Anger Management (FT Contact Session)

Anger Management

After the Form Teacher Contact Session on Anger Management, I have learnt about the different types of actions that people exhibit when they are angry. Such could include the clenching of fists or even tears in the eyes. A person would naturally ready himself for fight when he is provoked or angry. As such, we can see whether a person is angry and thereby take the correct decisions in resolving the situation. However, there are also some that completely don't show any symptoms, and it is up to our own perception and experience to deduce from the situation.

>Responses

Hence, I have come up with some responses to such situations. Firstly, since the person is already getting ready to fight and emotionally unstable, the most wise decision is to stop provoking each other in order to avoid a chaotic fight. This way we can prevent both parties from getting injured. After that, we should try to urge each other to cool down as that is the best way to solve the problem in a peaceful manner. There are many ways to "cooling down". Some basically include leaving the other party alone for a while, or simply saying "I'm sorry".
I believe that both parties will are wrong in such situations. It is never a one sided argument or fault, and always has a hidden error to either party.

This session was very helpful to me and I look forward to more of such educational sessions.

Understanding Authors

It is necessary to understand the background. This is so that the author's style of writing and context can be more easily understood. For example, the author might be biased towards a certain issue or use a very strong context. Hence, by understanding the backgroud we can understand the rationale for the bias. By understanding the background we can also understand the situation the author was writing the book and hence tune our thinking towards the time frame and understand the story more.

12/1/2011 LA Lesson

Prejudice

Know:
Personally what I know of Prejudice, is regarding to put someone down, however the first thing that comes to my mind is the famous title "Pride and Prejudice". Prejudice has been existent over a great span of time. Prejudice ranges from official prejudice, or personal prejudice. Prejudice from ancient times include official prejudices when people are banished from a territory. Luckily, in modern times prejudice is highly despised by most societies. Hence, officially declared Prejudice is less common. However, the rise of personal prejudice is inevitable. I would link prejudice with racism. Consequently, the thoughts of African-Americans come to mind. In the US, as we all probably know, prejudice had existed towards the Native American "Blacks". Thankfully this type of racism has been curbed to a certain extent.

Want:
What I am interested is the past of Prejudice towards Native-Americans. Especially around the Civil War period. I would want to know the kind of attitude faced by the Native Americans and also the kind of fate they own. I want to find out their difference in society and what kind of jobs they are assigned. Also, I want to know the insights and the unknown tortures they endure.