Well, I want to get a ball rolling by talking about a big decision that has changed my life in a way that I couldn’t have imagined before. It all started a couple of years ago when I decided to drop out of high school and it was a big mistake at the time. And I went out to work labor job for a couple of months before I decided a big decision for my life and that was to come back to school again. And when I started being in educational environments one more time, training as an engineering mechanical engineering student to be exact, and it screwed me to be a more independent and mature kind of person. And I decided to become a successful human being who will be able to take care of me. Take care of his families and those around and at the time I was very determined that I want to be a successful and useful citizenry who can make contribution to the society. I set out to go to study higher up and achieve the greatness in my academic career and then I decided to change my academic goals again from being an engineering student to an English teacher and it’s all and it will work out successfully after two years of thinking about the results. And when I achieved the goal just halfway through the process I fell over the moons because I thought it was a long journey, you know, full enough, up and down but I held on and successfully nailed the dream that I have set out and which was thought to be a high dream at the time a few years ago. And now I’m working as an English teacher after I have graduated from the University of Technology and I’m still working on my academic career to be a productive and useful citizen. I want to be a university lecturer in the future and now this is my goal that I need to get.
Band 6+: 45. Describe a life goal that you have had for a long time You should say: what it was; why you set this goal; whether it was difficult to achieve this goal; and explain how you felt about achieving this goal.
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Well, I want to get the ball rolling by talking about a big decision that has changed my life in a way that I couldn't have imagined before. It all started a couple of years ago when I decided to drop out of high school, and it was a big mistake at the time. I went out to work a labor job for a couple of months before I made a significant decision for my life, and that was to come back to school again. When I started being in an educational environment once more, training as a mechanical engineering student to be exact, it helped me become a more independent and mature person. I decided to become a successful individual who would be able to take care of myself, my family, and those around me. At that time, I was very determined to be a successful and useful citizen who could contribute to society. I set out to study further and achieve greatness in my academic career. Then I decided to change my academic goals from being an engineering student to an English teacher, and it all worked out successfully after two years of thinking about the results. When I achieved the goal just halfway through the process, I was over the moon because I thought it was a long journey, full of ups and downs, but I held on and successfully nailed the dream that I had set out, which was thought to be a high dream a few years ago. Now I'm working as an English teacher after graduating from the University of Technology, and I'm still working on my academic career to be a productive and useful citizen. I want to be a university lecturer in the future, and now this is my goal that I need to achieve.
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