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1. Write 150 words (minimum) that explore some preliminary ideas you have for relating Dweck’s mindset ideas and some of Lukianoff/Haidt’s ideas  I believe there are some very obvious similarities between these ideas. Dweck’s idea of a fixed mindset, I believe, can be seen in Lukianoff and Haidt’s idea that trigger warnings are keeping people stuck in their anxieties. Dweck claims that those with a fixed mindset believe the cannot become better or they are stuck on believing they are…

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2. “These examples may seem extreme, but the reasoning behind them has become more commonplace on campus in recent years” (para. 26). Explain this reasoning in your own words and quote from the text in your response. Also, consider the claim critically. Do you agree? Why or why not? Give reasons! This reasoning is that people appear to be able to become offended by almost anything these days. The authors state, “The thin argument “I’m offended” becomes an unbeatable trump…

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1. The authors define (and italicize) the terms microaggressions and trigger warnings and offer a set of examples they think “border on the surreal.” They draw a distinction between what they term “political correctness” of the 1980s and 1990s and what they think is happening today. What, on their view, is that difference and why does it matter for education? What do you make of their ideas in the first section of the article? Be sure to quote from the text in your response….

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Dweck offers two key terms, Growth Mindset and Fixed Mindset. Explain these two concepts. Use a Dweck quote for each as part of your explanation. Be sure to offer your explanation in a way that a friend might understand. These two terms were used to describe the mindsets of children while in school. Growth Mindset, as Dweck said, is when children “understood that their abilities could be developed”. This means that these children have the knowledge that their skills are…

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