There are some incidents happened in my life that someone apologized to me. One incident that comes to my mind after hearing this question was happened in my workplace and it happened one year ago. The person who apologized to was my manager. She is usually very professional and supportive so this incident was really unexpected. When during a tea meeting she criticized a report that I had prepared. She pointed out several mistakes in front of others and sounded quite strict. At that time I was down in dumps and I felt a bit hard because I spent a lot of time for working on that report. Later I checked this report and realized that she misunderstand some parts of that report. And the second day she called me into her office and apologized. She said she reviewed the report and she reviewed the report carefully and recognized that she She misunderstood some parts and she apologized to me for two times. I felt relieved and respectful because she is matured and she realized her mistake and ready to apologize for me. of feeling upset I felt more motivated to work hard because I knew she valued honesty and hard work. The experience strengthened my trust in her as a leader.
Band 7+: Describe a time when someone apologized to you You should say: - When it was - Who this person is - Why he or she apologized to you - And how you felt about it
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There are some incidents that happened in my life when someone apologized to me. One incident that comes to my mind after hearing this question occurred in my workplace about a year ago. The person who apologized was my manager. She is usually very professional and supportive, so this incident was really unexpected. During a team meeting, she criticized a report that I had prepared. She pointed out several mistakes in front of others and sounded quite strict. At that time, I was down in the dumps and felt a bit upset because I had spent a lot of time working on that report. Later, I checked the report and realized that she misunderstood some parts of it. The next day, she called me into her office and apologized. She said she reviewed the report carefully and recognized that she had misunderstood some parts, and she apologized to me twice. I felt relieved and respectful because she is mature and realized her mistake and was ready to apologize to me. Instead of feeling upset, I felt more motivated to work hard because I knew she valued honesty and hard work. The experience strengthened my trust in her as a leader.
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