Band 5: Describe a piece of good advice that you once ignored but later realized was correct. You should say: - Who gave you the advice - What the advice was - Why you ignored it at the time And explain why you eventually realized it was good advice. (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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I would like to talk about a piece of advice that my mother gave me. It was after I passed my second-grade education that I wanted to move to another city called Kathmandu to continue my studies for my bachelor's degree. But at that time, my mother refused to let me stay far away from them because I was quite young and always had a bad health condition, so it would be quite difficult for me to adjust in such a big place. However, I finally made up my mind, did not listen to her, and made a fixed decision to move to a new place. The reason for not following her advice was that I wanted to explore better job opportunities and improve my communication skills by interacting with a wide range of people in the city because people there are quite educated and full of passion. After I came here, exactly one month later, I became seriously ill, and my health condition worsened. I was not able to move, and at this time I...

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I would like to talk about a piece of advice that my mother gave me. It was after I passed my second grade education, I want to move to another city called Kathmandu to further continue my study for back lords. But at that time, my mother refused me to stay far away from them because I was quite on a knee and always have a bad health condition so it will be quite difficult for me to adjust in such a big place. But due to my… as I have finally made up of my mind, I don’t listen to them and make a fixed decision move to a new place. The reason for not following it is because I want to explore better job opportunities and improve my communication skills by interacting with wide range of people around the city area because people here are quite educated and full of passion. After I came here, exactly after one month I became seriously ill and my health condition become seriously worse and I was not able to move and at this time I

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