Talk about a strong disagreement that you had with a friend. You should say: what it was about who you had it with how you resolved it and explain what happened after the disagreement. Sample Answer 1:
I usually go well with all of my friends and I have a tendency to listen first and then react. However, this is always not the case and I can recall some events when I had to strongly disagree with my close friends. I will talk about such an event when I had a strong disagreement with Paula, who is one of my very best friends, how it happened, how we solved this dispute and then the result of this disagreement. I was in my early university days when this disagreement took place. Our course teacher gave us an assignment and it was about writing a review on a foreign movie. That was the part of our mid-semester assignment and the teacher could absolutely pick any topic as an assignment for the students. I was placed on a team of 4 members and Paula was also on our team. She was one of the top performing students in our class and well-known for her enviable results. We had only 4 days to submit our assignment and after the class, we agreed that we will watch this movie at Richard’s place (another team member for the assignment). Strangely Paula did not show up in the evening and her cell phone was turned off. We were worried about her and rescheduled to watch the movie in a later date. Next day I met Paula at the university campus and asked her if everything was okay. She looked surprised and said ‘oh, yes’, everything is absolutely fine. ’ She also asked how was the movie and that shocked me. I then realised she did not come last evening intentionally. I told her that we had rescheduled the movie watching and this time she must appear at Richard’s place. She laughed mockingly and told me to cancel it and write the review from the movie review websites. She also suggested me she is going to write the review for us and we could focus on something else. That’s something I could not agree with and had to strongly disagree with her. I tried to convince her that the whole concept of the assignment was not to copy-paste contents from any website and that’s something I am not going to accept anyway. We had a hot debate for about 20 minutes and at the end of our loud conversation, we both became annoyed with each other. I finally told him that I will not be with her for this assignment and would report the teacher to assign me to a different team. Umm, after two days two other team members interfered and they proposed a solution that both of us (Paula and I) will write our own assignment and review while they will decide which one is better and that one would be submitted as the team assignment. However strong the disagreement was, our friendship was stronger and Paula yield to follow my lead to finish this assignment. That’s how the dispute, (or our disagreement) was resolved and we were all happy about that. Honestly speaking, the disagreement was so strong and at a time I thought that’s going to harm our friendship. But in reality, Paula was a smart and understanding woman and she accepted my proposal to resolve this issue. After we got A+ for our assignment, we were all happy and contented.
Talk about a
strong
disagreement
that you had with a
friend
. You should say: what it was about who you had it with how you resolved it and
explain
what happened after the
disagreement
. Sample Answer 1:
I
usually
go
well
with all of my
friends
and I have a tendency to listen
first
and then react.
However
, this is always not the case and I can recall
some
events
when I had to
strongly
disagree with my close
friends
. I will talk about such an
event
when I had a
strong
disagreement
with Paula, who is one of my
very
best
friends
, how it happened, how we solved this dispute and then the result of this
disagreement
. I was in my early university days when this
disagreement
took place. Our course teacher gave us an
assignment
and it was about writing a
review
on a foreign
movie
. That was the part of our mid-semester
assignment
and the teacher could
absolutely
pick any topic as an
assignment
for the students. I
was placed
on a
team
of 4 members and Paula was
also
on our
team
. She was one of the top performing students in our
class
and
well
-known for her enviable results. We had
only
4 days to submit our
assignment
and after the
class
, we
agreed
that we will
watch
this
movie
at Richard’s place (another
team
member for the
assignment)
.
Strangely
Paula did not
show
up in the evening and her cell phone
was turned
off. We
were worried
about her and rescheduled to
watch
the
movie
in a later date.
Next
day I met Paula at the university campus and asked her if everything was okay. She looked surprised and said ‘oh, yes’, everything is
absolutely
fine. ’ She
also
asked how was the
movie
and that shocked me. I then
realised
she did not
come
last evening
intentionally
. I
told
her that we had rescheduled the
movie
watching and this time she
must
appear at Richard’s place.
She laughed
mockingly
and
told
me to cancel it and write the
review
from the
movie
review
websites. She
also
suggested me she is going to write the
review
for
us and
we could focus on something else.
That’s something I could not
agree
with and had to
strongly
disagree with her. I tried to convince her that the whole concept of the
assignment
was not to copy-paste contents from any website and that’s something I am not going to accept
anyway
. We had a hot debate for about 20 minutes and at the
end
of our loud conversation, we both became annoyed with each other. I
finally
told
him that I will not be with her for this
assignment
and would report the teacher to assign me to a
different
team
.
Umm
, after two days two other
team
members
interfered and
they proposed a solution that both of us (Paula and I) will write our
own
assignment
and
review
while they will decide which one is better and that one would
be submitted
as the
team
assignment
.
However
strong
the
disagreement
was, our friendship was stronger and Paula yield to follow my lead to finish this
assignment
. That’s how the dispute, (or our
disagreement)
was
resolved and
we were all happy about that.
Honestly
speaking, the
disagreement
was
so
strong
and at a time I
thought
that’s going to harm our friendship.
But
in reality, Paula was a smart and understanding
woman and
she
accepted
my proposal to resolve this issue. After we
got
A+ for our
assignment
, we were all happy and contented.