Re:The Slow Death of the University
by derefr on Thursday April 23, 2015 @11:54PM
(#9431350)
My argument is that whether the idea of a "safe space" is warranted, and who should be allowed to make use of such a space, are different questions.
A "safe space" might have valid medical reasons to exist—in fact, it would likely be a concept quite easily unified with that of a counselling office.
But, for it to have the correct incentive structure, it would probably require you to get a note from a real honest-to-god psychiatrist at the beginning of the year before you could make use of it. Otherwise you end up in the stupid rut of the "ignorant-but-unaware-of-it" people avoiding the very properties of an education designed to bash their narrow views open.
A "safe space" might have valid medical reasons to exist—in fact, it would likely be a concept quite easily unified with that of a counselling office.
But, for it to have the correct incentive structure, it would probably require you to get a note from a real honest-to-god psychiatrist at the beginning of the year before you could make use of it. Otherwise you end up in the stupid rut of the "ignorant-but-unaware-of-it" people avoiding the very properties of an education designed to bash their narrow views open.