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Band 6+: Are you a punctual person? Why or why not?

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Generally, I am not a punctual person. There are a couple of reasons. After my graduation, I didn't involve myself in any routine or specific job; rather, I am doing some research work with affiliations like Qatar University. During my research work, I don't have any timeline. I just need to meet twice a week, and for the rest of the days, I can work from home. There are some disadvantages when you are working from home because there is no routine; it's up to you whenever you are free.

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Generally, I am not a punctual person. There are some couple of reasons. After my graduation, I didn’t involve any routine or specific job rather than I am doing some research works within some affiliation like Qatar University. So during my research work, I don’t have any timeline. just I need to meet twice in a week and rest of all days I can work from home. So there have some disadvantages when you are working from home because no routine just you it’s up to you whenever you are free.

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