I’d like to talk about decisions that I made in my childhood. Years ago, clearly when I was 6th grade at school, I had a dream about entering one of a potential school agency. Then I told about it to my parents, but they refused it. So still I don’t know the reason why they denied my decision. Then at that time I didn’t feel upset because I didn’t start moving backward for only forward. And my decision changed my life because at that time I set a goal about preparing for math and also English because these subjects were required if you take an exam. Then at noon while my parents were taking a short nap, I decided to go to this potential school agency that’s located in the center of my region’s capital city. And then the exam date clarified, then I told about it to my parents. And when they heard about it, they shook it because of my secret actions. Then after these, I took an exam, then the results came out. When results came out, my parents knew about it first, not myself. And then they shook it again because I was a student who had higher scores than others. And this my decision changed my life more and more because nobody can defy me if I had a longing about doing something. Also they are my parents.
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I'd like to talk about decisions I made in my childhood. Years ago, when I was in 6th grade, I had a dream about entering a potential school agency. I told my parents about it, but they refused. I still don't know the reason why they denied my decision. At that time, I didn't feel upset because I was focused on moving forward. My decision changed my life because I set a goal to prepare for math and English, as these subjects were required for the exam. While my parents were taking a short nap, I decided to go to this potential school agency located in the center of my region's capital city. The exam date was clarified, and I told my parents about it. When they heard, they were shocked by my secret actions. After that, I took the exam, and when the results came out, my parents found out first, not me. They were shocked again because I had higher scores than others. This decision changed my life even more because nobody can defy me if I have a longing to do something. Also, they are my parents.
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