1. Lukianoff and Haidt’s ideas seem to have a more fixed mindset. The reason I say this is because a lot that they are saying has to do with how this change is bad, and not how this could be a positive in the future. Dweck explained the fixed mindset as looking at challenges to be “terrible”, which is different from what someone with a growth mindset might say. An example of this is when they said “mental illness in young adults have been rising”, and accounted for this rising due to the protection that colleges are starting to offer. Instead of thinking that students are becoming more willing to get help because of the people who aren’t holding back what they say. I believe that people around our age are making up for all of the past generations’ mental health problems. Then, a lot of people thought therapy was a waste of time and unmanageable, whereas now, a lot of people are seeing the benefits.
  2. In both, Dweck and the Coddling of the American Mind, they agree that teaching students how to think is the most important part of learning. “Don’t teach students what to think; teach them how to think” was said the Coddling of the American Mind. This is an important topic to discuss because there are always new techniques to be taught and even go back to. Dweck says something similar, ” instead of basing intelligence on the information acquired, it is more on the application of the knowledge.” I believe both authors are trying to get across the same idea. We have to let students learn and not base everything off on the end result, but more or less, on the journey it takes to get that result and study that.
  3. Using Dweck’s knowledge behind the growth and fixed mindsets, I see that in “The Coddling”, there is a sense of a fixed mindset to the idea of creating a safer and more peaceful world for everyone. No, this will not stop everyone and people will still say things with colleges being the way they are, but colleges are at the forefront of our society and lead by example. We need to show everyone that certain words will cause discomfort, increased anxiety, and mental health issues. At the same time, “The Coddling” shows a growth mindset when having an outlook like “Universities themselves should try to raise consciousness about the need to balance freedom of speech with the need o make all students feel welcome.” Freedom of speech is a very important concept in America but a lot of the time, I feel some people get this mixed up on what it means. It doesn’t mean you can go around saying whatever you want all the time, it is showing that you are able to have an opinion and if right, speak about that opinion. If someone wants to talk about how white privilege doesn’t exist, they should not have the right to speak freely about that because it Is false and misleading.