What I Learned To Jruggle In Elementary School

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The smell of the new leather coming out of the $8 plastic container, is something I could never forget. Skipping down the halls of my elementary school with my brand-new juggling bags made me the happiest fifth grader there. I went to my teacher and exclaimed: “I’m going to be the best on the team!” Of course, that was much easier said than done. As a kid, I had all the confidence in the world. The only problem was that I had no idea how to use that confidence to learn to juggle. You start with one and work your way up, but that’s not as simple as it may seem. I would spend all of my time before, during, and after school learning how not to nail myself in the face with my rainbow juggling bags. It was 20 rotations that I had to be able to

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