Positive character trait
Patient
Able to wait or continue without becoming harsh or careless.
4 ready sentences Updated Run by Adrian Nutiu
What it looks like
- Explains something again, a different way, without a sigh.
- Waits for slow progress without giving up on it.
- Stays calm with delays, queues and people who are struggling.
Fits when someone can wait, or keep helping, without complaint or irritation
Not when waiting means putting up with something that should be challenged now
How to say it
Replace the brackets with what the person actually did.
Fills [Name] in the reference and the report card comment, ready to copy.
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Resume line Trained [number] [new staff, learners or volunteers], including [a group who had struggled], to [standard] in [period].
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Reference or recommendation [Name] is patient with [learners, clients or new staff]: they explained [a complex task] as many times as it took, and every one of them [result].
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Report card comment [Name] is patient with classmates who need extra time and is a kind helper in group work.
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In a story, shown not told He showed her the knot eleven times. On the twelfth, her fingers got it, and he said only, 'There you go.'
The patient tutor explained fractions a fourth way without a sigh.
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