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- The authors state “That movement sought to restrict speech (specifically hate speech aimed at marginalized groups), but it also challenged the literary, philosophical, and historical canon, seeking to widen it by including more-diverse perspectives. The current movement is largely about emotional well-being” (pg. 4). They are discussing how different the goals for the movement are, and how now, the cause and affects of the movements actions are much different. There was a shift from focusing on the bigger picture, to more individuals well-being. These affects on the world have a huge impact on how teachers teach. Teachers are not allowed to voice their opinions to protect themselves from backlash. Everyone is expected to stay in the middle, or otherwise someone will be upset or offended.
- There were many reasons of “How we got here.” The authors discuss the decline of “…’free-range’ childhood”(pg. 7), “…increasingly demonizes the other, compromise becomes more difficult”(pg. 8). Many other affects such as social media and the increase of ‘shunning’ people online who did not agree with your opinion. These affects and ideas of how others speak kept growing, and have gotten out of hand.
- Though Dweck stresses the importance of having a growth mindset, the Coddling text shows how our society has gotten more fixed minded over the years. The “increasingly demanding protection from words and ideas they don’t like” have created very fix-minded young people (pg. 1). The “growth mindset, the idea that abilities can be developed” (Dweck pg 1). These two ideas are connected because as there become more disagreements within our world, there seems to be less and less solutions. This means more fix-minded people are being created.
