SUGGESTIVE QUESTIONS

  1. Explain what the writer means by “coddling.”
  2. Define “democratic coddling.”
  3. Define aristocratic “coddling.”
  4. What are the results of “coddling”?
  5. What are the causes of “coddling”?
  6. What is the writer's ideal of education?
  7. What criticism of American life does the essay present?
  8. Point out effective phrasing.