Hello everyone.
Welcome to this video of IELTS Energy TV.
I am going to do another sample part two answer today.
Um, a subscriber to this YouTube channel posted this question.
He asked me to describe, um, a math skill I learned in primary school.
Now, (laughs), primary school, that's British English.
In America, we say elementary school.
It's the same.
Um, but British English sounds so much better.
Like, instead of high school, you can say secondary.
Instead of university, you can say tertiary.
I love it.
It sounds so fancy.
Okay.
Good vocab for you guys.
So, I'm going to approach this as best I can.
I did make notes before.
I'm telling you this, just like you guys have to do on the test, and I will post my notes
below this video so you can check those out.
So, there's a couple ways I can approach this.
Um, if I have clear memories of learning math, I could tell a story about the teacher or
a particular class I remember about math.
But honestly, guys, (laughs), elementary school was a long time ago for me.
I know I look super young.
No, I'm just kidding.
(Laughs.)
But really, it was a long time ago, so I'm not gonna go the story route, okay?
The way I approached this brainstorm, and I did take less than a minute for this, I
connected it to, I thought about the math skill that I learned in primary and then how
I use it today.
So, that's how I organized my notes.
Okay.
So, let's open up my timer here, and I will talk for two minutes about a math skill I
learned in primary school, and go.
Oh gosh.
Even, when I, (laughs), when I saw this topic, like, just the word math fills me with a bit
of, um, unease because I am not a math person.
I've always been a language person, so I don't have, like, really clear or pleasant memories
of studying math growing up, let alone elementary school.
I mean, what do you learn in elementary school?
If I think about what my son is learning, um, he's in first grade.
He's learning subtraction and addition.
Got that.
Nailed that.
Second grade is, like, the times tables, multi-, multiplication tables, and then you start
getting into fractions and percentages.
I remember, like, really being frustrated with fractions when I was in school.
Um, (laughs), again, not a math person.
Um, it's, yeah.
So, if I could think about, if I had to choose one skill, I'm just gonna say the addition
and subtraction because that's honestly mostly what I use today, right?
Um, I use it in both my professional and personal lives, lives, as I believe every mature adult
does.
Um, as far as my work goes, I have to use math to calculate my hours that I'm working,
to, um, try and figure out how much money I'm gonna earn that month, right?
Or looking at all the statistics for our business, like, um, sales numbers and conversion percentages
and, um, what tools are working, right?
These are all based on math and percentages, and I'm using math a lot more in my job than
I ever thought I would.
(Laughs.)
But that's part of, uh, exploring business as an adult.
So, yeah.
I definitely use, I definitely use just the simple mathematics in my professional live
and my personal life because I mean, your personal life, if you're going to invest in
your future, you have to start thinking about that, right?
Trying to find 401(k)s and studying the return rates and such.
But just daily expenses like just my overhead for being a person, for being a mom.
I have to do a budget.
Rent, food, we need sustenance of course.
But then all the activities, oh my gosh.
That's over two minutes.
(Laughs.)
So, if I were to continue, I also had more notes about buying presents for birthday parties,
right?
And I don't buy gifts, I don't like buying, like, just toys anymore for little kids.
I like buying experiences for their family, so I like getting them tickets to, like, a
trampoline park or something.
Anyway, I have more notes, I'll put them below the video.
Um, okay.
So, one way, uh, how I introduced that was very honest, right?
You can also say something like, now, sad to say, I am not the best math person.
(Laughs.)
So, when you're introducing part two, be direct, be honest, okay?
Go directly to the topic.
Okay, guys.
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Okay, guys.
That's it for me.
Thank you so much for watching, and I'll see you in the next video.
Bye.