Me and my non shoe tying friend Jerad.

A long time friend of mine called me and asked me about my younger days. (Elementary school or earlier) He proceeded to tell me about one of his memories of Kindergarten, that had just come back to him. He remembered his mother trying to teach him to tie his shoes as a young boy. As many times as she tried to teach him, he could not understand the process. My friend would come to school, and be unable to tie his shoes when they came undone. (For some reason kids shoes come untied a lot more than adult shoes) As his shoes became untied, he would look to me and ask if I could re-tie them for him. After this went on for a little while, I decided I was finished tying his shoes for him. Instead of tying his shoes for him, I taught my friend to tie his own shoes. I did not remember this event, but my friend remembered and said, "Where would I be today if you wouldn't have helped me tie my shoes, I'd be walking around in slip-ons I guess."

After hearing this story I thought about what I remembered from Kindergarten. I remember a girl in my class losing her shoe for an entire day, (so it seemed) I remember faking naps so that we could play paper football, and I remember trying to have better handwriting skills than one George Anderson. The teacher always bragged on George's handwriting, he was a teacher's pet.

Josh Payne

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