The Pandering and Promises of Emotional Safety in Universities

Launch into adulthood. When the adults they are supposed to be learning from act like petulant teenagers, actual teenagers are cheated out of role models. And when those adults stop expecting excellence and start rewarding bad behaviour, they teach their charges to be bullies and cheat them out of formative experiences. Often, those adults seem to think that they are doing students a favour. University senior managers now aim to convert their institutions into "safe spaces", rather than bracing ...