So the goal that I set for myself that was difficult to achieve is probably to study hard and It was difficult when I was young because back then I was I used to be a girl that just Whatever score get it’s just my luck and I felt like I Can’t try any harder because I’m just the person I am and I can’t change myself but I start thinking differently as I grew older because I think things that it’s not it’s not you that makes your score but it’s like how you behave and how you work on it so as I grew older I start thinking that I should work harder and just not have the thoughts of saying I’ll get whatever I get so I start studying harder and practicing my skills and study and when there is like competition coming up I would join the competitions. I mostly joined competition in mathematics because I was good in math and I start working harder when there’s an exam coming up like if there’s an exam coming up I would start studying, just spend time doing the work repeatedly and try to understand the work, like try to understand the topic and understand how to do it and not just memorizing it because I believe that when you understand it, even though you’re not good at doing it, still find a way to do it because you understand it then memorizing it because if you memorize it and if you forgot then you’re done so when I start studying harder I finally achieve my score and I felt really relieved and then I start having a thought that I should study harder for the score and not just get whatever I think it’s my luck getting the score
Band 6+: Describe a goal you achieved that initially seemed impossible. You should say: - What the goal was - What made it seem impossible at first - What steps you took to achieve it And explain how you felt after achieving it.
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So the goal that I set for myself that was difficult to achieve was probably to study hard. It was difficult when I was young because back then I used to be a girl who thought that whatever score I got was just my luck. I felt like I couldn't try any harder because I was just the person I was, and I couldn't change myself. However, I started thinking differently as I grew older. I realized that it’s not just you that determines your score, but rather how you behave and how you work on it. As I grew older, I began to think that I should work harder and not have the mindset of just accepting whatever I got. I started studying harder and practicing my skills. When competitions came up, I would join them. I mostly joined competitions in mathematics because I was good at math. I began to work harder when exams were approaching. If there was an exam coming up, I would start studying, spending time doing the work repeatedly, and trying to understand the material. I focused on understanding the topic and how to do it, rather than just memorizing it. I believe that when you understand something, even if you're not initially good at it, you can still find a way to succeed because you understand it. In contrast, if you only memorize and forget, then you're done. When I started studying harder, I finally achieved my desired score, and I felt really relieved. I then began to think that I should study harder for my scores and not just rely on luck.
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