pencil flippin

If you are ever bored in class and find that there is nothing to do and all you have is your pencil then you can learn how to flick a pencil around a hand. First of all you need a pencil, preferably heavier like a pen. It is also advantageous to use a longer device; the reason for this is that you don't want the writing implement to fly off your hand when it twirls. Prepare mentally for a lot of failing because it is something that needs to be practiced over and over again. Fret not, for everytime the pencil falls, it only needs to be picked up again.
Prepare the flip by holding it between the thumb and the index finger. To start, tap the pencil with your middle finger lightly and let it go around the thumb. A person that is new to this usually twitches their hand, especially their thumb, so don't. Leave the thumb alone and get used to the feeling of the pencil going around your thumb. Naturally it will go a revolution and end up in your hand up in the same direction. Once you get the concept down, it is advisable to use the ring finger as support before flipping it. Eventually this will become habitual and somewhat mezmerizing to watch.
Like previously mentioned, there will be failing. There will also be alot of annoying clacking noises when it is dropped. You might even make the person next to you mad, but don't stop. After the pencil flipping becomes natural, there are other tricks that you can do with the pencil, such as stopping the rotation and flipping it back with the index finger. But that's for another time.