Yesterday!!

     In yesterday's class, we mainly focused on question number 3 ("Which is your most common conflict strategy...?"). People in my group had Confronting, Compromising and Forcing. I had Smoothing...The word "Smoothing" sounds pleasing but I feel like I'm a kind of person who evade the conflict. I'm from ICU high school and ICU is famous for being international with more than half the students being returnees from other countries. Since students at ICU tend to be what we call "Americanized," I was able to assert my own opinions. However, I was much different in the past. When I went to an elementary school in Japan, I often restrained myself from feeling annoyed. Whenever I had a fight with someone I would always apologize first in order to avoid any conflict. On one side, I may seem like a tolerant person but...This is not an effective way to handle a problem because I keep things to myself and I can't say things to their face. The worst thing you can do is to talk behind someone's back. Moreover, this IS stressful! In the end, I guess I still have that side of me in which I tend to "Smooth things over."