3 years ago when I was in Switzerland, every person that I told said me one phrase, you are so dumb and I feel myself so bad because in my opinion I stayed very confident and so good. But one day I told it to my parents and they said, oh my god, you’re really dumb. In this country, everything that they speak like in negative K became good and it gives you that you’re very clever and bright. So this experience affected me to become more more patient because while people said it, I like, oh my god, what the hell? this. To be frank, I don’t like this story. It feels me very uncomfortable. And this way, I learned that every country’s culture is different. And while in my culture, it’s normal and it’s basic, in other it will be incorrect and different. So it is why now, while I am going to another country, I am studying a little bit their way in the history and their historical moments to be not so dumb in their eyes.
Band 5+: Describe a time when you learned something new about a culture different from your own. You should say: - What you learned - How you learned it - When and where this happened And explain how this experience affected your perspective.
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3 years ago when I was in Switzerland, every person that I told said to me one phrase, you are so dumb, and I felt so bad because in my opinion I stayed very confident and so good. But one day I told it to my parents and they said, oh my god, you're really dumb. In this country, everything that they speak like in negative became good and it gives you that you're very clever and bright. So this experience affected me to become more patient because while people said it, I was like, oh my god, what the hell? To be frank, I don't like this story. It makes me very uncomfortable. And this way, I learned that every country's culture is different. And while in my culture, it's normal and it's basic, in others it will be incorrect and different. So it is why now, while I am going to another country, I am studying a little bit their way and their history and their historical moments to not be so dumb in their eyes.
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