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So, uh, maybe religion should not be their gig.
Posted on: January 5, 2017 at 07:41:32 CT
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I see our PC insanity from the left is infecting other countries. What a shame.
Bible students are warned...you may find the crucifixion too upsetting!
Theology students are being warned in advance that they may see distressing images while studying the crucifixion of Jesus, giving them a chance to leave if they fear being upset.
It is part of a trend at a number of universities for ‘trigger warnings’ issued by tutors to let students know about course content that might prove disturbing.
Advocates say it helps to protect the mental health of vulnerable students.
But critics say it is creating a generation of ‘snowflake’ students unable to cope with the harsh realities of the world.
The University of Glasgow, part of the elite Russell Group, confirmed that trigger warnings are issued to theology students studying ‘Creation to Apocalypse: Introduction to the Bible (Level 1)’.
The 'entitled' millennials
ITV is coaching managers on how to deal with the ‘millennial’ generation to address concerns that those born in the 1980s and 1990s have a greater ‘sense of entitlement’ and are less self-aware than their predecessors.
One manager said a module on millennials is part of a wider management course.
Millennials will constitute up to 75 per cent of the workforce by 2025, according to the accountants Deloitte.
This worries some employers as many believe this age group is bad at communicating and difficult to manage. A survey from Cascade HR found 63 per cent of bosses said millennials – also known as Generation Y – require the most guidance at work.
Another report found that while they are ‘open-minded’ and ‘technologically savvy’, they also have a ‘strong sense of entitlement’.
The Chartered Management Institute also found this age group lacked ‘decision-making skills’.
ITV would not confirm it has specific training on millennials, but insiders who have taken the course say it did address the issue.
According to university documents, a lecture on Jesus and cinema sometimes ‘contains graphic scenes of the crucifixion, and this is flagged up to students beforehand’.
Warnings are also given to the university’s veterinary students who work with dead animals, and those studying ‘contemporary society’ who will be discussing illness and violence.
Students of forensic science at Strathclyde University in Glasgow are given a ‘verbal warning… at the beginning of some lectures where sensitive images, involving blood patterns, crime scenes and bodies etc are in the presentation’.
A trigger warning for a gender studies course at Stirling University says: ‘We cannot anticipate or exclude the possibility that you may encounter material which is triggering [ie, which can trigger a negative reaction] and we urge that you take all necessary precautions to look after yourself in and around the programme.’
Students are told ‘you can, of course, leave a class at any time should you need to, but please check in… later that day to let us know how you are’.
Archaeology students at Stirling University are issued with a ‘warning in advance of one image in a PowerPoint, which is of a well-preserved archaeological body from an archaeological context’ because of the ‘risk it is found a bit gruesome’.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4089302/Bible-students-warned-crucifixion-upsetting-Critics-say-trigger-warnings-distressing-content-creating-generation-snowflake-students.html#ixzz4UtVIIKAy
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Bible students are warned...you may find the crucifixion too upsetting!
Theology students are being warned in advance that they may see distressing images while studying the crucifixion of Jesus, giving them a chance to leave if they fear being upset.
It is part of a trend at a number of universities for ‘trigger warnings’ issued by tutors to let students know about course content that might prove disturbing.
Advocates say it helps to protect the mental health of vulnerable students.
But critics say it is creating a generation of ‘snowflake’ students unable to cope with the harsh realities of the world.
The University of Glasgow, part of the elite Russell Group, confirmed that trigger warnings are issued to theology students studying ‘Creation to Apocalypse: Introduction to the Bible (Level 1)’.
The 'entitled' millennials
ITV is coaching managers on how to deal with the ‘millennial’ generation to address concerns that those born in the 1980s and 1990s have a greater ‘sense of entitlement’ and are less self-aware than their predecessors.
One manager said a module on millennials is part of a wider management course.
Millennials will constitute up to 75 per cent of the workforce by 2025, according to the accountants Deloitte.
This worries some employers as many believe this age group is bad at communicating and difficult to manage. A survey from Cascade HR found 63 per cent of bosses said millennials – also known as Generation Y – require the most guidance at work.
Another report found that while they are ‘open-minded’ and ‘technologically savvy’, they also have a ‘strong sense of entitlement’.
The Chartered Management Institute also found this age group lacked ‘decision-making skills’.
ITV would not confirm it has specific training on millennials, but insiders who have taken the course say it did address the issue.
According to university documents, a lecture on Jesus and cinema sometimes ‘contains graphic scenes of the crucifixion, and this is flagged up to students beforehand’.
Warnings are also given to the university’s veterinary students who work with dead animals, and those studying ‘contemporary society’ who will be discussing illness and violence.
Students of forensic science at Strathclyde University in Glasgow are given a ‘verbal warning… at the beginning of some lectures where sensitive images, involving blood patterns, crime scenes and bodies etc are in the presentation’.
A trigger warning for a gender studies course at Stirling University says: ‘We cannot anticipate or exclude the possibility that you may encounter material which is triggering [ie, which can trigger a negative reaction] and we urge that you take all necessary precautions to look after yourself in and around the programme.’
Students are told ‘you can, of course, leave a class at any time should you need to, but please check in… later that day to let us know how you are’.
Archaeology students at Stirling University are issued with a ‘warning in advance of one image in a PowerPoint, which is of a well-preserved archaeological body from an archaeological context’ because of the ‘risk it is found a bit gruesome’.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4089302/Bible-students-warned-crucifixion-upsetting-Critics-say-trigger-warnings-distressing-content-creating-generation-snowflake-students.html#ixzz4UtVIIKAy
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So, uh, maybe religion should not be their gig. - GA Tiger MU - 1/5 07:41:32