Personally, I consider that the skill everyone should know is the cooking and basically taking care of yourself. Because everybody should care about themselves. It’s an obvious thing to do in your life and the main aspect of the skill is cooking, I believe that it is. I started learning about this skill, I’d say, when I was about 10 or 11 years old, I started feeling a little bit more independent these days, and instead of upwinding, I had to teach myself, I felt it almost as an responsibility. That’s why I consider that this skill is a life changer and you’re stepping out of your comfort zone and actually then in your future it pays off. I can’t say that you must become a chef, but you really have to acquire some basic skills. It’s absolutely not difficult, though I really consider that it’s compulsory for every person, because you can’t rely on any other person in this aspect of life on your family, because you have to be independent. Sure thing, in future, you can take it as a shared responsibility in your family, though you’re anyway going to face periods of your life when you’re gonna be alone and the only thing you will have to do is taking have yourself. That’s why you have to step out of your comfort zone before.
Band 7+: Describe a skill that you think everyone should learn. You should say: - What the skill is - When you first learned about this skill - How difficult or easy it is to acquire And explain why you think this skill is important for everyone.
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Personally, I consider that the skill everyone should know is cooking and basically taking care of yourself. Because everybody should care about themselves, it's an obvious thing to do in your life. The main aspect of the skill is cooking, I believe that it is. I started learning about this skill when I was about 10 or 11 years old. I started feeling a little bit more independent during those days, and instead of relying on others, I had to teach myself. I felt it almost as a responsibility. That's why I consider this skill a life changer; you're stepping out of your comfort zone, and in your future, it pays off. I can't say that you must become a chef, but you really have to acquire some basic skills. It's absolutely not difficult, though I really consider it compulsory for every person because you can't rely on anyone else in this aspect of life, including your family. You have to be independent. Sure, in the future, you can take it as a shared responsibility in your family, but you're going to face periods in your life when you're going to be alone, and the only thing you will have to do is take care of yourself. That's why you have to step out of your comfort zone.
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