Band 6: Describe a risk wich end up with positive results (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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In our life, we have to take risks to improve our skills as well as for our betterment. Today, I would like to talk about one risk that I took during my school time. I was in 12th standard, and I was a very studious person at the time. I am a very sensible person. From the beginning of my schooling, I always wanted to be a doctor, so I worked very hard to achieve my goal. In 12th standard, that was the end of school. After 12th, I had to take admission in the medical field. I worked hard to achieve my band scores. Unfortunately, I was very sick and had to go to the hospital for treatment. On the day of my examination, I was not able to attend the exam. But by the grace of God, and of course because of my family's support, they pushed me a lot. Finally, I decided to appear in the exam. When I was in the examination hall during the exam, my heart was pumping so hard. Finally, I managed somehow, and after I took a minute to relax myself, I appeared for the exam. Of course, I worked hard and studied a lot for the exam. I was aware of all the answers, and finally, my exam went incredibly well. When I got the result, I could not believe my eyes. I got the highest scores in two subjects, which I was very worried about. That was the best moment for me. It was a shocking moment for all my family members as well. Yes, I did it.

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In our life we have to take a risk to improve our skill as well as for our betterment. Today I would like to talk about one risk which I took in my school time. I was in 12th standard and I was a very studious person at the time. I am a very sensual person. From the beginning of my school I always wanted to be a doctor so that I did many hard work to achieve my goal. In 12th standard that was the end of the school. After 12th I had to take admission in medical field. I did hard work a lot to achieve my band scores. Unfortunately I was very sick and I had to go to hospital for treatment. At the day of my examination I was not able to attend the exam. But by the grace of God and of course because of my family support they pushed me a lot. Finally I decided to appear in the exam. When I was in examination hall during the exam my heart was pumping so hard. Finally I managed somehow and after I took a minute to relax myself. Finally I appeared for the exam. Of course I did hard work and I read a lot for the exam. I was aware about all the answers and finally my exam was incredibly good. When I got the result I cannot believe on my eyes. I got the highest scores in two subjects fit in which I was very worried about. That was the best moment for me. It was a shocking moment for all my house members as well. Yes I did it.

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