Common app short answer; teaching assistant

In the space provided below, please elaborate on one of your activities (extracurricular, personal activities, or work experience) (150 words or fewer).

Any suggestions are welcome! :)

"Ms. Lee, can you teach the class?" Ms. Aoyagi asked. I awkwardly sat on the wooden stall in front of the class. All thirty eyes were clearly on me. Initially, it felt odd teaching people I would fool around with. However, as Ms. Aoyagi asked me to teach more often, I became more serious about my task. Now I constantly think about better ways to teach a material, for example, by creating fun games to engage the students. Sometimes, amazingly, my suggestions turn into main activities of the day.

Being a teaching assistant for the Japanese class has been a truly rewarding experience. I have learned how my day could be more exciting and productive, in school or in elsewhere, by being an active participant than being just an observer. I hope to contribute to the class by improving my Japanese first and coming up with new ideas for classroom activities.

Interesting read that is interesting to read. Add more specific events, don't talk about things such as the main activity instead explain how it happened. A few things i would change :


were staring at me.


just being an observer


by first improving my Japanese and then coming up with ideas for classroom activities.

Over all I think it shows your initiative and good luck to you!