cases of Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, and Pedro Lopez, the…

engagement was “goal setting”. I don’t know about you, but when I achieve a challenging goal, I’m more motivated to keep reaching higher and with a more intense focus as I engage myself with a more driven passion. Oh my gosh, I’m loving this book, “Mind Gym”. “Goal setting is a master skill for personal growth and peak performance.” I’m thinking “Growth vs Fixed mindsets”. “Without goals, where will you go in life? If you don’t know where you are headed, you’re probably going to end up…

A Journey into the Mind of a Writer As I walked into her room filled with noisy students, I reminisced about the memories I had in her class. I made my way to my old desk, sat in it, and remembered the time when I fell on my butt because my friend pulled my chair out from under me. I also remembered the time when I tripped on a backpack and hit my back against the closet, causing all the trophies that were showcased on top of it to wobble, which almost fell on my head. I started to chuckle, but…