Original: Lukianoff/Haidt are too harsh in saying completely abolish trigger warnings. These men are fixed on the idea of freedom of speech but apparently have no compassion for what these freedoms might incur within students. Freedom of speech is extremely important so long as you are not harming those around you. Part of being human is having experiences that change you and it is the duty of your peers to make sure that they aren’t causing more distress to you…

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Dweck states, “From their more fixed mindset perspective, their intelligence had been up for judgment, and they failed. Instead of luxuriating in the power of yet, they were gripped in the tyranny of now” (00:35).  Dweck’s idea of a fixed mindset can be applied to many different situations. Most definitely, it can be applied to any situation were someone has been put in an uncomfortable situation, such as when a trigger warning has not been used. L/H state, “According to…

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My biggest concern with my paper was the insufficient background I gave for the sources. I definitely need to actually explain the article and ted talk instead of just dropping them in and assuming the reader has already read and analyzed the sources. Mackie liked the paragraph where I really let my own opinions shine through. She said “This entire paragraph is you summarizing your ideas while still pulling in aspects of both the texts. I really like this entire…

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Choose three of your quotes from your draft. Practice revising the signal phrase to better introduce the source material AND make sure to add the appropriate parenthetical citation to the end of each. They believe that trigger warnings can do no good and only cause more harm.  Lukianoff/Haidt state, “According to the most-basic tenets of psychology, helping people with anxiety disorders avoid the things they fear is misguided” (paragraph 4). They believe allowing people to be shielded from their fears…

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Putting Dweck into a sentence (or two). Write a sentence or two that briefly describes what Dweck’s talk is about. (This may be part of an eventual introduction.) Dweck believes that in order to succeed not only in school, but in life in general, one must possess a growth mindset. 2. Putting Lukianoff/Haidt into a sentence (or two). Write a sentence or two that briefly describes what L & H’s article is about. (This may be part of an eventual…

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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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