Okay now I want to talk about my classmate who sat next to me. He was really open-minded and I was happy to chat with him. There was one story actually where we were told of by our teacher. In addition, we were like, as trade students who were supposed to study and get five in every subject. So one day, as I said, we got told off. Actually, I didn’t expect his reaction to be so vulnerable because he was about to cry, but we were teenagers, so I think it was okay to express his feelings that way. The only thing that I guess is embarrassing is that I couldn’t support him that easily and actually was something like a defense reaction. So yep, he kinda sat everything about his family problems that was kinda private and he kinda said everything to me and I couldn’t fully support him. Every time, now that every time I have some arguments, it still reminds me of the time when we kinda sat next to each other and he was talking about that problems. So yeah, I guess he’s doing very good now and I appreciate that. I hope that we will meet one day and I would say I’m sorry.
Band 6+: Describe a person who shows his or her feelings openly You should say: who this person is how you know this person why you think this person is open how you feel about this person
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Okay, now I want to talk about my classmate who sat next to me. He was really open-minded, and I was happy to chat with him. There was one story where we were told off by our teacher. As trade students, we were supposed to study and get fives in every subject. One day, as I said, we got told off. I didn't expect his reaction to be so vulnerable because he was about to cry, but we were teenagers, so I think it was okay to express his feelings that way. The only thing that I found embarrassing was that I couldn't support him easily; it was more of a defense reaction. He shared everything about his family problems, which was quite private, and I couldn't fully support him. Now, every time I have arguments, it reminds me of the time we sat next to each other, and he was talking about those problems. I guess he's doing very well now, and I appreciate that. I hope that we will meet one day, and I would say I'm sorry.
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