> After all, the "real world" won't hold your hand.
This is where you lost me. It just sounds like such a "republican-dad" kind of thing to say and I don't even get what it means. Can you clarify and give examples?
This is where you lost me. It just sounds like such a "republican-dad" kind of thing to say and I don't even get what it means. Can you clarify and give examples?
It therefore behooves you to learn how to deal with unpleasant topics and "mean" people in general in a constructive and adult way while you are at university, rather than creating formalized institutional barriers that create artificial "safe spaces" to shield you from such things, and thus allow you to avoid learning to deal with them.
College professors (based on my experience and popular wisdom) are less likely to fill that "parenting" role. You are expected to be responsible and to take the initiative.
When you land a job, you are expected to perform. They expect that you will need help remembering to do your work, or to show up on time, or to be responsible for yourself.
Today, it seems, that the "college experience" is being overthrown by the PC police. This is what some colleges are teaching those entering the workforce:
Saying "Where are you from" is racist
Saying "America is a melting pot" is racist
Saying "Hey, can you guys help me look at this problem" is sexist\misogynist
Telling a woman in leadership “I love your shoes!” is bad
Referring to your co-worker’s girlfriend as “girlfriend” instead of “partner” is homophobic
And on and on and on.
And then these kids enter the workforce with an older generation who thinks the above list is absurd. There is going to be conflict and they older generation will wonder what happened to the youngins. They are incapable of living without finding ways to point to their victim hood or oppression.
They will be at your job soon. Publicly shaming you or reporting you to HR for using the wrong word or asking "Did you and your girlfriend do anything fun this weekend?"
Sources:
http://www.thecollegefix.com/post/27028/
http://www.thecollegefix.com/post/27984/
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/09/the-codd...
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/09/the-rise...
note to readers: victimhood and oppression do exist and I am not trying to belittle the very real experiences of many people in our society.
Be careful on that slippery slope!
Really, you're not willing to be mindful of your language to respect someone else's wishes? Also, "fee fees" really shows your level of thought and respect for other people so maybe I didn't need to even ask.
I wouldn't even know where to start.
How about: a belligerent country invades your sovereign and abuses and kills the populace. That's happened repeatedly, to millions of people, throughout history.