Learning something new can be very scary especially when you’re young.

          I remember when i was about nine years old and i wanted to learn how to skate so badly. Everyone in my apartment complex was always going skating around the park and i was the only one that was still on a bike. One day i decided to try and teach myself how to skate. When i first started i thought it would be easy and that i would be skating in no time. But i was so wrong after a while i started practicing when no one was around because the other children would call me names and laugh at me. They called me spaghetti legs and butter feet which i thought was the dumbest thing ever but it still hurt my feelings. After a few weeks of falling flat on my butt and being laughed at i decided to never try and skate again. I once again became very upset because i was the only one at the park not skating other than the babies that played in the sand box. Even though i wanted to be skating so bad i was to scared to try again.

             Then one day i remember hearing someone saying you can’t be afraid you have to keep trying and never give up. I do not remember who i heard say that it might of been on a cartoon or TV show but all i know is i wanted to skate more than ever. So i started practicing again and i also got some help from one of the older girls her name was Julia. She was very nice and helped me every day. After about two weeks i was skating. I couldn’t skate fast or do any crazy tricks but i wasn’t falling anymore.