In our world some people forget that when they say something that is normal for them can have a strong emotion effect on other people. This world that we are living in has many horrible experiences that some people go through and they live with it. Some forget about it and live happy life, but other will never forget what they had in their life. For those people the topic about their bad experience can have a strong emotional effect. As for the speaker who started to speak about the topic can be nothing that he or she can connect to, but for the listener can have memory that he or she doesn’t want to be reminded. In 21 century people come up with trigger warning and micro aggressions to prohibit some world and expressions. Every teachers …show more content…
Besides, “Advocates for trigger warnings believe that an increasing number of students enter college with troubled history or some form of post-traumatic stress disorder” (Libby V. Morris 373). This is true and colleges do right when they look for trigger warnings. For every student it is important to feel safe and emotionally calm to learn …show more content…
It is good for students that had background history that they don’t want to be reminded. As for teachers they need to know how to teach their subject and that will make their classes more interesting and safer place for students. Each teacher needs to skip topics about race and violence. Also, everybody needs to think before say something that can hurt other people feelings. My experience shows that being calm and understand other people when they say somethings that is connected to a memory can be hard, but that the person didn’t want you to feel bad, he or she just don’t know history of your life. The trigger warning and micro aggression will help many people in future to feel calm in classes they
Hutch, the main character of The Big Field, has played baseball all of his life. He has always played shortstop, the same position that his father dreamed of playing as a professional. “Hutch, had always thought of himself as the captain of any infield he’d ever been a part of” (Lupica 1). Hutch finds himself being demoted to second base because there is another player, Darryl, on his new team that is expected to go pro and also plays shortstop. Hutch struggles because he does not want to play second base and his father does not support him because he does not want baseball to break Hutch’s dreams like it did his own. Hutch is betrayed by his father and Darryl when he finds them practicing together. Hutch has to learn to adjust and eventually becomes friends with Darryl, the up and coming shortstop. He understands that if he wants to win, then he needs to work together with Darryl. His father also comes around and finally gives Hutch his approval. Students should read this book in a high school English classroom because it demonstrates how relationships can be difficult, but teamwork can help to solve many issues.
Joy Williams, the author of “The Farm” was born and raised in Portland, Maine. She attended and graduated from Marietta College and from there went on to earn a Master’s degree in Fine Arts from the University of Iowa. In recognition of her writing, she was the recipient of the PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in the Short Story in 2016. Growing up, she was the daughter of a minister and as such, she often incorporated a religious theme in her novels, essays, and short stories. Similar to Jesus, Williams’ style was to present her stories in the form of parables in the hope of getting an important message across to her readers.
In speechcraft, orators have reverted to three basic concepts to persuade an audience; ethics, logic or emotion. All views are powerful, the path of emotion, or pathos, has stirred men to riots, the path of ethics, or ethos, has reminded people of the basest of their knowing and the path of logic, or logos, has calmed the savagest of beasts to men. No matter how human's develop, they retain the remnants of their not so distant cousins, animals. This is apparent when one takes note in the brain's ability to overcome human speech with basic emotions, to ‘render one speechless’ if you will. In these cases, much like animals, humans are propelled into action, leaving behind civilized concepts,
The Europeans changed the land of the home of the Indians, which they renamed New England. In Changes in the Land, Cronon explains all the different aspects in how the Europeans changed the land. Changing by the culture and organization of the Indians lives, the land itself, including the region’s plants and animals. Cronon states, “The shift from Indian to European dominance in New England entailed important changes well known to historians in the ways these peoples organized their lives, but it also involved fundamental reorganizations less well known to historians in the region’s plant and animal communities,” (Cronon, xv). New England went through human development, environmental and ecological change from the Europeans.
The story by Somerville Ross, “Philippa’s Fox Hunt” was set in Ireland. A recently married couple Mr. and Mrs. Yeates were featured adapting to a new environment. The new place was characterized by new social activities that were not common in their previous residence. They had to learn new skills such as riding horses and hunting. Mr. Yeates who narrated the story described his life after marriage and how events had shaped his marriage. At the very beginning I was able to pick an element of symbolism; a newly married couple will naturally start a new life and similarly in the story the couple ventured into a new society where almost everything was new just in the same way when two people get married to each other.
April Raintree is the main protagonist in the book, In Search of April Raintree by Beatrice Mosionier. Throughout her childhood she was embarrassed to be Metis, and because of her taking after her mother’s Irish pale skin, being able to blend into white society she would hide her native ancestry.
The poem, “Field of Autumn”, by Laurie Lee exposes the languorous passage of time along with the unavoidability of closure, more precisely; death, by describing a shift of seasons. In six stanzas, with four sentences each, the author also contrasts two different branches of time; past and future. Death and slowness are the main motifs of this literary work, and are efficiently portrayed through the overall assonance of the letter “o”, which helps the reader understand the tranquility of the poem by creating an equally calmed atmosphere. This poem is to be analyzed by stanzas, one per paragraph, with the exception of the third and fourth stanzas, which will be analyzed as one for a better understanding of Lee’s poem.
Sophie Downes, the author of Trigger Warnings, Safe Spaces and Free Speech, Too, makes a good point of why they can be included on college campuses. Professors choose whether they have trigger warnings or not and that is the thing, that don’t have to, but they understand their students. In the article, it said, “The instructor told us that we could reach out to her if we had difficulty with the class materials, and that she’d do everything she could to make it easier for us to participate” (Downes). This quote helps show that professors understand that some material might be difficult to some students and that they would do whatever they can to help the students to make it easier and for them to feel a little more comfortable with the material. It also said in the article, “support systems can be a lifeline in the tumultuous environment of college” (Downes). The helps support that there are safe spaces on college campuses and they can help students who have gone through trauma and they really do help those
Lauren Olamina, the protagonist in Parable of the Sower. She lives in the walled town of Robledo, near Southern California in 2024, which is a devastated world caused by the environmental degradation and economic, governmental corruption. Lauren’s father was a Baptist minister, who emphasize Bible based religion and also raising her under an intensely religious belief. Though Lauren admires her father she
Sure, some of us have this great confidence within ourselves about looking great, but that does not hold true for everyone. I understand the pain or disgust, or even disappointment one feels when they look in the mirror and say, “I wish I could change this or that about myself”. Although this piece is written about the author’s life, it holds meaning and connects with for many people; one only has to dig deep enough to find one. For me, it was to realize what is important in life can change, adapt and that we must explore our inner selves and find our own path in life.
Trigger warnings are highly controversial and the debate whether they should be used or not is up in the air. The term “trigger warning” has come to refer to introductory statements on web postings of graphic descriptions of rape, eating disorders and self-harm. They are used to alert readers who may be struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder related to those topics so that they can choose whether to continue reading. The purpose of using a trigger warning in the classroom is to let students know that the material that their professors have assigned may cause physiological or psychological reactions as a result of past traumas. The debate over trigger warnings is not a simple black and white answer. There are many angles to how this
I have found this class regarding Dynamics Of Racism And Oppression extremely interesting as well as enlightening. Thus far, not only have I learned a great deal about racism and oppression as a whole but have also been able to learn a significant amount in regards to myself. I’ve never taken a class on racism or oppression and have not learned about the topic a whole lot,with that being said, this class has been extremely educating and useful towards my future career. The past few years, it seems as if many including myself have assumed that racism is an issue of the past. This class has allowed me to understand how many various difficulties proceed to transpire for people of color on a daily basis. These issues are not issues of the past, they
The Friday Everything Changed” written by Anne Hart describes how a simple question challenges the
People also can have physical pain from words you spoke. One example of misinterpretation of words is a woman was charged of murdering her daughter because of a note the police found. The detectives found that the daughter either died from “...An asthma attack, from choking on her own vomit, or from suffocating” (Givens). This woman said she loved her daughter and would never want to kill her, but one note that she left on her kitchen counter lead to suspicion that she could be the reason why her daughter died. She may have been depressed that day, and meant no harm, but the police interpreted her words differently than what she meant. Words will and can have a huge affect on people. An example of how people worry about the words said to them because they can take it the wrong way is you could tell someone a joke about themselves, and you could think it’s funny, but they could be self-conscious and think you’re making fun of them. Although you get a laugh out of this, they don’t. Words have multiple meanings and sometimes you and someone aren’t thinking of the same meaning. “Scientists have found that the sting of rejection fires up the same neural pathways as the pain from a burn or bruise” (Raffensperger). Words can cause as much pain as physical pain you experience. This says something. If getting rejected can hurt as much as getting burned, there is a lot of pain and suffering someone
I believe this is a very relevant topic today since prejudice and discrimination has become the leading issue of violence. The goal of this type of education is to teach the students that they have worth and can learn. It is a very positive subject matter when considering the benefits of implementing this type of education into a school system. This type of education encourages students of a diverse background to have a positive self-identity, pride in their heritage, accept others with diverse backgrounds, and promote social justice against prejudice and discrimination. Teachers can change the conversation in their classrooms by adding spontaneous and relevant content to their curriculum that both promotes multiculturalism and connects with the students. I believe a big part of making a change in our society today is by ‘changing the conversation’ whether that is about discrimination or another important issue. Teachers can step in at a very early age and promote feelings of self-worth and encourage the students to accept each other aside from cultural