Teach Me Magic Tricks
It wasn't all that long ago that I remember asking my father to teach me magic tricks. I was young, eager, and ready to learn. Unfortunately for me (or rather, fortunately), my father was a stickler for learning in a proper manner, and this extended to all aspects of my childhood, not only to magic.
I never imagined that when I asked my father to teach me magic tricks, that I would first begin by doing the easiest of tricks, nor that I would be doing exercises which were designed to help my magic endeavors.
I can truthfully say that I never imagined that I would have to practice for days on end just to get one trick right, and that I would not be allowed to perform in front of an audience (other than friends and family of course), until I was proficient at what I did.
In hindsight of course, this intensive training set me up to be a good magician, but I have to say that I definitely did not appreciate it at the time. I wanted to be able to go to my friends and impress them with the magic tricks which I could perform, and More...