Diversity And Critical Thinking
¨There is a right time and place to say everything¨ my mom once told me. ¨You never know who is around you¨ she would preach into my head. Now, every time a thought comes to my head about something or someone, I think before I speak. I take into account my surroundings and the environment I am in. Everyone knows that people act differently in front of certain people. That is because people have different expectations of a person’s behavior in various environments. For example, during class I tend to remain more reserved because I want to focus on school and the material, whereas at home I can never stop talking. Schools can be seen as a sacred place, where students must act perfectly and perform to their fullest all the time. This ambiance
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Burleigh explains research has found a concrete decline in student´s critical thinking skills as a result of political correctness and language phobias (Burleigh). It is a great irony that campuses are facing today because college is meant to prepare students for the real world with critical thinking skills, not take them away. The reality is that one cannot be successful in the workforce without these skills and these skills cannot be taught in a class but rather through experience. In the article “The Coddling of the American Mind,” it describes how ¨attempts to shield students from words, ideas, and people¨ make them bad candidates for the workforce (Lukianoff and Haidt). If students are graduating college with degrees, but are unable to communicate and work with colleagues who may hold different viewpoints from their own, then the degree has no significance. It is one thing to have expertise in a field and another thing to be able to synthesize that expertise with social and emotional skills. According to Burleigh, students need to stand up against censorship demands ¨because they go against the purpose of the university¨ (Burleigh). The purpose of the university is not one concrete goal. Attending a university teaches a student a lot more than academics, but rather it helps them transition into the real world. Therefore, it crucial for the progress and learning of students that universities remain diverse and open to new ideas, so students can grow and add value to the outside
Burleigh explains research has found a concrete decline in student´s critical thinking skills as a result of political correctness and language phobias (Burleigh). It is a great irony that campuses are facing today because college is meant to prepare students for the real world with critical thinking skills, not take them away. The reality is that one cannot be successful in the workforce without these skills and these skills cannot be taught in a class but rather through experience. In the article “The Coddling of the American Mind,” it describes how ¨attempts to shield students from words, ideas, and people¨ make them bad candidates for the workforce (Lukianoff and Haidt). If students are graduating college with degrees, but are unable to communicate and work with colleagues who may hold different viewpoints from their own, then the degree has no significance. It is one thing to have expertise in a field and another thing to be able to synthesize that expertise with social and emotional skills. According to Burleigh, students need to stand up against censorship demands ¨because they go against the purpose of the university¨ (Burleigh). The purpose of the university is not one concrete goal. Attending a university teaches a student a lot more than academics, but rather it helps them transition into the real world. Therefore, it crucial for the progress and learning of students that universities remain diverse and open to new ideas, so students can grow and add value to the outside