Skill?????

Question

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

Thanx for your ideas :) :) :)

Answer 1

Most people, including myself, have no grasp og the english language. All people should learn proper spelling and grammar. This would be usefull on the web for leisure, in school, and in the work world. Think about everything that you write everyday. Think about everything that you read that is poorly spelt. We could ALL benifit.

Answer 2

People could benefit from mastering the skill of mental math.  The new methods of math that students as young as kindergarten are learning encourage children to estimate everything and learn to add it up in their heads.  This is a valuable skill for everyday life in many aspects.  Even those who don't have jobs involving math will need to, at some point, go to the grocery store.  It's a smart idea to keep a general tab of how much you are spending in your head, as well as being able to compute differences in price between brands or sizes.  

Research has shown that those who have a sense of mathematic automaticity (being able to recall math facts automatically) will do better in math in school, but this also carries over into being better managers of money as adults.  Those who don't have the skill of mental math will be more likely to leave balancing the check book for later, when they have a calculator, or not add correctly and end up going over budget.