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Why do some people feel that all college age kids needed a day off for mental health because Trump won an election or safe spaces because life is hard...but at

Why do some people feel that all college age kids needed a day off for mental health because Trump won an election or safe spaces because life is hard...but at the same time it's ridiculous that a high schooler was troubled by reading a graphic depiction of rape?

cultofmetatron 5y ago
agree that it was a little ridiculous to require a mental health day but Trump's presidency DID cause significant physical harm to a lot of people vs perceived mental trauma.
- IX-103 5y ago
  Not to mention the number of foreign national students who suddenly needed to reconsider their travel plans for the coming year (in light of Trump's promises regarding foreigners coming to the US).
dashundchen 5y ago
I mean, it could be flipped around to ask why do some people feel that we're infantilizing our young adults, but at the same time think we need to clamp down on any viewpoints or topics that could make a young person mildly uncomfortable? https://www.npr.org/2021/10/28/1050013664/texas-lawmaker-matt-krause-launches-inquiry-into-850-books https://www.npr.org/2021/10/28/1050013664/texas-lawmaker-mat...
- j_walter 5y ago
  You need to define "we"...because that is part of the point. We as parents should be setting our kids up to deal with adult issues...schools should stick to learning the basics and not necessarily expanding the minds of middle schoolers with graphic books.
  - IX-103 5y ago
    And what of those kids whose parents do not prepare them? Are they to be left behind? I view the responsibility of schools to provide at least the minimum needed for graduates to be contributing members of society. That means they need diverse perspectives of our society and history. Sometimes graphic or hyperbolic language may be necessary to force students to truly consider such perspectives, so I don't see such language in and of itself as a reason to ban something. Though such works should probably only be read with age-appropriate support.
IX-103 5y ago
I don't think they idea that children might be "troubled" by reading a book is what people are upset about. I think the fact that someone is using the possibility to that children may be "troubled" (in some undefined way) as a reason to raise such as fuss that the book is removed without following the normal processes. It's even expected that some books will make children uncomfortable. Good books reveal uncomfortable truths about people, society, or even ourselves. We do our children a disservice "protecting" them from such truths.

cultofmetatron 5y ago

agree that it was a little ridiculous to require a mental health day but Trump's presidency DID cause significant physical harm to a lot of people vs perceived mental trauma.

IX-103 5y ago
Not to mention the number of foreign national students who suddenly needed to reconsider their travel plans for the coming year (in light of Trump's promises regarding foreigners coming to the US).

dashundchen 5y ago

I mean, it could be flipped around to ask why do some people feel that we're infantilizing our young adults, but at the same time think we need to clamp down on any viewpoints or topics that could make a young person mildly uncomfortable? https://www.npr.org/2021/10/28/1050013664/texas-lawmaker-matt-krause-launches-inquiry-into-850-books https://www.npr.org/2021/10/28/1050013664/texas-lawmaker-mat...

j_walter 5y ago
You need to define "we"...because that is part of the point. We as parents should be setting our kids up to deal with adult issues...schools should stick to learning the basics and not necessarily expanding the minds of middle schoolers with graphic books.
- IX-103 5y ago
  And what of those kids whose parents do not prepare them? Are they to be left behind? I view the responsibility of schools to provide at least the minimum needed for graduates to be contributing members of society. That means they need diverse perspectives of our society and history. Sometimes graphic or hyperbolic language may be necessary to force students to truly consider such perspectives, so I don't see such language in and of itself as a reason to ban something. Though such works should probably only be read with age-appropriate support.

IX-103 5y ago

I don't think they idea that children might be "troubled" by reading a book is what people are upset about. I think the fact that someone is using the possibility to that children may be "troubled" (in some undefined way) as a reason to raise such as fuss that the book is removed without following the normal processes. It's even expected that some books will make children uncomfortable. Good books reveal uncomfortable truths about people, society, or even ourselves. We do our children a disservice "protecting" them from such truths.