Well, I have some bittersweet experiences about the decision that I have made and in turn have to be a bad one. Well, as for instance, I can mention a decision that is related to my acupatition. I’m an attorney and I practice law. And I can refer to this one that I had to charge a person. And, you know, it was imperative to implement. And I guess I had some evidences that they were adequate enough to implicate that person. And it was unequivocal that in that time, I had to do it. It was my obligation. I was under the oath and I just, I have done what I had to do. Well, he was charged with fabricating documents and forgery. documents and forgery. I added some details like vandalism and sabotage also. Well, the only thing that resented me here is that it turns out that somebody else covered up for him. You know, they penetrated to our documents and they convert them all and with all sincerity I have to confess that in that period of time I felt guilty and the lesson that I had learned about this whole adventure was that not all people are nefarious and not all people are you know honest and you always have to be finished and doubt about everyone in jacquery days And that’s what I have learned about this.
Band 6+: Describe a decision you made that turned out to be a mistake. You should say: - What the decision was - Why you made it - What the consequences were And explain what you learned from this experience.
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Well, I have some bittersweet experiences about a decision that I made that turned out to be a bad one. For instance, I can mention a decision related to my occupation. I'm an attorney, and I practice law. I had to charge a person, and it was imperative to implement that decision. I believed I had enough evidence to implicate that person, and it was unequivocal that at that time, I had to do it. It was my obligation. I was under oath, and I did what I had to do. He was charged with fabricating documents and forgery. I added some details like vandalism and sabotage as well. The only thing that troubled me was that it turned out someone else covered up for him. They penetrated our documents and altered them. With all sincerity, I have to confess that during that period, I felt guilty. The lesson I learned from this whole experience was that not all people are nefarious, and not all people are honest. You always have to be cautious and have doubts about everyone in your dealings. That's what I learned from this.
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