To be honest I was born in a Caucasian country and my family was a really military site. So I didn’t hurt the word fear most of the time but still I had one fear it was the being captain of something like you know the ruling the process. So one time when I was studying in a school I remember they gave us a coursework with a group. We were supposed to do a project about selling. We have to find something about the project. Then we have to split everyone. So everyone have 20 or 30 seconds in order to talk. And you know, someone have to talk about the product of itself, someone have to talk about its advantage. Someone’s about this disadvantage, the idea of how the, and I had to talk about the history of this product, about when it have to be used or when the first time it was made. And also they give me opportunity to be a captain. I chose it because my friend recommended it for me that it’s gonna be an advantage for me when I will apply to university. So I started reading a book it called Managing People. It was just little tiny book with an hundred pages or even 70. To be honest I didn’t understand Anything because everything that I read memorized I forgot in a day of the presenting the project Still before the starting presentation, I just called smoke the cigarette Starts thinking about everything and I just told to myself that I’m gonna have very hard situations in my life Maybe about the child. Maybe about the family About the work about my career. So if I cannot handle this situation what I’m going to do in the future so this really kind of hit me I gave myself a little slap on the worst and then I just did my best and I get a really good grade so we won that coursework
Band 6+: Describe a time you overcame a significant fear. You should say: - What the fear was - What triggered it - How you overcame it And explain how overcoming this fear changed you.
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To be honest, I was born in a Caucasian country, and my family was in a military environment. So I didn't hear the word 'fear' most of the time, but still, I had one fear: it was being the captain of something, like ruling the process. One time when I was studying in school, I remember they gave us a coursework project in a group. We were supposed to do a project about selling. We had to find something for the project, and then we had to split up the tasks. Everyone had 20 or 30 seconds to talk. Someone had to talk about the product itself, someone about its advantages, and someone about its disadvantages. I had to talk about the history of this product, when it had to be used, and when it was first made. They also gave me the opportunity to be the captain. I chose it because my friend recommended it to me, saying it would be an advantage when I applied to university. So I started reading a book called 'Managing People.' It was a tiny book with about a hundred pages, or even 70. To be honest, I didn't understand anything because everything I read, I forgot by the day of the presentation. Still, before the presentation started, I just smoked a cigarette, started thinking about everything, and told myself that I was going to have very hard situations in my life—maybe about my childhood, my family, my work, or my career. So if I couldn't handle this situation, what was I going to do in the future? This really hit me. I gave myself a little slap on the wrist, and then I just did my best, and I got a really good grade. We won that coursework.
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