Band 7: Describe a time you had to make a difficult ethical decision. You should say: - What the situation was - What the possible options were - Who was affected by your choice And explain why you consider it a difficult ethical decision. (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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Today I would like to talk about a time when I had to make a difficult decision. I remember after my 10th examination, it was time to select my subjects for higher studies. All of my friends were taking non-medical. At that time, I felt so stumped because I had to choose one stream that would be beneficial for my future. There were four streams: medical, non-medical, arts, and commerce, and I felt so confused. My friends persuaded me to take up the non-medical field, but I remembered that math was not my strong subject. I also told my parents about it, but they stuck to their guns and told me that it totally depended on me because my future would be influenced by this subject. Then I remember I called Mrs. Tromilla, who is one of my English teachers, and she knew me very well. Moreover, at that time, I asked her which stream I should take for the future, and she suggested I choose medical because she knew I had gained interest in biology and wanted to learn about the anatomy and physiology of the human body. I think I hit the nail on the head because otherwise, I would miss the boat in the future. Now I can enjoy other pursuits too along with my studies, and I think it would be a great opportunity for my future because I know I can perform better in this field, and it helped me to stand on my own two feet. That would be great for my upcoming future.

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Today I would like to talk about a time when I had to make a difficult decision. I remember after my 10th examination it was the time to select my subjects for higher studies. All of my friends were taken non-medical. At that time I was feeling so stumped because I had to choose one stream that would be beneficial for my future. There were four streams, medical, non-medical, arts and commerce and I felt so confused. My friends persuaded me to take up the non-medical field but I remembered that map. was not my strong subject. I also told my parents about it but they stick to their guns and they told me that it totally depend on me because my future would be beneficial because of this subject. Then I remember I called Mrs. Tromilla who is one of my English teacher and she knew me very well. Moreover at that time I asked her about which stream that I would take for the future and she suggested me to choose medical because she knew me very well and she knew that I had gained interest in the biology to know about the anatomy and physiology of the human body and then I I think I hit the nail on the head because otherwise I’ll miss the board in the future and now I can enjoy other persuades too along with my study and I think it would be a great opportunity for my future because I know I can perform better in this field and it helped me to stand on my toes feet. That would be great for my upcoming future.

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Describe a time you had to make a difficult ethical decision. You should say: – What the situation was – What the possible options were – Who was affected by your choice And explain why you consider it a difficult ethical decision.

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