WHERE IS THE PEACE?

Why are people these days such loose cannons?
Why do people carry so much anger?

I am taking a college class for work and I am assigned to a group for a project. There is of course one black sheep in each group.  It happens every single time I am in a group, we have a slacker. Well our slacker this time around is really trying my patience.  We will call him Mr. A for Mr. Anger ... or maybe for something else that starts with an A. Just kidding!

So Mr. A has been nothing but a nuisance. He barely shows up for class, when he does he is late. He treats our teacher (one of the best teachers I have ever had) incredibly inappropriate. He expects to be able to hand in his homework late and it be accepted. He is a thug wanna be, well who knows, these days he could very well be one. He argues with everyone in my group. He has not done anything and when he tried, he put us back three classes, because he would not listen to what the teacher and the group was trying to tell him.

So last week we had to redo what he had done. When he showed up to class he expressed his anger in an annoying improper English language with every other word containing the F-bomb. I at this point feel very targeted and nervous. So I do what I do best ignore and keep moving forward. After we finally put a stop to his pointless arguments he took his tantrum to the opposite side of the row.

At the end of class he decided that he would no longer just mumble extremely out of line obscenities and expressed them in a very loud and angry way. He told each and every one of his group’s members to f-off in many ways.  I at one point thought to myself... huh wow I am impressed I have never in so many different ways have been told that I am hated. This went on for quite some time. Most of the time I felt it was directed at me. I simply kept staring straight at my computer and typed away. He then accused one member of doing anything I said to "get with me"! Ugggghhhhhh this really made me mad! So I finally yelped back EXCUSE ME! He actually quieted down. Then the other group members took over and explained to him that everyone has the right to their own opinion, but we are a group so we are going to use the most logical opinion and proceed. They also explained to him that he is taking everything too personally and that we are doing this project to pass a class and that is it.  He finally quieted down after awhile. 

Let's just say I high tailed it out of there. I waited by the doors, trying to get my lovely significant other on the phone, because my classmate just made me feel threatened. Thankfully one of the group members came up to me and walked me to my car. He too agreed on the tension and the anger.

Today I received an email from my teacher expressing concern. She had heard what happened. I replied and told her and she has since then expressed her apologies and said that is unacceptable.

All I can keep thinking is Thank GOD that the majority of people are not Mr. A.  I feel bad for him in a way. He is obviously trying to better himself by going to college. I fear that he will not make it which means he will most likely never change.  This also means he might blame this class and everyone in it for his failure.  Which in return will fuel anger in his many children's lives.

If I could speak my real opinion to him it would be to treat others the way you want to be treated. Treat females the same as a male. Love life and enjoy the life that you are given. Educate yourself, don't take advantage of it, you might lose the opportunity to make something of yourself. If this world is to me the way I have always thought of it to be then he should at the least be kicked out of this class.  Then what? He becomes a lost soul in gang land... Should I be threatened in a class or should the society throw him back on the streets?