If we’re talking about a piece of advice that I received from a stranger, the first one which comes to my mind is the one that I received before my exam a few months ago. I was struggling to pass my exams because it was a really tough period in my life and it was a really interesting challenge for me because I have never before did this and especially with math. The exam was mathematics exam and I want to add some details about mathematics in my life. It’s a really hard subject for me and I never challenged myself that much in this sphere. And as I said two months ago I decided to challenge myself. I was preparing for several weeks and this exam was about a specific theme and the important detail that I want to highlight is this exam would influence further part of my life, which means that it would be a really beneficial thing to pass for me. And when I came to pass this exam, I met some stranger on the street and decided to talk to him because I was so nervous and I was shaking a bit. And I wanted to release the pressure. I decided to ask him simple questions, who he is and what he is doing. I defined that he also was taking this exam and he told me an interesting story. He was also struggling to pass this exam, but he found the main key for it and passed easily from the first attempt. And the key that he told me was about controlling your emotions. He said that emotions is the most important thing, don’t matter what you are doing. They are controlling all of our moves and defining our further progress. And with this advice I pass my exam and find it really useful.
Band 6+: Describe a piece of advice given by a stranger that influenced you. You should say: - What the advice was - When and where you received it - Who gave you the advice And explain why it had an impact on you.
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If we're talking about a piece of advice that I received from a stranger, the first one that comes to my mind is the one I received before my exam a few months ago. I was struggling to pass my exams because it was a really tough period in my life, and it was a really interesting challenge for me because I had never done this before, especially with math. The exam was a mathematics exam, and I want to add some details about mathematics in my life. It's a really hard subject for me, and I never challenged myself that much in this area. As I said, two months ago I decided to challenge myself. I was preparing for several weeks, and this exam was about a specific theme. The important detail I want to highlight is that this exam would influence a further part of my life, which means it would be a really beneficial thing to pass for me. When I came to take this exam, I met a stranger on the street and decided to talk to him because I was so nervous and shaking a bit. I wanted to release the pressure. I decided to ask him simple questions, who he was and what he was doing. I found out that he was also taking this exam, and he told me an interesting story. He was also struggling to pass this exam, but he found the main key to it and passed easily on the first attempt. The key he told me was about controlling your emotions. He said that emotions are the most important thing, no matter what you are doing. They control all of our moves and define our further progress. With this advice, I passed my exam and found it really useful.
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