Examiner:
Candidate:
love s a ilin g - it's been m y hobby fo r decades. And I'd
lik e to w o rk in a nice, w a rm c lim a te
w h e re a ll I'd need to w o rry a b o u t w a s m a k in g s u re I had s u n ta n lo tio n on and e n ou gh to
d rin k .
W hen did you le a rn to sail?
I le a rn t w h en I w as a s m a ll boy. My dad ta u g h t me as he w a s a very s k ille d sailor. He ta u g h t
m y b ro th e rs and s is te r, too, and w e 're a ll very pleased he did.
Track 18
Education
Do you th in k science su b je c ts are m ore u s e fu l th a n a rts sub je cts?
Are s tu d e n ts m a tu re enough to choose w h a t to stud y th e m s e lv e s o r s h o u ld th e ir p a re n ts decide fo r th e m ?
In y o u r c o u n try, does having a u n iv e rs ity ed uca tion help you in to a b e tte r care er?
Motivation
Do you th in k o ld e r o r y o u n g e r w o rk e rs are m ore m otivated?
How can m a n a g e rs increase m o tiv a tio n am ong th e ir w o rk fo rc e ?
Are people m ore m otiva te d if th e ir jo b involves h e lp in g oth e rs ?
Sample answers:
Education
Examiner:
Do you th in k science s u b je c ts are m ore u s e fu l tha n a rts sub je cts?
Candidate:
I th in k the y
are m ore u s e fu l because the y are p rim a rily concerned w ith p ra c tic a l m a tte rs .
If you
s tu d y science, you m ig h t, fo r exam ple, go on to have som e kin d
o f te c h n ic a l role in
th e p ro d u c tio n of a device, like a c o m p u te r o r a car. However, a ll g re a t le ad ers have s tud ied
m o re
a rty su b je cts, such as philosophy, h is to ry and eco no m ics. T his m akes th e m b e tte r
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le ad ers because the y have an u n d e rs ta n d in g of hum an nature.
Examiner:
A re young people m a tu re enough to choose w h a t to stud y th e m s e lv e s o r s ho uld th e ir
pa ren ts decide fo r th e m ?
Candidate:
I th in k success in stud ying com e s fro m being high ly m otiva te d to stud y a
s p e c ific sub je ct
area. T he re fo re th e s tu d e n t s ho uld choose w h ic h s u b je c t th e y 're in te re s te d in. By way of
an exam ple, I had a frie n d w h o s tud ied science A levels because
his p a re n ts pushed him
down th a t route, but he hated it and so d id n 't get very good re s u lts . He s t ill g ra du ated and
m anaged to get a place at u n iv e rs ity
w h e re he s tud ied law, and he becam e a to p stu d e n t
because la w w as w h a t he w a s in te re s te d in.
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