Mastering a Skill

GEN105 Week 5 Assignment

Assignment: Mastering a Skill

There are some skills that virtually all people use every day. There are some skills that only a few people have, but all people should master.

 Due Date: Day 7 [Individual] forum

 Think about a skill that most people do not have but could benefit from mastering. Why would people benefit from having this skill? What are the consequences of not having this skill?

 Write an essay to persuade your instructor that all people should master this certain skill.

 Post your completed 750-word essay as an attachment

Patience is my topic

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Anger control is a skill most people have but little use.  Everyone has control of their anger to different degrees.  Some are so controlled as to seem like they have no anger at all, while others have so little control as to seem angry all the time.  Both are unhealthy, everyone needs anger to a certain degree.  Anger can help us defend ourselves in life threatening situations.  It can also help us express our ideas and fears on issues that concern us.  Anger can be a useful tool for the oral speaker; it lends passion and a commanding presence to our speeches.  On the other hand, intense anger can cause family problems, create misunderstandings, and incite physical confrontations.  Since anger is a necessary tool for survival and is present in all beings, then really control is the key.  Not to be devoid of anger but to have control of our anger.  Control is something we learn as we grow.  We learn what triggers our anger and what will calm us down.  Controlled and focused anger can be beneficial, while poor anger control can be very destructive.  Poor anger control can lead to negativity, hostility and violence. 

Some statistics from British Association of Anger Management are:

       

        • Almost a third of people polled (32%) say they have a close friend or family member who has trouble controlling their anger.
        • More than one in ten (12%) say that they have trouble controlling their own anger.
        • More than one in four people (28%) say that they worry about how angry they sometimes feel.
        • One in five of people (20%) say that they have ended a relationship or friendship with someone because of how they behaved when they were angry.
        • 64% either strongly agree or agree that people in general are getting angrier.

The Sunday Times Magazine for Briton quoted:

        • 45% of us regularly lose our temper at work
        • 64% of Britons working in an office have had office rage.
        • 27% of nurses have been attacked at work.
        • 33% of Britons are not on speaking terms with their neighbors.
        • 1 in 20 of us has had a fight with the person living next door.
        • UK airlines reported 1,486 significant or serious acts of air rage in a year, a 59% increase over the previous year.
        • The UK has the second-worst road rage in the world, after South Africa.
        • More than 80% of drivers say they have been involved in road rage incidents; 25% have committed an act of road rage themselves.
        • 71% of internet users admit to having suffered net rage.
        • 50% of us have reacted to computer problems by hitting our PC, hurling parts of it around, screaming or abusing our colleagues.
        • 53% of people have been the victims of bullying at work.
        • 65% of people express anger over the phone, 26% in writing and 9% face to face.
        • Britons spend 407 hours per person per year, shopping. Over half have stormed out of a shop due to bad service and frustration.
Given these statistics I think you can see why it’s necessary to have control over our anger.  On the other hand, controlled anger can be an extremely useful tool.  From an early age, we learn anger control.  From the time of our first temper tantrum and mom saying, ‘that is not a healthy way to express your anger’.  As we grow we learn how to focus our anger and let it work for us.  Anger can help us in our passions; it is the motivator for beginning such causes as MADD, PETA, or even our neighborhood watch.  Most of our laws were started by an individual outraged at an injustice or wrongdoing and focused their anger and actively sought to change the law.  Even our leaders use anger as a motivator in their speeches to get the general public impassioned for a cause.  They use their anger to incite our anger and get us all motivated to change whatever it is they would like to change.  Consider, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his “I have a dream” speech.  Would such a speech been as powerful if he had not been angered by the segregation issue?  I think not.  His anger helped to serve our anger to change the world.  Without controlled and focused anger, in my opinion, we would all be mindless zombies just accepting whatever fate brings us, and not doing anything to create a healthier world.  Although, without unfocused and uncontrolled anger, there may be no need for the retaliation from a focused and controlled individual to defend injustices and wrongdoings, I guess we shall never really know.