Band 6: Describe a difficult decision that you made. You should say: - What the decision was about - What the different options were - Why it was a difficult decision And explain what you learned from the experience. (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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I'd like to talk about the decision I had to make one year ago. This decision was very significant; it played a crucial role in my life because I faced many hard moments. This year, I received an invitation to join an online school, and there were many positive aspects that outweighed the negatives. I had much more spare time to prepare for my final exams and to have more tutors. However, I also had the chance to stay with my friends at my previous school, which played a vital role because friends are an important part of my life, and I just can't live without them. But personally, studying is much more important because I think about my future. The thing that made this decision very hard for me was that my parents also wanted me to study in an offline school because they believed it would be very important for my mental health. They thought that if I sat at home every day just studying, it would be very hard for me. But now, I try to keep up with peace and study hard.

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I’d like to talk about the decision I had to make one year ago. And this decision was very. It played very crucial role in my life because I made a lot of hard decisions and hard moments. But uh, this year I got an advertisement to join online school and there were a lot of positive moments and they all outweighed cons because I had much more spare time to prepare to my final exams and uh, to have more tutors. But uh uh I also had chance to stay with my friends in my previous school and uh, it plays a vital role because uh. Friends are important part of my life and I just can’t live without them. But personally for me studying is much more important because I think about my future life and the thing that made this decision uh very hard for me was that my parents also said to study in offline school because uh uh they thought that it would play uh very important role in my uh, mental health because if I would sit everyday at home and just study it would be very hard for me. But now I try to keep up with peace and study hard.

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