The Trigger

such practice relieved the transition into a new academic environment. In her The New York Times piece "Why I Use Trigger Warnings" (9/9/15) Kate Manne supports the practice of trigger warnings in the curriculum, however,…

presentation I chose The Trigger: What Gives Rise to a Story? By Debra Spark. Spark argues, weaving together multiple examples throughout her article, that anything can be a trigger for the inspiration of a story. That trigger could be anything: ranging from an object, to a setting, to another story, or even a single word, and varies from person to person. What is a incomplete for one person may not be incomplete for another, which is why everybody has different triggers. And sometimes, a story…

The purpose of this essay to determine if the technological, economic and social development trigger the movement of people around the world. By researching the technological advancements of industrial revolution and how it impact on Britain by economically and socially, to prove that the hypothesis is incorrect. During the industrial Revolution there were significant modifications and developments, which played a great role not only on Britain but different countries around the world.…

Trigger Warnings Many students believe a professor should warn students about content being taught in the class that might offend the student, these are called trigger warnings. Do trigger warnings do a service for the student or a disservice? Triger warnings do a disservice by limiting the student’s right to acquire knowledge, limiting others’ rights to gain knowledge and denying the student’s ability to participate in academic discourse. Students believe trigger warnings do them a service…

However, many people believe that trigger warnings stunt this ability and, thus, negates the purpose of a college education. This is the ideal shown throughout authors Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt’s “The Coddling of the American Mind”. Throughout this piece, Lukianoff and Haidt discuss the practices of trigger warnings and determine whether or not it is truly essential in a college education. To comprehend this piece further, Lukianoff and Haidt define a “trigger warning” as “alerts that…

until the dam bursts and a migraine headache is triggered. What causes migraines, or triggers them, varies from individual to individual. What affects one person won't have the slightest affect on others. Migraine triggers are very personal. The experience of many who suffer from these headaches is that a particular food or mix of foods will tip them over the edge into a headache. The problem with food triggers is that science can find no common basis for them. There is no conclusive evidence…

Kathleen, the motion of today’s debate is “This house supports the use of trigger warnings in a university setting”. As established earlier by Bea, triggers are mentions of people, places, things or situations that can evoke symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Reactions to these triggers are generally relative to the those experiencing it, and are highly unpredictable. In present, there are quite a number of triggers for PTSD, the most common ones being, war stress, sudden death, graphic…

Published in September of 2015 by The Atlantic, “The Coddling of the American Mind” by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt describes how the overuse of trigger warnings is ruining students’ education and their ways of thinking, while also addressing steps to counteract this crisis. The authors’ main argument states that students are starting to implement an ideology that erases any mention of words or ideas that could potentially offend them or students around them. Lukianoff and Haidt argue that…

handgun to own and use. One important part of the gun safety mechanisms is the trigger safety. A glock gun has a 2 part trigger assembly that must be pulled together to make the trigger go back. Both parts have to be pulled at the same time or else the trigger will not move and this creates a safer gun. If the gun is dropped or a stick or something gets inside the trigger guard, there is a high probability that the trigger will…

on handling urges and cravings. Group activity included learning the patterns of U&C, utilizing the handout to identify personal internal and external triggers to U&C, and learning skills to handle U&C without the use of alcohol or substance(s). PO was on time for group and moderately participated in the group activity. PO identified his triggers as family problems, physical discomfort, and old friends. PO shared examples of how he would handle/manage U&C with peers, such as addressing…