The skill I have chosen is communication. It is a skill that takes many forms. In this response, I will expound upon three. The first is verbal communication. Verbal communication is vital in today's society with an array of people from different ethnic backgrounds choosing to make the United States of America their home. Having this skill is beneficial in many ways. The ways are these; you are able to have your inner thoughts understood audibly and not limited to try to express yourself through your body or with writing words down on a page which I will get to in a moment. People that are native to the United States have verbal communication in English as their first language, so it is less likely for that to become an obstacle. However, people that have emigrated here from other countries, if they did not learn English previously, would benefit from doing so. Without this skill there'll always be a barrier, a translator needed, and confusion about whether the translator correctly relayed what the individual was speaking.
The next form is nonverbal or body language. There are so many types of nonverbal communication. In some relationships, two people can have a conversation with each other never having to speak one word. I think that very few individuals have this skill, but it is definitely one that would be worth mastering. One example I like to use of nonverbal communication and or body language is, a mother or father with their children at a grocery store. To avoid making a scene the mother or father sometimes only has to give a look, or a snap, or some other type of gesture and those children know that they are acting up and it needs to come to a stop immediately. Another example of this is flirting. Two people of the opposite sex in a public meeting place such as a bar, club, or a concert don't really have to say anything to each other to know that there is an attraction, or to know that there isn't. Nonverbal and or body language are known for bringing...