Perhaps to an extent. However, but this ingrained single-minded thinking comes from like-thinking parents who send their kids to school in that particular environment.
Yes, perhaps; but, I have to wonder if there's not more to the real story, here.
Consider this behavior: "The class was silent for a moment. The young woman began to sob and yell at me, 'You can’t say that to me!'".
The other examples cited all share a common thread, irrationality.
Anyone whose been around have to eventually ask: what're these types under the influence of?
Twisted reasoning wit the accompanying distorted response(s) are anything but normal; and, I for one believe what's at the core is a very simple explanation.
Being drugged up on something is #1, upbringing a close second.
I’m not so sure about the like minded parents. I’m a nontraditional college student who deals with this stuff everyday. Here’s how it works for the students who get stuck in a lecture class with me:
Philosophy professor says he loved teaching during the years of the Nixon presidency. Told the class those were really chaotic years. (Can’t fault him there). Then he makes the mistake of saying to the class he hated teaching during the Jimmy Carter years because his presidency was so boring he couldn’t really make fun of his policies. Huh? So, I raised my hand and he calls on me. I tilted my head as though I wasn’t bright enough to follow along and said something like, Do you think the families of the 54 American hostages held in Iran would agree that Jimmy Carters policies were boring? How about the Ayatollah Khamani? I remember odd/even days during the gasoline shortage. I can hear furious clicking noises from students googling on their laptops. They’re checking my facts against the instructors comment in real time. Long story short, lots of students introduce themselves to me and admit they don’t like the indoctrination but keep their mouths shut to get a decent grade. I send my daughter to this same college and she does the same thing (keeps her mouth shut). We often make fun of the stupidity of the professors who “teach” classes.
I too will challenge a student on their flawed reasoning. In the end, they usually concede and in their frustration have asked me why I know so much. I reply, because when I went to high school twenty something years ago instructors actually taught us about reading, math, civics, government etc. They didn’t waste our time teaching students that Sally has two mommies. As a result, my GPA is much higher than yours (above a 4.0). Surprisingly I have never had a student get hostile with me.
I can’t effect every student, but in my own quiet way I do get my point across.