In the oral test, I've gotta choose from five topics, which are:
- Good Times Together
- Jobs People Do
- Changing Scenes
- City Extra
- The Value of Friendship
You see, from my point of view, there are good points on each topic. For example, if I choose Good Times Together, I can write about my experiences; good ones. And elaborate it. But I've tried that once on my Essay, the one my teacher asked us to write, and I failed. Kind of. As you know, I'm really bad at the starting. It can take me about 10 minutes to figure out what to write on the starting of my essay. By the time I reach the point where I get lots of ideas what to write about, the time is almost over. So, I gotta make it right! Make the right decisions. Stuff like that.
Jobs people do. I can write A LOT about that. Since I live in the city, and because my parents are kind of workaholics, I can really relate to jobs. Okay, what the hell am I crapping? I mean, I can see how busy working people are. How so little time they have. How they tend to juggle work and family and leisure. And about what different people do. Like, doctors for example. They don't have the same tasks as businessmen do. They treat patients while businessmen deal with employees and stare at the computer screen three quarters of the day. And what about farmers? Even they matter. They provide us with their crops. Without them, we wouldn't have any vegetables to eat, do we? And street sweepers; even if they get a low amount of money, they still help the city to stay clean. There are probably 200 jobs to choose from in this world, so I'd get a lot of contents by writing about this on my oral. And I don't even have to memorize my oral, as it's not really something you have to memorize about, really.
Changing scenes. Well, that one, I don't quite understand it. But I think it's something about moving to another place?
Okay, maybe I may have been a little bit right. I just reviewed the text book and it's actually about comparing a city and a village. Or maybe I could write about what I see on my trips to wherever I went in the world. Like, how different it is from Malaysia. Different scenery. Different architectures, designs and all that. About the weather. About the people. The buildings. The houses. The gardens. There's a lot to talk about. But it wouldn't be such a great story, if I'm going to have to talk in front of the whole class about it. If it's an essay writing contest, then, maybe, that's a good topic to write about, don't you think so?
What about city extra? I live in the city. I've visited a lot of cities all over the world, and it seems like a good topic. Life in the city. Surely it's different from life in the countryside, am I right? People there are always on a busy schedule. Your time couldn't go any slower. It's always rush, rush, rush! In the city, you'd probably get lots of news, like, a robbery at a certain jewelry shop or haze or gangsters controlling allies in between buildings or accidents, etc. There would be a lot of newspaper editors and anchormen. And since everybody there are all so busy with work, they hardly have time to meet their neighbours, and that leads to a neighbourhood full of strangers. Nobody knows anybody. Basically, life in the city is hard.
Last but not least, the value of friendship. This topic, I think, it might be easiest one of all. It's about friends. I can talk about how grateful I am to have friends like mine. How important they are in my life. Even if we ever fight, we'd forget it the next day. I can talk about how much I'd do for them, how I never want any more than what they've given me. Because, they've helped me go through thick and thin situations. We've had fun, we've had bad times. Shared stories and all that. We can never get bored when we have each other around. The more the merrier. And then, there are people who are foolish enough to not care about their friends. Some people, when they've achieved popularity, they forget about who has helped them, who stood by their side when they got rejected or anything. So, when you have friends, value them. Because they are priceless. Sometimes, when you make a foolish decision to leave your friends, well, think again. You'd understand how much you need them by your side. They're the only ones that could help you. But since you've left them, how are they going to accept you back? Conclusion is, never ever make a decision that will make you lose your friends. As you grow up, you'll realize that they are the ones that should be on your priority list. Trust me, I've been there. And I was lucky enough that my best friends accepted me again. See? True friends would do anything for you. Cherish them forever.
Well, that was... interesting. I've got contents for every topic. Bad news: I still don't know which one to pick. Surely I would not pick good times together, as I've stated above, I wrote that kind of essay already. The others are quite good topics. What do you think? Which one should I pick? I don't think so I'd be good enough to write about changing scenes, as I've never really visited a real countryside. I've seen countryside scenery, but never experienced living in one. So, I'd have no clue. Maybe I should write three essays of three topics and pick the best one? Yeah, it would be a lot of work, but I guess it would be worth it. I need an A and when in my class, I have got to be good! Better than good! Try to achieve the best. Why settle for average when you can be the best, right?
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