How To Tie Your Shoe's

RELIGION IN SCHOOL

INTRODUCTION

Attention Getter Statement: Picture this. You are going to pick a girl up, you are walking in eyesight of your date and all of the sudden you find yourself lying face to face with the pavement. And to think, all of this humiliation could have been avoided by one simple thing, tied shoes.

Establishing Credibility: Recently I have undergone some serious training to make me the shoe tier I am today. On top of the training I have been tying my shoes for over eighteen years.

General Purpose: To inform

Specific Purpose: To inform the audience the proper way of tying your shoes

Central Idea: There are four main skills that are imperative to master in order to become a skilled shoe tier. These include (1) the cross over, (2) the tighten, (3) the bunny ears and finally (4) the pull through and tighten.

Body:

I. The first step is the cross over.

A. Grab both shoelaces.

B. Separate and extend the full length of lace.

C. Establish an X shape with both laces.

II. The second step is the tighten.

A. Pass one end of the shoelace under the other.

B. Pull tight

III. The third step is obtaining the famous "bunny ears."

A. Fold one shoelace in half while holding the laces taut.

B. Wrap one end around the folded end.

C. Grasp it in the middle after pulling it around the folded end

IV. The fourth and final step is the pull through and tighten.

Conclusion:

Picture this. You are going to pick a girl up; you are walking within eyesight of your date and all of the sudden you find yourself lying face to face with the pavement. You of course naturally start bawling out of control because it obviously hurt while your date stands over you laughing her butt off. And to think, all of this could have been avoided by one simple thing, tied shoes. Almost all of us have been doing this simple task since we were three years old and yet there are millions of American's walking around still today with Velcro and those scrunchy shoelaces. I am here today in hopes that someone here has either ONE, shoetielaphobia, which is a word that I made up mainly meaning "a fear of tying shoes because he or she does not know howÐ'... toÐ'... tie his or her shoes," or TWO is one of those sorry excuses that walks around in Velcro.

Shoe tying can be broke down into four simple steps. These include, ONE, the cross over. TWO, the tighten. THREE, obtaining the famous "bunny ears," and finally FOUR, the pull through and tighten. Now I know what a lot of you are thinking right now and that is you think I missed a step, the step where you put on the shoe itself. What you don't know is when I was typing this speech I decided this is a step that 100% of Americans should naturally know so I skipped it.

Ok, on to step number one. Grabbing your shoelaces is imperative as well as a tricky start. A lot of people find themselves fumbling around trying to grasp their laces or even on occasion, they find they lose one or more laces to the inside of the shoe all together. Obtain your laces one-way or another and we are off. The crossover is obtained after you separate both laces and extend the full length of the lace. This allows you to establish a good cross and a solid tie. Next you create an "X" like shape by putting one lace over the other one.

The second step is the tighten. This is where the tier passes one end of the shoelace under the other and then follows up with a tighten. Many people can become lost here because of their lacking skill of grabbing one lace and pulling it through. Once you find this skill and perfect it, you too will be on your way to a successful looking shoe tie.

Step three. This step is the step that was heard around the world as some would say. The famous "bunny ears." This would be one of the more complicated steps we are faced with while