Describe a dinner that you enjoyed

What skill did they teach you?
My X taught me:
to tie shoelaces
to ride a bike
to brush teeth
to cook
to read
to write
to knit
to make the bed
to repair stuff
to play a musical instrument
to draw
to swim
to ski
to skate
to sing
How did they teach you?
good sentence starters:
I have snapshot memories of my X doing something
his or her approach to teaching was very effective
my X was the 'sink or swim' type of a teacher
my X explained things in detail and managed to keep me calm under pressure Apollo astronauts received fewer commands from mission control than from my X
we spent some time cementing what I had already practiced
my X made me repeate each step until I got it right
how my X taught me to ride a bike:
my X set me on the bike and pushed me around until I got the hang of steering and stopping
then my X gave me a big push and I did it on my own