So basically the problem that I have to solve creatively was when I went to camping with my friends outside out of Sydney and it was towards the blue mountains the problem was that one of our swats didn’t have the sticks to hold you know the camp, the tent and all. So what I basically did was to collect some branches from like good branches from the trees and I placed it in a position that they could hold the whole night while we were sleeping, the tent. So it was very difficult because you had to be very handy and be careful because if you did any like rough movement during the night or whereas you were building it up, you could have just messed everything up in a bad way so you couldn’t have had a good night. Also I consider this a very creative solution because we basically were in the middle of of malware in the bushes. So it was nowhere else to get those sticks, no K-Mark, not any other shop center, shopping center, to buy things at all. So we sorted out since the moment we arrived there, because that’s the first thing we have to do once we find a good spot next to the river, to the fire, etc. But yeah, everything worked out very good and we could sleep properly and also enjoy our weekend outside.
Band 6+: Describe a time you solved a problem in a creative way. You should say: - What the problem was - What made it difficult - What you did to solve it And explain why you consider your solution to be creative.
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So basically, the problem that I had to solve creatively was when I went camping with my friends outside of Sydney, towards the Blue Mountains. The problem was that one of our tents didn't have the sticks to hold the tent up. So what I did was collect some good branches from the trees and placed them in a position that could hold the tent up for the whole night while we were sleeping. It was very difficult because you had to be very handy and careful; if you made any rough movements during the night or while you were building it, you could have messed everything up in a bad way, and then you wouldn't have had a good night. I consider this a very creative solution because we were basically in the middle of the bush, so there was nowhere else to get those sticks—no K-Mart, no other shopping center to buy things at all. We sorted it out as soon as we arrived there because that was the first thing we had to do once we found a good spot next to the river, by the fire, etc. But everything worked out very well, and we could sleep properly and enjoy our weekend outside.
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