We Are The Triggered Generation Analysis

She then goes to point out that is the reason she uses trigger warnings. She also makes a point that trigger warnings can only be beneficial. It takes minimal effort to point out that there may be triggering material in a lecture or a reading. For the students who haven’t experienced some kind of trauma, they may either brush the warning off, or it may make them realize other students may find the material triggering and “sensitize”

Throughout the past few years people have started to become more cautious of what they say and do in public because everyone reacts differently to all kinds of things and it is not hard to offend someone. In the essay “Coddling of the American Mind” by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt, they discuss the rise of microaggression, which fosters a culture where young adults are sheltered from concepts that give offense. They focus on the idea of removing offensive words, ideas, and subjects from college campuses because they believe it is disastrous to protect the words and ideas that may cause “microaggression” from college students. In order to persuade the readers that colleges are distorting and coddling the minds of their students, Lukianoff and Haidt use modes of persuasion, examples, and definitions.

In the article “The Beat Up Generation,” Abby Ellin claims that the negative way other generations view the millennials may all be wrong; instead, the millennials are preparing for the world most generations are opposing. Ellin declares in her article that the millennials are shown to be the most disliked generation; their ideas collide with those in the Baby Boomers and the Gen-Xers causing confusion. Constantly, Articles are being thrown out about the millennials “incompetence” and their “self-absorbed” behavior which only causes more hatred according to Ellin. However, she continues to state that millennials are no more selfish than the previous generations; in fact, millennials are only trying to discover new ways for “communication and

Twenge researched and analyzed trends in mental health over four different generations. The most recent and current generation being named iGen (internet generation) had a massive spike in mental health issues when plotted on a graph and this was proven to be directly related to social media. The authors explain that our current generation isn’t able to cope with “rude” or “offensive” ideas as the trend grows for protecting our kids from harmful words. Thus, directly affecting the education style of Liberal Science where sparked debates in class is optimal for

Trigger words are common-throughout anyone’s daily life. Imagine this, an elderly women loses her husband of fifty years. The man kept a four leaf clover in his pocket at all times for good luck. Did the world completely eliminate four leaf clovers from the world to accommodate her loss? No, not at all— the elderly women had to mentally prepare herself to handle the mental distress that could come. Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt in wrote an article in September of 2015 titled, “The Coddling of the American Mind.” This article covers overall mental health mostly in American college students. The students demand security from words and ideas that are uncomfortable in the learning environment. Lukianoff and Haidt cover every aspect concerning the views through the students, therapist, professors, and even the general public. There is a serious epidemic of micro-aggressions, trigger words, and an over-use of vindictive protectiveness. The two author’s ideals stated within are realistic, however, getting to the conclusion is a bit hectic and spastically placed throughout.

Furthermore, today’s youth feel pressured by the problems left by older generations. Our country’s massive, growing debt, nuclear warheads, decade-long

“A movement is arising, undirected and driven largely by students, to scrub campuses clean of words, ideas, and subjects that might cause discomfort or give offense” (Lukianoff and Haidt 44). Colleges are sheltering their students from words and ideas that students do not like or are found to be offensive. Affecting their education and cognitive skills, scientists are warning colleges to refrain from coddling the students and allowing other viewpoints to be spoken. People are speaking their minds, saying their own views; however, some people are over sensitive and take these viewpoints offensively. In the article “The Coddling of the American Mind,” Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt successfully argues using rhetorical questions, specific examples, and affective visuals that protecting college students from words and ideas deteriorates their education and mental health.

In “The Coddling of the American Mind,” from The Atlantic Monthly, the authors claim, “what are we doing to our students if we encourage them to develop extra-thin skin just before they leave the cocoon of adult protection?” (Lukianoff and Haidt). Professors who enforce trigger warnings cause their students to be unprepared for adulthood they face after

From reading the title of the article, The Coddling of the American Mind, the reader knows it will be about how we, as a society, have become more overprotective of the human mind. If this article is like the ‘safe space’ article, I would expect it to be about how colleges are creating a place where students are not exposed to certain situations for fear they might offend someone. When college students are not intellectually challenged to voice their opinion about something that upsets them, I think it is counterproductive. The students will not internalize learned behaviors required for handling the real world. I think we will see issues in this article where society will illustrate the adage: ‘make mountains out of molehills.’

In “Waking Up and Taking Charge,” Anya Kamenetz is persuading us to ignite the flame and fight for our rights as students. Young adults need to stop focusing on global issues and start focusing on problems regarding their personal and financial lives. It is important that students put a freeze on global issues and better things for themselves while they are in school, because it will help them in the long run. “Waking Up and Taking Charge” seems to be about pushing young adults to be selfish toward their own problems, but it is really about students taking a stand and fighting for their political views by focusing on problems that have yet to be addressed. “Adultescents” should fight for better lower tuition costs and better financial aid to help them financially, and should work together to bring these situations to light.

The epidemic of hypersensitivity in the United States is spreading like wildfire. From the riot issues in this country to choosing your own gender, people have become oversensitive. Human beings, especially in the USA it seems, will argue about anything, even if it doesn’t pertain to them. Although my topic may not be as serious as some of the previously listed issues, it is of the same context: a case of a highly sensitive society that will argue with anyone about anything.

Remember that time I tried to educate folks about conservative youth and how they think, telling them that if they want to get through to these young people, they actually need to treat them like the young adults they are, because they’ve been raised as such, and because their lived-world differs quite a bit from that of the average sub/urban, middle-class, ‘nice’ (likely white) liberal?

It is made clear that college students are quick to form an opinion which doesn’t expand knowledge and can show unintelligence. Many people, more specifically protesters, believe one side and won’t open up and listen to the other side. Frank Bruni, an Op-Ed Columnist for the New York Times and the author of 3 New York Times best sellers in 2015, 2009, and 2002, tells us that the college protesters are wrong. His argument states that the college students need to be educated more on the whole subject because lacking education can essentially lead to being biased or sticking with the one side you believe in. The students were protesting a guest speaker, Charles Murray, who is identified as anti-gay, racist, and sexist. Although the guest speaker’s beliefs are terrible, the students should hear what he has to say. Frank Bruni’s “The Dangerous Saftey of College” presents an effective logical appeal; however, it lacks clear and concise evidence along with not presenting an emotional appeal to connect with the audience.

The issues discussed in class: safe space and trigger warnings, coddling of the American mind are relevant to the generational group of Millennials. The media tends to showcases us, the millennials, in a negative light and describes us as overly sensitive. Our generation wants a warning towards hate words or topics that deal with abuse. Conversely the people that are against trigger warnings can be described as insensitive.

Many adults from older generations like the Baby Boomers (born 1946 -1964) and Generation X (born 1961-1981) have been accusing Millennial’s of being snowflakes. You may be used to the word snowflake being defined as “one of the small, feathery masses or flakes in which snow falls”(Snowflake). According to Oxford Dictionaries, a snowflake today is “An overly sensitive or easily offended person, or one who believes they are entitled to special treatment on account of their supposedly unique characteristics”(Snowflake). There have been many arguments on Millennial’s and whether they have become, as Claire Fox indicated, “Generation Snowflake”(Fox, P.16). Authors like, Simon Sinek, Mark Hill, Marc A. Thiessen, Jessica M. Goldstein, and Claire