Such phenomenon as “trigger warnings” and “safe places” go alongside. They were created in order to isolate sensitive or vulnerable people from probably traumatic information. At first sight, this idea seems rather genius. However, there are many people who believe that trigger warnings and safe places should be cancelled. This paper provides an answer whether classrooms should or should not be safe places with obligatory trigger warnings.
At first, it is necessary to give some explanation to trigger warnings. These are the warning expressions coming before the potentially offensive or painful information. Usually. Trigger warnings are used for such topics like abuses, rape, wearing, drug use, gender issues, detailed medical pictures, corpses and many other topics, which some people might probably seem “too mush” for them. According Judith Shulevitz (2015), safe spaces are those locations, where such distressing viewpoints are minimized, or announced only after trigger warning.
In fact, classes should be almost completely safe spaces only for children in primary school as their psyche is just developing. However, the older individuals become, the less trigger earnings they should face with. It is necessary to understand that trigger warning comes before information, which also describes real life. And once it may happen that no trigger warning will be used and an individual will be shocked as he or she has been brought up at the too safe classroom. Of course, at some age students might be not ready psychologically to perceive some information in its full reality. That is why it should be shown a little less detailed. It is necessary to mention, that some people with psyche disorders really need trigger warnings, but this article deals with average healthy students at the classroom.
Works Cited
Shulevitz, Judith. "In college and hiding from scary ideas." New York Times (2015).
