Bài thực hành nghe Tiếng Anh nâng cao - Bài 07 - Thẩm Tâm Vy - Năm 2018 (Có âm thanh)

 Thẩm Tâm Vy, October 26th, 2018 PRACTISE LISTENING - ADANCED LESSON 7 
PRACTISE LISTENING 07 – ADVANCED 
 There's a saying that your school days are the best days of your life. Well, I definitely 
wouldn't agree with that. My life since leaving school has been much more interesting 
and rewarding and I definitely wouldn't want to live my school days again. But that 
said, my memories of school were pretty good, and I've still got really good friends that 
I went to school with, you know, thirty years ago. When  when I was at school, there 
was some idea that if you studied hard and you passed your exams and maybe went to 
university and got a degree, that somehow you were  you know, guaranteed to get a 
good job and a good salary. But with the benefit of hindsight I've realised that while 
that's true to an extent, success in life is really about what you can do, not what you 
know. And I think that in schools these days with  with teaching these days across all 
subjects, they have a much greater emphasis on vocational skills where school children 
learn to think and they learn to apply their knowledge, which I think can only be a good 
thing. When I was at school the most important subjects were English and maths, and I 
don't really think that's changed. Of course it's essential to have, you know, good 
language and communicationm skills, and a good grasp of, you know, at least basic 
mathematics, whatever you end up doing in life. But, erm, in addition to English and 
maths, I think it's become more and more important to learn a foreign language. I think 
it really opens up opportunities for work and travel, and I really regret not studying 
harder in French class at school. I left school without any foreign language 
qualifications which, erm, which is a real shame. But you know I shouldn't complain, I 
ended up with a career in marketing which is stable and yes, you know, I find it 
interesting and enjoyable, and you know, I'm  I'm quite good at it. But looking back, I 
wish I'd followed my heart at bit more and not just my head. When I was at school, I 
was really passionate about drama and the arts, but I never studied it or pursued it. My 
parents always encouraged me to be, you know, sensible and study maths and sciences, 
which I did, and, you know I  I was quite good at those subjects  but now, now I'm, 
you know, I'm a bit older and wiser, one of the biggest lessons I've learned in life is that 
you can  if you can find your passion in life, you should follow it whether it's art or 
science or sport or economics, whatever, it will inspire you and it will energise you and 
you're more likely to be happier and fulfilled in life, and you're more likely to be good 
at it too.