Band 7+: Describe your experience when you changed your school or college cue card You should say: Why did you change your school/college? When was it? Was that helpful? What were the consequences after that? and explain how you felt about it

There are times in life where decisions are made for you. And I’d like to narrate one such event when I changed to school. It was back in 2005 when I was still in the fourth grade. And the reason why I changed to school was because it was my parents’ decision. I came to believe later. I came to know later that people in my community had the opinion that the school to which I was moving had better facilities and students were graduating from that school had greater opportunities in alumni networks in life. As a result, my parents decided to move me to that school. And one morning I found myself sitting amongst strangers. The environment was quite lonely and as I pointed on ways to connect with the new people around me. But being a child, it is usually easier to reach out and to make new friends and believe the move was quite helpful because it provided me with some opportunities in life, an environment that is quite distinct from the one that I was used to. And in the new school, some other sporting activities like rugby, walking and swimming, which were not offered at my former school. I always appreciate the movement that my parents induced because it was quite adventurous and worthwhile. In this I have grown later in life. I realized that the networks and connections that I made in the new school have become helpful to me in securing employment and also in getting to know the world as a better place.