When I was studying Primary 5, one time I broke the window of the door and then I have to pay cash back to my head teacher. So the day I brought the cash back I put it on the teacher desk hoping that no one noticed my action of putting it on it because that was really a shame for me to birth glass. So I put there and immediately rushed out of the classroom. However, when the teacher actually comes in and he told me that he didn’t found the cash and he asked me okay where was your money and I was like oh I did put it on the table did you not see it and I started to panic and then because I was really afraid that if my money get lost and I have to talk my parents again and to bring back the same amount of money but I was already scoted by my parents at that time and I didn’t want to annoy them even more. But after around 10 minutes or something, this teacher, my class teacher, told me that he actually took that money from him and told me that it was just a prank, but he wanted to tell me that I have to be responsible. I shouldn’t just put the cash there on a common space where anyone could have access to it and then ran away. So he did that because to make me be cautious of my action that I should be responsible towards a thing that I shouldn’t be ashamed that I’ve done something wrong. I should… I should do my…
Band 6+: Describe a time you made a mistake that taught you a valuable lesson. You should say: - What the mistake was - What the situation was - Who was involved And explain what lesson you learned from it.
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When I was studying in Primary 5, I broke the window of the door and then I had to pay cash back to my head teacher. So the day I brought the cash back, I put it on the teacher's desk, hoping that no one noticed my action of putting it there because it was really shameful for me to break the glass. I placed it there and immediately rushed out of the classroom. However, when the teacher came in, he told me that he didn't find the cash and asked me, "Where was your money?" I was like, "Oh, I put it on the table. Did you not see it?" I started to panic because I was really afraid that if my money got lost, I would have to talk to my parents again and bring back the same amount of money. I had already been scolded by my parents at that time, and I didn't want to annoy them even more. But after around 10 minutes, my class teacher told me that he actually took the money from the desk and that it was just a prank. He wanted to teach me that I have to be responsible. I shouldn't just put the cash in a common space where anyone could have access to it and then run away. He did that to make me cautious about my actions and to remind me that I shouldn't be ashamed of having done something wrong. I should take responsibility for my actions.
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