‘You’ve lost the plot’: Nigel Farage shoots down ‘cry closet’ for anxious uni students
Former UKIP leader Nigel Farage has accused America’s higher education of “losing the plot” after one of its universities set up a “cry closet” for students to lock themselves in when feeling anxious.
The closet – which has gone viral on social media – was introduced by the University of Utah after being designed by student artist Nemo Miller. It is supposed to be a safe place for students to “take a break” when they are feeling overwhelmed during the exam session.
A sign pinned to the door of the closet reads: “A safe place for stressed out students otherwise known as the Cry Closet. This space is meant to provide a place for students studying for finals to take a short 10-minute break.”
so my school installed a cry closet in the library LMFAOOOOOOOOO what is higher education pic.twitter.com/6rGcJv9qjr
— jacks (@aJackieLarsen) April 24, 2018
It also stated that only one person is allowed in at a time, and that people must knock before making their way into the narrow stand-up cubicle.
Farage blasted the white closet, which also contains teddy bears inside for students to hug, tweeting:
Cry closets replace safe spaces. Some American universities have lost the plot. pic.twitter.com/L1aOkBIPK9
— Nigel Farage (@Nigel_Farage) April 25, 2018
His comments were echoed by many people who thought the idea was “pathetic.” Other students, however, appreciated the mental health initiative.
Generation P#ssy...A "Cry Closet" has been set up at @UUtah for students who need to cry and scream from the stress of their final exams.American "Higher Education" has now become an oppressively expensive joke!#ThursdayThoughtshttps://t.co/5SY7nC2YDo
— Mark Pantano (@TheMarkPantano) April 26, 2018
'This is stupid! I took final exams for many classes for four years and NEVER CRIED once! If these kids can’t handle tests kick them out of college!Cry Closet' may help Utah students overcome stress of final examshttps://t.co/iUjTqMqrTk
— Keesha@Keeshadoggie (@KeeshaYodabarb) April 26, 2018
Cry closet 😂 We didn’t have those in Iraq 🤔
— Jake Muller (@Merc4Hire99) April 26, 2018
This is actually a great idea since so many students already deal with stress and anxiety on a daily basis knowing that it's heightened during exam and finals season. https://t.co/G5szto7OTN
— Kristine Slade (@CallMeSlade) April 25, 2018
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