Band 6: Describe a rule that is important in your school or workplace. You should say: What the rule is Why it is important How others feel about this rule And explain how this rule has affected you or others (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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The most important rule in my university that I want to talk about is the dress code. We have a dress code that requires us to wear only formal clothes at university. I think the reason for it is that they believe it affects other students because they want equality and want every student to be on the same level in appearance, so nobody can judge others based on their looks or have prejudices. Most of my friends and I actually don't like this rule because we think it is very strict and restricts us significantly. We would be much more comfortable choosing our clothing that we like and feel comfortable in because wearing formal clothes all the time is very boring and also uncomfortable. So, I think it is not a good rule, but I respect it, and I don't have many problems with it anyway.

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The most important rule in my university, I want to talk about it, is dress code. We have a dress code that we have to wear only formal clothes at university. I think the reason for it, I think is that probably they think that it affects other students because they want equality and want every student be on the same level by a look, so nobody can judge others from their look or have prejudices. And most of my friends, we actually don’t like this rule because I think it is very strict and it restricts us very much. We can be much comfortable when choosing our wearing clothes that we like and feel comfortable in because wearing formal clothes all the time actually is very boring and also it is not comfortable. So I think it is not a good rule but I respect it and I don’t have many problems with it anyways.

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Band 6+: Describe a rule that is important in your school or workplace. You should say: What the rule is Why it is important How others feel about this rule And explain how this rule has affected you or others

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