Each month schoolswork.co.uk provide assembly and lesson resources in Youthwork magazine. In the January 2008 issue of Youthwork magazine, the schoolswork.co.uk resource page has a secondary assembly on anger that challenges students to get angry about the right things. Here’s the set of slides

Do you know any young people who struggle to control their anger?

I’m working with a young person who is one outbreak away from expulsion and I’m expected to perform a miracle. Whilst this may be possible theologically, faith permitting, I’m probably not going to deliver as completely reformed a character as the school wishes. Seeing the brilliant person behind the behaviour is only making it an even taller order. Thankfully our team book this term is Working with Anger and Young People…maybe God’s already underway!

What happened to Care Bears and Lego?

I am currently mentoring a young man who has issues with anger and getting into fights…

“People have become so used to the speed and convenience of the internet that more than seven in 10 get angry if forced to wait longer than one minute for a web page to download”

According to new research, it takes Brits an average of eight minutes and 22 seconds before they lose their temper. The study included things such as waiting on hold on a phone call, waiting for food in a restaurant and waiting for friends to show up. A summary of the results was in the Telegraph this weekend. The research found that younger people were among the most impatient and were much more likely to react in a physical way (e.g. throwing something) after reaching the point of impatience.