An incident where you forgot something important

Cue Card-3 

An incident where you forgot something important. 

1. When was it? 

- 4 years ago

2. What did you forget?

- Admission 

- Younger sister

3. What was the result?

- Seat given to someone else 

4. How did you feel?

- Upset

- Angry

1. I made the mistake of forgetting something four years ago.

2. I forgot to deposit my sister’s admission fee.

3. She was to begin school and her seat was given to someone else.

4. I was upset and angered with myself at the way I had been careless and forgetful.

To err is human. No one is perfect and I too make mistakes. I remember it was 4 years ago when my youngest sister was begin to school that my parents entrusted me with the responsibility of depositing the fees in her school as they had to go out of town due to an unexpected death in the family. I was sure that I would remember and be able to do so but sadly on the day of deposit, I totally forgot. It was in the late afternoon that I realized about the same. I felt so upset and angered with myself that because of my carelessness, my little sister would suffer as this was the best school for girls in my town. However, after a lot of efforts, we were able to secure the seat back for her. Though I had gone several times and so did my parents to speak to the principal and request her but she refused and bluntly said that rules were same for all. Finally, by the grace of God, someone who knew the principal spoke to her and managed to get my sister’s admission done. My parents did not scold me but only told me to learn my lesson. I learnt it the very same day and till today, I make it a point to write or a set a reminder so that I do not commit the same mistake again. 

Followups:

1. What do people do to remember things?

- People normally write the things that they need to remember or use alarms and reminders on their phones. 

2. Why do old people forget things easily?

- Yes, they find it difficult to remember things because growing age makes the memory weak in most people and they are unable to retain most things. 

3. What kind of things can people do to prevent a bad memory?

- In India, people eat almonds but one can also avoid the excessive use of phones or other electronic gadgets to avoid bad memory. 

4. Do you think memory is important while learning a language?

- Undoubtedly, like for all other things, memory is also important to learn a language, if you are a forgetful person other then learning a language will be challenging.

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