Now I want to talk about a time that I felt extremely proud of myself. That time was that I participated in the competition that was organized by our teachers at the university. First of all, I didn’t want to participate in it because I knew that I didn’t win and I lost. Because I hadn’t enough knowledge for participating in it. And one of my coursemates really encouraged me to participate in it because she also participated in that competition and we participated this competition together and we worked together as a group because it helped me to feel more confident And also, to this truth, I was very stressed and depressed because I really worried about my results. But after seeing the results, I was very happy and I felt myself in another world. and because I didn’t expect that my results was very good. And at the time, firstly, I called my parents, I said the situation, and also they were very happy for my results, and that was the first time that I was really proud of myself, and after that I lost my fear.
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Now I want to talk about a time when I felt extremely proud of myself. That time was when I participated in a competition organized by our teachers at the university. First of all, I didn't want to participate because I knew I wouldn't win and I would lose. I didn't have enough knowledge to participate. One of my coursemates really encouraged me to join because she also participated in that competition, and we participated together as a group. It helped me feel more confident. Also, to be honest, I was very stressed and depressed because I worried about my results. But after seeing the results, I was very happy and felt like I was in another world because I didn't expect my results to be very good. At that time, I first called my parents and told them the situation, and they were very happy for my results. That was the first time I was really proud of myself, and after that, I lost my fear.
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