So this is my time to talk about my story of the time that I had in my life. Because before the current time, when I graduated from high school, there was an option to stay in a Kazakhstan or both of the United States to take my bachelor’s degree. So I decided to take some little time and started English hard to take my high scores at the exam as well. So after that, when I go to the consul, so I rejected my visa, so it might have little hurt me, then after that I decided to stay in Kazakhstan for one academic year. and had the traditional Kazakh national exams. So I went to the one of the greatest university in the Kazakhstan. So after that, I met my closest friends. I am having a great job because in a culture safe, every cloud has its silver lining, which means everything that happens happens for a reason. Which means everything that happened to you make it yourself to be a better person in life. So I don’t feel kind of angry nowadays because it was like five years ago. I think I know the thing that happened to me and it makes myself better because right now I depend on myself and don’t depend on situations. It’s a quote to me. I can say to you.
Band 6+: Describe a time when you made a mistake that had a positive outcome. You should say: - What the mistake was - What happened as a result of the mistake - How you felt at the time And explain why the outcome was positive.
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So this is my time to talk about my story of a mistake I made in my life. Before the current time, when I graduated from high school, I had the option to stay in Kazakhstan or go to the United States to pursue my bachelor's degree. I decided to take some time and study English hard to achieve high scores on the exam as well. After that, when I went to the consulate, my visa was rejected, which hurt me a little. After that, I decided to stay in Kazakhstan for one academic year and take the traditional Kazakh national exams. I went to one of the greatest universities in Kazakhstan. After that, I met my closest friends. I have a great job because in our culture, we say every cloud has its silver lining, which means everything that happens, happens for a reason. Everything that happens to you helps you become a better person in life. I don't feel angry about it nowadays because it was five years ago. I understand that what happened to me made me better because right now I depend on myself and not on situations. It's a quote that resonates with me. I can say this to you.
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