College President Tells Students: 'Grow Up'
Dr Everett Piper says Oklahoma Wesleyan is a place for students to "learn that life isn't about you" in a scathing online post.
The president of an Oklahoma university has criticised "self-absorbed and narcissistic" students in a scathing editorial on the college's website.
Dr Everett Piper, in a post entitled "This Is Not A Day Care. It's A University!", said that Oklahoma Wesleyan University is not a "safe place", but rather a place for students to "learn that life isn't about you".
He wrote: "This past week, I actually had a student come forward after a university chapel service and complain because he felt 'victimised' by a sermon on the topic of 1 Corinthians 13.
"It appears that this young scholar felt offended because a homily on love made him feel bad for not showing love. In his mind, the speaker was wrong for making him, and his peers, feel uncomfortable.
"I'm not making this up. Our culture has actually taught our kids to be this self-absorbed and narcissistic. Any time their feelings are hurt, they are the victims.
"Anyone who dares challenge them and, thus, makes them 'feel bad' about themselves, is a 'hater', a 'bigot', an 'oppressor', and a 'victimiser'."
Dr Piper said students who were more interested in playing the "hater" card should look elsewhere than Oklahoma Wesleyan.
He added: "Oklahoma Wesleyan is not a 'safe place', but rather, a place to learn: to learn that life isn't about you, but about others...
"This is a place where you will quickly learn that you need to grow up."
The Christian school, in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, has around 1,200 students and offers more than 35 majors.
Dr Piper has previously written editorials for the Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise newspaper criticising transgender activism, and defending Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis who refused to authorise same-sex marriages.
It comes after a wave of protests at colleges including the University of Missouri, Yale University and Ithaca College, over racial tensions and political correctness on campus.
source:: College President Tells Students: 'Grow Up'
Dr Everett Piper says Oklahoma Wesleyan is a place for students to "learn that life isn't about you" in a scathing online post.
The president of an Oklahoma university has criticised "self-absorbed and narcissistic" students in a scathing editorial on the college's website.
Dr Everett Piper, in a post entitled "This Is Not A Day Care. It's A University!", said that Oklahoma Wesleyan University is not a "safe place", but rather a place for students to "learn that life isn't about you".
He wrote: "This past week, I actually had a student come forward after a university chapel service and complain because he felt 'victimised' by a sermon on the topic of 1 Corinthians 13.
"It appears that this young scholar felt offended because a homily on love made him feel bad for not showing love. In his mind, the speaker was wrong for making him, and his peers, feel uncomfortable.
"I'm not making this up. Our culture has actually taught our kids to be this self-absorbed and narcissistic. Any time their feelings are hurt, they are the victims.
"Anyone who dares challenge them and, thus, makes them 'feel bad' about themselves, is a 'hater', a 'bigot', an 'oppressor', and a 'victimiser'."
Dr Piper said students who were more interested in playing the "hater" card should look elsewhere than Oklahoma Wesleyan.
He added: "Oklahoma Wesleyan is not a 'safe place', but rather, a place to learn: to learn that life isn't about you, but about others...
"This is a place where you will quickly learn that you need to grow up."
The Christian school, in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, has around 1,200 students and offers more than 35 majors.
Dr Piper has previously written editorials for the Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise newspaper criticising transgender activism, and defending Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis who refused to authorise same-sex marriages.
It comes after a wave of protests at colleges including the University of Missouri, Yale University and Ithaca College, over racial tensions and political correctness on campus.
source:: College President Tells Students: 'Grow Up'
