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to show the points awarded to each hut and explained to the children
how the points would be won and lost.
RESULT
The competitive spirit transformed the children's attitude to tidying up
as each hut worked as a team to keep their surroundings clean and tidy.
There were no more problems with children 'disappearing' at clear-up
time & parents were amazed to hear how involved their children had
become in this activity.
Please describe a situation where you had to PERSUADE someone
to do something. How did you go about it? Were you successful?
CONTEXT
Last year I was living off-campus in a student house with friends. The
place was quite old and did not have a functional television aerial. I was
in charge of liaising with our landlord. I called him up to ask if he could
fix it for us.
ACTION
He was reluctant to do so unless we paid but I persuaded him finally by
saying that it would be beneficial for him as it would be easier to rent
the house out for next year. Also, it would be unfair on us to pay for an
aerial that we would only use for about nine months.
RESULT
I was successful with my persuasion and reason. The aerial was fixed at
no cost to us.

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