Interpersonal conflict occurs due to myriad
of personalities in each individual.
My friend Nancy told me about how she was confronted
during physics tuition. It was a norm that homework questions would be revised
through during lesson. The method of revising through would be seat by seat,
each student will have to give the answer they had written for the question.
While Nancy did not complete the tutorial
assignment she was supposed to do, she asked Joe for help as Nancy felt that
Joe was the closest friend she has and she did not want to feel left out
without answering the question. Instead of being helpful, Joe went to confront
her and said nastily “It is your problem that you did not complete your
homework, why should I be so kind to share answers with you”
As seen, Joe had a very direct and
confrontational personality however, Nancy even though was in the wrong, she
had a passive character where she does not know how to retaliate in situations
like this.
Yes, even though Nancy should be
responsible for her own homework and her friend isn’t wrong in saying words
like this. Can’t conflict be minimized if Joe used words that aren’t so nasty?
He could have used words that will not hurt the other party feelings.
If you were to face any confrontation, be
it whether you are right or wrong, how will you face it/deal with it?
*Nancy & Joe are fictional names*
