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I Some people prefer to plan activities for their free time very carefully. Others choose not to make any plans at all for their free time. Compare the benefits of planning free-time activities with the benefits of not making plans. Which do you prefer-planning or not planning for your -leisure time? Use specific reasons and examples to explain your choice.
My free time is very valuable. I don't have a lot offree time, so I want to be sure to spend every minute of it well. Therefore, I always try to make plans ahead of time. In this way I don't waste any of my free time, I have a chance to make any necessary preparations, and I can invite my friends to join me. If I make a plan for the weekend ahead of time, I don't waste any of my free time trying to decide what to do. If I don't have a plan, I might spend all morning thinking about the different things I could do. Before I knew it, half the day would be gone. I would lose half my free time making decisions and it would be too late to start a lot of acUviU~. ' If I make a plan for the weekend ahead of time, I can also make my preparations . ahead of time. Then I can spend the whole weekend just enjoying myself. For example, if I want to go on a picnic, I can have my food all prepared beforehand. If I want to go to a concert, I can get my tickets ahead of time. By making plans ahead of time, I am sure I will be ready to do just what I want to do. If I make a plan for the weekend ahead of time, it's easier to invite friends to join me. If I wait until the last minute, my friends might already have plans to do something else. If I make plans ahead of time, Jcan invite any friends I want to. And even if those particular friends are already busy, I still have time to invite somebody else. It's always best to plan anything ahead of time. I think it is especially important to plan free time, because my free time is my b~t time. I want to enjoy every minute of it.
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People learn in different ways. Some people .Iearn by doing things; other people learn by reading about things; others learn by listening to people talk about things. Which of these methods of learning is best for you? Use specific examples to support your choice.
I have never been able to learn well from reading orfrom listening to someone talk. My mind wanders and I can't grasp the situation. The b~t way for me to learn is by doing things. It helps me understand and remember information better, and it is . much more interesting for me than reading and listening. Doing things helps me understand. Someone may explain to me how a musical instrument works, for example. I don't really understand this, however, until I try to play the. instrument myself. Then I can hear and see and feel how the sound is made. I can feel how hard I have to push a key or pluck a string to make the sound I want. Or I could read a recipe in a cookbook. But I don't really understand how to prepare the 'food until I try to make it myself.