For the majority of my life I have been a competitive dancer. Ever since I was about four years old, dance has been a tremendous part of my life. Lyrical and ballet are my two favorite styles of dance. It is fascinating how over the years I have accumulated so many skills in dance, that I can perform them without needing to assert any conscious thought into it. Many things became a second nature to me. At the dance studio I danced at, I assisted one of the dance instructors in teaching jazz choreography to 6th grade girls once a week. I realized when I was trying to teach the girls how to do turns (pirouettes), it was rather difficult for me to explain how to do it step-by-step. It was quite frustrating to me because I truly wanted them to understand what I was trying to teach them and pick it up with ease. I realized during our lecture in class, this was due to procedural memory or implicit memory, meaning performing certain tasks without conscious awareness of previous experiences. For example, riding a bike is very hard to describe to someone else because it requires learning and practice. I have done those turns countless times and I could perform them without putting much or any thought into it, but it was difficult for me to explain how to do them to the girls and all I could do was show them and try my best to describe my actions. I found it quite interesting that even though we can become so good at something and have so much knowledge on it, it can be so hard to teach it to someone else.