Helping other humans who are in need, I think it’s such a great thing that someone can do for others. It’s like offering your services. And personally, I believe that when someone helps another person who is a complete stranger, they don’t know anything about them. And it’s always selfless. So I think that there’s still faith in humanity. So I also got to have this opportunity to help someone who was in need. So it was time when I was in high school. And after when my school ended, I was coming back to my home. and on the way I saw an old lady and she was like looking for somewhere to go and she had an address written on her hand but I think she was illiterate that’s why she was not able to understand or maybe she was someone new in that place So she was not acquainted with the address truly well. So she was asking other people but you know other people were quite busy. They were not paying much heed to her and were truly ignoring her. So I was really disheartened upon watching this. So I immediately rushed to her and asked her that where do you want to go? She told me that this is the address and it’s the address of her nephew. Her phone battery has died and her nephew was on the phone when the battery was dead. So I didn’t have any phone at that time. I asked someone near to me that kindly lent me their phone but they refused. So I knew that address so I asked her let me take you there. Though I was getting very late because I had my tuition classes like within an hour and I had to reach home, have my lunch and get ready to go to my tuitions. Despite that I chose to help that woman because she was really suffering at that time and and no one was helping her out. So I took her, I held her.
Band 6+: Describe a time when you helped a stranger. You should say: - When and where this happened - What you did to help - What the result was And explain how you felt about helping this person.
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Helping other humans who are in need, I think it's such a great thing that someone can do for others. It's like offering your services. Personally, I believe that when someone helps another person who is a complete stranger, they don't know anything about them, and it's always selfless. I think that there's still faith in humanity. I had the opportunity to help someone who was in need. It was a time when I was in high school. After school ended, I was coming back home, and on the way, I saw an old lady who was looking for somewhere to go. She had an address written on her hand, but I think she was illiterate; that's why she was not able to understand it, or maybe she was new to the area and not familiar with the address. She was asking other people, but they were quite busy and were not paying much attention to her, truly ignoring her. I was really disheartened upon seeing this. I immediately rushed to her and asked where she wanted to go. She told me that this was the address of her nephew. Her phone battery had died, and her nephew was on the phone when it happened. I didn't have a phone at that time, so I asked someone nearby to kindly lend me theirs, but they refused. I knew the address, so I asked her to let me take her there. Though I was getting very late because I had my tuition classes within an hour and needed to reach home, have my lunch, and get ready to go to my tuition, I chose to help that woman because she was really suffering at that time, and no one was helping her. I took her and held her.
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