Band 5: Discussing problems with other why is it good to discuss problems with other people? Do you think that it's better to talk to friends and not family about problem? is it always a good idea to tell lots of people about a problem? (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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I usually, if I have a problem with another friend, because it's a problem that makes me feel bad, I will discuss it with other people like my friend, my roommate, or my classmates. Then, when I try to discuss her, someone that I feel not good with, I will make a discussion about what she did to me. I think it's better to talk with my friend, not with my family, because my family doesn't know all about me, how I am in class, how I am in my room, because we live in different environments. So I think it's better if I talk with my friend. My friend also knows her and what the problem is. We feel the same about what has already happened before, in the previous part, and we study here together. Usually, it's a problem about how I study and what I do in class. I like it better if I talk with my friend because it makes me feel better, and I can give my opinion about someone or something that I think is really bad for me. My friend can also improve themselves by discussing what's bad. You can say it's for the improvement of my friend, and I give them my opinion about it. We discuss something that will make me better than before. Yeah, maybe that's enough.

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I usually if I have a problem with another friend because a problem that make me feel bad, I will discuss with other people like my friend, my roommate, or my classmates and Then when I try to discuss about her, someone that I feel not good with me, so in that time I will like make a discussion about what she did to me. And then I think better to talk with my friend, not with my family because my family doesn’t know all about me, how I am in class, how I am in room because we live in another, in a different environment. So I think better if I talk with my friend. And then my friend also know which her and then what is the problem also. We feel the same, we feel the same what it’s already passed in the before, in the previous part and then we study here together and then usually it’s a problem like about how I study and then what I in class and then and then I like for better if I already talk with my friend because it make me more like better and then I can like give my opinion about someone or about something that I think really bad for me. And then my friend also can like, improve their self by it’s bad. And then, yeah, you can say it’s for improvement my friend and give them my opinion about it. and discuss about something that will make me better than before yeah maybe that’s enough

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