Columbia Prof Says Trigger Warnings a Threat to Teaching English

[rangerrebew]

Columbia Prof Says Trigger Warnings a Threat to Teaching English
 
 
 
Posted by Mike LaChance      Tuesday, December 19, 2017 at 1:30pm

“foster a culture where student fragility is promoted over the development of resilience”

Wouldn’t this same position apply in all areas of study? Kudos to the professor for standing up.

Campus Reform reports:

    Prof: Trigger warnings ‘serious threats’ to teaching English

    An English professor at Columbia University Teachers College recently argued that trigger warnings can pose “serious threats” to English education.
 
https://legalinsurrection.com/2017/12/columbia-prof-says-trigger-warnings-a-threat-to-teaching-english/

[andy58-in-nh]

Student protests, accusations of "white privilege", and demands for his resignation to follow....

[Fishrrman]

Saw this today, perhaps it's appropriate:

[Free Vulcan]

I wonder how these liberal minorities are triggered by phrases in the English language, when their use of the English language meets their criteria of cultural appropriation?

Just sayin'.

[To-Whose-Benefit?]

I wonder how these liberal minorities are triggered by phrases in the English language, when their use of the English language meets their criteria of cultural appropriation?

Just sayin'.

 

"You didn't build that."

Barack Obama

[To-Whose-Benefit?]

Saw this today, perhaps it's appropriate:

Academia: "A more wretched hive of villainy and scum you will never find."
Alec Guiness