Describe a person who taught you a new skill.

If I have to talk about a person who taught me a new skill, I would definitely like to tell you about my older brother, who taught me how to cook a simple meal.

Personally, I think he’s such a patient person because he never made me feel embarrassed when I made mistakes.

It happened last summer when my parents were quite busy, so my brother and I had to prepare lunch by ourselves sometimes.

At first, I thought cooking would be easy because I’d watched my mother do it hundreds of times. But when I actually tried it myself, I realized there were lots of little things I didn’t know.

My brother first showed me how to prepare the ingredients and then taught me how to make fried rice. Instead of doing everything for me, he let me have a go at it and only stepped in when I needed help.

I remember putting too much salt in the first time. I thought we’d have to throw the whole thing away, but he showed me how to fix the problem by adding more rice and vegetables.

After practising a few times, I could finally make it by myself.

I felt really proud because it was the first proper dish I’d learned to cook. I was also grateful to my brother because he was patient and gave me the confidence to keep trying.