In the past, there are a lot of times when I faced hardship in my work and I tried really hard to get out of it and successful get back who turned over the situation. But there is also a lot of time when I use my smartphone too much and don’t focus on my work. For example, in grade 7 I got addicted to my smartphone. I use Facebook too much and wasted my time. During the first semester, I got a really low score because I didn’t focus to study. Some teachers criticized me and at home my mom and dad were really disappointed about me. I felt bad and unpleasant back then. When my dad found out about me getting addicted to my smartphone, they showed me some analysis on how smartphone harms your ability to focus and take away working time. I realized what I did was wrong and from then on I focused on my work and stopped scoring to Facebook, meaning, let’s say, after some time, I started to gain some results. My test score increased significantly, and my scoring sheet was great again. That’s when I realized that I can use your smartphone smart enough and don’t get addicted to it. In conclusion, the situation there made me realize a very important lesson for my future.
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In the past, there were a lot of times when I faced hardship in my work, and I tried really hard to get out of it and successfully turn over the situation. But there were also many times when I used my smartphone too much and didn't focus on my work. For example, in grade 7, I got addicted to my smartphone. I used Facebook too much and wasted my time. During the first semester, I received a really low score because I didn't focus on studying. Some teachers criticized me, and at home, my mom and dad were really disappointed in me. I felt bad and unpleasant back then. When my dad found out about my smartphone addiction, he showed me some analysis on how smartphones harm your ability to focus and take away working time. I realized what I did was wrong, and from then on, I focused on my work and stopped scrolling through Facebook. After some time, I started to see results. My test scores increased significantly, and my report card looked great again. That's when I realized that I could use my smartphone wisely and not get addicted to it. In conclusion, that situation made me realize a very important lesson for my future.
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