Intro to Dance, Wednesday Period 1

[arboreal_priestess]

It was once again too early in the morning for this. But the moose had been immovable and so here they were again, bright and early, unlike the sun which hadn't even risen a full hour ago.

Disgraceful. That was what it was.

But she had class, which meant that even if she couldn't quite hit 'pep,' she still couldn't be a zombie for them.

After going through that morning's stretches (to the catchy beat of 90s Italian pop), Verity explained the day's lesson. "So much of dance is being able to move your body around to the music," she explained. "But sometime around puberty, most people forget how to just move. We become stiff and locked up, moving all of our body at once instead of individual parts. This is especially true with hips and, honestly, if you can't move your hips freely, you'll never be able to dance. So today, we're going to do some exercises to loosen you all right up."

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Re: Activity 1: Hula Hoops

[arboreal_priestess]

"Still, for a place like this, it should be a requirement, not an elective," Verity snorted.

Re: Activity 1: Hula Hoops

[intotheout]

". . . I don't think we actually have any graduation requirements."

Re: Activity 1: Hula Hoops

[arboreal_priestess]

"I don't even know why I'm surprised about that," Verity sighed.

Re: Activity 1: Hula Hoops

[intotheout]

"I'm probably screwed if I want to try to go to a normal college."

Tip was only really just realizing that. Maybe there was a Boov school she could attend?

Re: Activity 1: Hula Hoops

[arboreal_priestess]

"There are the independent study courses you can take," Verity reminded. "And those always look good. And the old-fashioned 'spin your classes into something that sounds normal.'" She had a lot of practice with that one herself.

Re: Activity 1: Hula Hoops

[intotheout]

"I don't know if I want to try to catch up on more than two years of Common Core classes in a year and a half."

Boov school could be fun, right? Or maybe she'd go right into the workforce and do community college. That's what her mom did!

. . . Her mom was going to kill her if she didn't go to college.

Re: Activity 1: Hula Hoops

[arboreal_priestess]

"On the other hand, college is for specializing, right?" Verity asked. "Do you have to make up all of your classes? Or only the ones that form the basis of what you want to study?"

Re: Activity 1: Hula Hoops

[intotheout]

"I'm pretty sure modern practice is to have a rounded education before you specialize."

Also, she wasn't really sure what she would want to specialize in.

Re: Activity 1: Hula Hoops

[arboreal_priestess]

"I'm pretty sure modern practice was not taking into account this island when it was figuring out its pedagogy," Verity snorted.

Re: Activity 1: Hula Hoops

[intotheout]

"Yeah, but this island is basically a secret to most worlds, right?" Tip pointed out. "My world got invaded by aliens, but they still want you to learn, like, math."

Re: Activity 1: Hula Hoops

[arboreal_priestess]

"Exactly," Verity said with a grin. "Just different examples in word problems."