Band 6: Describe a time when you had to solve a problem. You should say: what the problem was how you solved it what obstacles you faced and what you learned from the experience. (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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The one that I particularly see as important was when I had to work with a person who wasn't willing to contribute to group work. When I was pursuing my college in India, one of my team members refused to work on a group project because he wanted to attend some sports classes, so he said that he could not help us anymore. I was very disappointed because it would put a burden on the other team members, and I didn't want that. So I decided to talk to my team member who was refusing to work with us, and I told him about his contribution and how it would affect our group project. I also assured him that if he took part in it, he would get a good grade. Luckily, he understood our situation as well as his importance in our project. He decided to help us and complete his part of the work. I would say that the road from disagreement to agreement wasn't easy for me, as I had to come out of my comfort zone and talk to a person who was in denial. I had to compromise my self-respect while talking to him. So it wasn't easy for me, and I learned that nothing is easy in this life. This was a good lesson for me: communicating with others is important.

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The one that I particularly see as an important one was when I have to work with a person who wasn’t willing to put his contribution and group work. When I was pursuing my college in India, one of my team members denied to work on a group project because he wanted to attend some sports classes so he said that he could not help us anymore. I was very disappointed because it will put some burden on other team members and I didn’t want it to. So I decided to talk to my team member who was refusing to work with us and then I told him about his contribution and how his contribution would affect our group project. I also assured him that if he takes part in that, he will get a good grade. Luckily he understood our situation as well as his importance in our project. He decided to help us and to complete his part of work. I would say that the road from this agreement to agreement wasn’t easy for me as I had to come out of my comfort place and I had to talk to a person who was in a denial. So I had to compromise my self respect and I was talking to him. So it wasn’t easy for me and I learned that nothing is easy in this life. So this was a good lesson for me that communicating with others is a good thing.

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