Band 6: Describe a time when you were really proud of yourself. (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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If I have to talk about one instance when I was really proud of myself, it would be the time when I broke my leg in college. This happened in my third year when we had a festival celebration. It was a really big celebration of Onam at our college, and I was getting ready to attend the function. Unfortunately, my wet slippers caused me to slip on the stairs, and I broke my leg. I was immediately taken to the hospital, and my leg was bandaged. I was asked to stay in bed for almost a month, and it was really impossible for me to do any basic things without support. I came back home and was better, as I was advised to rest for a month, but I missed a full month of classes. My midterms were approaching, and I was really tense about that because so many things were going on in college, and I missed everything. I was worried about how I would catch up with my peers. That was weighing on my mind like a big burden, but once I got back to college after my medical leave, I tried to do my best and put in 100% into what I was doing. I tried to catch up on everything I missed during my absence and gave my best in my midterms. When the results were out, I was really proud of myself because I was able to accomplish something great with such limited time for preparation. It was a proud moment for me because I achieved something significant.

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If I have to talk about one instance where I was really proud about myself then it would be the time when I broke my leg from my college. So this happened in my third year of the college when we had a festival celebration there. It was a really big celebration of Onam at our college and I was getting ready to attend the function. And unfortunately my wet slippers cost me to slip from the stairs and I broke my leg. So I was immediately taken to the hospital and my leg was bandaged. I was asked to stay in bed for almost a month and it was really impossible for me to do any basic things without any support. I came back home and was better than as I was advised to do so for a month and I missed my one month full classes. My midterms were approaching and I was really tensed about that because so many things were going on in college and I missed everything and I was worried about how I’ll catch up with my peer. So that was going on my head like a big burden but once I got back to college after my medical leave I tried to do my best and put my 100% into what I was doing. I tried to catch up everything that I missed during my absence and gave my best in my midterms. So when the results were out, I was totally proud of myself because I was able to accomplish something really great with that limited time of preparation. It was a really proud moment for me because I’ve accomplished something great and achieve a really good

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