Well, I’m going to talk about a difficult decision that I made I think one year ago. You know, everybody in their life have given different kinds of difficult decisions and some are successful in their decisions and some not. If I were to single out the difficult situation and difficult decision that I have made in my life and I would certainly talk about my IELTS exam. You know, I majored in tourism management and on a whim I decided to study abroad. So as you know better than me, one of the requirements of pursuing education abroad is English efficiency. And I had to take IELTS exam. So as I was the breadwinner of the family, so I had very difficult situation. You know, I had to work from down to dusk and I had to tackle so many problems. And I had to attend different classes. I had to, I don’t know, take tutors and watch different movies on YouTube and buy several textbooks. But at the end it was very good. I managed to take my IELTS exam and take my required band score. And happily I could go abroad and pursue my education there in tourism, again in tourism. Yeah, and I managed to get my desired band score. And I believe that, of course, I believe that practice makes perfect.
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Well, I'm going to talk about a difficult decision that I made about a year ago. You know, everyone in their life has faced different kinds of difficult decisions, and some are successful in their decisions while others are not. If I were to single out the difficult situation and decision that I made in my life, I would certainly talk about my IELTS exam. I majored in tourism management, and on a whim, I decided to study abroad. As you know, one of the requirements for pursuing education abroad is English proficiency, and I had to take the IELTS exam. As I was the breadwinner of the family, I faced a very difficult situation. I had to work from dawn to dusk and tackle many problems. I had to attend different classes, find tutors, watch various movies on YouTube, and buy several textbooks. But in the end, it turned out very well. I managed to take my IELTS exam and achieve my required band score. Happily, I could go abroad and pursue my education there in tourism, again in tourism. Yes, and I managed to get my desired band score. I believe that practice makes perfect.
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