>>> IT IS A CLASSIC CHICAGO PASTIME, GOLD OLD ROLLERSKATING KID MAYBE YOU SPENT TIME AT A KID AT A NEIGHBORHOOD RING. EVEN CBS NEWS TOOK A FEW SPINS AROUND THE RINK LATELY, BUT NOW WE KNOW A LOT OF THEM HAVE
CLOSED, BUT THERE IS A MOVEMENT TO KEEP THE ART, AND IT IS AN ART ALIVE. LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS ONE. >> THIS IS VERY COOL. IT LOOKS LIKE, THIS STORY LOOKS LIKE AT LEAST 51st 50 FIRST AND SECOND GRADERS ROLLING AROUND ON FOUR
WHEELS BECAUSE ROLLERSKATING HAS MADE ITS WAY INTO SCHOOLS, AND THAT’S WHERE I WAS THE OTHER DAY ALONG WITH CHICAGO ROLLERSKATING GURU, WORKING TO KEEP THE ART ALIVE BY TEACHING THE CITY HOW TO ROLL. ♪ >> Reporter: MYISHA McCASKILL,
KNOWN AS A SMOOTH GODDESS, HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS A MASTER, LEGEND, AND ALL AROUND GURU OF THE ART OF ROLLERSKATING. >> I AM COMMUNITY-BASED. I’M ABOUT LOVE. I’M ABOUT DIVERSITY AND BRIDGING THE GAP FOR ALL HUMANITY. >> Reporter: THAT’S WHAT
INSPIRED HER TO GO BEYOND MASTERING THE ART. SHE ALSO TEACHES IT THROUGH AN ORGANIZATION INSPIRED BY FAVOR. >> AT ONE POINT, I WAS REALLY ABOUT SELF BUILDING, AND I REALIZED I WANTED TO BE ABLE THE TOOLS AND INFORMATION I
LEARNED OVER THE YEARS TO BE ABLE TO SHARE IT. >> Reporter: AND WHAT BETTER PLACE TO SHARE THAT AT A PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL? >> THE KIDS, TO BE ABLE TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES, AND I THINK IT SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN ALL
SCHOOLS. >> Reporter: AT ONE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN PULLMAN, SKATING HAS BEEN ON THE BOOKS FOR YEARS. KIDS AS YOUNG AS FIRST AND SECOND GRADE PUT ON SKATES WITH CONFIDENCE , AS McCASKILL JOINS THEM IN THE AFTERNOON. ♪
>> WE FEEL TALENTED! >> THERE’S LOTS OF LOVE WITH SKATING, THE CONFIDENCE THAT COMES WITH IT. SELF-ESTEEM IS WITHIN THIS . THE HAND EYE COORDINATION, THE BODY CONTROL, THE BALANCE. >> Reporter: THE PROGRAM IS A
WORK OF LIFELONG SKATER AND THE ELEMENTARY’S PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHER. >> WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU FALL DOWN? >> GET BACK UP. >> WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU FALL DOWN? >> GET BACK UP. >> Reporter: IT CAME WITH A
SLEW OF BENEFITS WHEN HE PROPOSED ADDING IT TO THE CURRICULUM. >> IT INSTILLS A LEVEL OF CONFIDENCE THAT INSURMOUNTABLE TO EVERYTHING ELSE. >> THEY CAN FIND SOMETHING THEY CAN JUST TAKE THAT FRUSTRATION OUT , WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE.
JUST WORK IT OUT. >> PARENTS LOVE IT. MY COWORKERS THINK IT’S THE BEST THING THEY’VE SEEN IN SCHOOL. THE STUDENTS, OF COURSE. I JUST CAN’T BELIEVE IT. >> FOR THOSE OF US NOT LUCKY ENOUGH TO GO TO THIS ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL, MYISHA’S ORGANIZATION SPONSORED BY FAVOR INCLUDES PRIVATE AND GROUP LESSONS, AND SHE’S GOT A NEW CLASS COMING OUT TOMORROW WITH THE ROOSEVELT COLLECTION FOR ANYONE AGES 10 AND UP. >> SO I’M NOT THAT DEXTEROUS ANYMORE. I CAN’T ROLL LIKE
THAT, BUT YOU ARE OUT THERE, RIGHT? >> YEAH. >> YOU WERE NOT ONLY ROLLING ON THEM BECAUSE WE SAW YOU ROLLING WITH ON THEM. YOU ARE SHOOTING THAT VIDEO TOO. >> I FOUND
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