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The Culture Of American Culture In The American College Culture

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In America culture children are told if they do what they are supposed to do, no more no less, they will get what they want in life. That everything in life is easy and fair to people. This new generation has been called Millennials. Millennials are people who were born between the years 1982-2000 (United States Census Bureau). And from these ideas in American culture nowadays colleges have been changing in the last hundred years. The term “coddling” has been used to describe this trend in American college culture (Lukianoff and Haidt). By definition coddling means to treat in an indulgent or overprotective way, which is what has exactly been happening on college campuses across America (Lukianoff and Haidt). But before I go into too much detail about the coddling we must first understand the history of college culture. College culture is the combination of language, behavior, values, and philosophy that are part of a college’s environment. It's the unspoken rules, that college students learn from to fit into college life. College cultures can differ from campus to campus, but there are some similarities between them all. To understand the influence of college culture is a very complex matter. Students experience many cultural currents, some of which may conflict with each other. To add people, pay attention to different things in their environment and may understand the same experiences differently. For that reason, many aspects of campus culture will have different

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