Sentence examples for material upsetting from inspiring English sources
Everyone was welcome to leave at any time without explaining why, a provision made in case anyone found any material upsetting or objectionable in any way.
Some social media users point out that the material may upset gay students or those from single-parent families, and many think it has no place in a classroom setting.
We've been hearing a lot these days about trigger warnings as a phenomenon in American higher education, that teachers are being expected to warn their students if assigned material might upset them.
As well as accusations that supporters of Britain First were falsely portraying themselves as collectors for forces charity Help for Heroes, some – including the mother of murdered soldier Lee Rigby, whose name was used on its publicity and election materials – were upset by the party's actions, particularly with regard to its campaign against radical Islam.
"We want to ensure [our films] contain no material that might upset our customers," a BA spokesperson explained.
The Pope is going to address a joint session of the US Congress in Washington on Thursday – the first Pontiff ever to do so – and the General Assembly of the United Nations in New York on Friday, and both these orations are likely to contain material that may upset some of his American hosts, not least those on the Republican right.
Specifically, they might contain "triggers" -- that is, material that might upset students or "cause symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder in victims of rape or in war veterans".
Both Rauch and I are deeply concerned about the move toward requiring professors to provide trigger warnings for any material students might claim they find upsetting.
