Upbeat Rhythms

Jesus, movement, music, and other garbage I find. I love getting mail so if you see something you like let me know!

[sandandglass]

[gabe-the-fallen-angel]

What actual friendship is like

[valtsv]

from now on my blog focus is going to be niche memes about and aimed at the prince of egypt (1998)

[valtsv]

moses when he leaves egypt and flees into the desert:

[valtsv]

moses returning to egypt:

[valtsv]

ramses: you can’t persuade me to let your people go

moses:

[valtsv]

[valtsv]

ramses: i’ll never let your people go

moses:

[valtsv]

[broccolirambles]

@official-liberty-prime

[official-liberty-prime-deactiva]

Worth a second reblog tbh

[catchymemes]

[patron-saint-of-smart-asses-dea]

I really like that homeschooling is being more accepted as a choice of schooling, but I really get irked when the only way to show homeschooliing in a good light is to prove how many “elite” students they produce, or somehow showing its better than any public/private school ever.

No child should be pushed to be “elite” if they don’t want to.  They should learn to push themselves and to desire learning, but getting the best grades and the most advance classes should not be a priority.  I don’t care how they are educated: they need to be encouraged to learn and prepare themselves for their future lives, not be trained as perfect student pets.

Some kids in homeschooling?  They are average, or below their grade level.  Maybe Jane is great at science and math, but she has a hard time with grammar and writing. Joe has a speech impediment that makes him shy around other people and needs time to know someone.  Robin has a physical disability that prevents him from traveling easily but he loves reading.

But because these kids are homeschooled, they can use their own curriculum to support their strengths and overcome their weaknesses.  Jane can move up a grade or two with her sciences and mathematics but still have a lower grade language arts program to help her understand it more.  Joe gains confidence at home and with his therapist as he learns at his own pace and by the time he meets the neighbor kids to play, or meets with fellow students at a homeschooling co-op, he can work with others just fine.  Robin is stuck at home for most of his classes, but because he can finish his work early he and his parents have extra time to go visit a museum or library or even a movie theater.

Homeschooling should be about encouraging individuality in learning styles and flexibility, whether the child is an A+ student or struggling just to keep up.

The point is that whether its homeschooling, private school, public school, or a mix of the three over the course of the child’s life, our focus should be on, “what is best for this individual child?” not “Which method will make my kid look better than the others?”

[kyahprobst]

Holy shit, yes.

[patron-saint-of-smart-asses-dea]

I still love this post. Kids deserve better than what we give them.

[hobbitsetal]

okay, but this was exactly my experience with being homeschooled. i can remember being in the same English grammar book as my brother, who was two years older, because i’ve always been good at English and he struggled for years. but my mother never made any kind of deal to us about it–we just happened to be in the same book.

i always needed tutoring with math. always. and i copped out of the last year of algebra because i didn’t want to go to college.

my parents recount fondly teaching my oldest brother something while he did handstands, because a small boy has too much energy just to sit in a chair all day.

individualizing curriculums is a gift and joy.

[up-beatrhythms]

OP's concern is already taken care of! The "Elite Students" isn't At All focus of homeschooling. These elite students are a side affect not the goal. It just so happens that fitting learning styles to individual students works so dang well that, come the semi-annual government-tries-to-legally-restrict-homeshooling event, everyone falls back to that simplest and easiest of arguments of "Homeschooling is just so dang good, look at how many elite, star performers we just created that you didn't have to pay for." Because whatever board makes decisions regarding the legality and ease of homeschooling doesn't care about feelings or learning styles or whatever because they don't have the time or the resources to investigate each and every case of a poor learner. All they have time and resources for is to look at a bunch of data and try and make rules that will benefit the most number of children. So we homeschoolers don't even need to come up with sophisticated arguments, we can let the numbers talk for us, because the numbers are saying some very, very good things about a safe learning environment that can be adapted to fit each individual's needs.

[hodlmyvodka]

Russian hockey player with the ridiculous penalty shootout

[bnprime]

a hero

[thebookbug]

@up-beatrhythms

[just-shower-thoughts]

Every single odd number has an “e” in it.

[savvygunner]

[violetnpurple]

LISTEN-

[bl6ckwoman]

Not all of them. 30 and 50 aren’t spelled with the letter e in it …

[antiandrogen]

[teamnowalls-deactivated20180918]

father god 

[abrown16]

…if you can split a number in half evenly, it’s even. 30 and 50 are odd.

[antiandrogen]

[ethereal-sketches]

-_-’

(15+15=30

25+25=30)

[britteryikes]

25+25 = 30? You sure about that??

[laurdlannister-kingslayer]

Lord have mercy….

[kumasenpai]

Bye

[mf-johnson-deactivated20190605]

3 days into 2018 smh

[kwantsu]

LMAOOOOOOO

[effigyofubiquity-deactivated202]

[lizzysarai-deactivated20190109]

One

Three

Five

Nine

And since everything else after that is a variant of these numbers, then all odds have the letter ‘E’.

[britteryikes]

🗣YOU FORGOT SEVEN!!

[alternativeblkgal]

lmao imagine thinking 30 and 50 are odd

[baccendken-deactivated20240121]

We ain’t even finish the week yet

[activeshooters]

[blackblocberniebros-deactivated]

What the fuck is happening?!

[memecucker]

@squidpuncher

[breezybeej]

How many days are there in a week? where’s that bodybuilding thread

[haiku-robot]

how many days are there in a week where’s that bodybuilding thread

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[shinyx2]

Barabanov, V., Gulimova, V., Berdiev, R. et al. Object play in thick-toed geckos during a space experiment.   J Ethol (2015) 33: 109

“Based on our results, it would appear that small reptiles can play, but that this ability is individual and depends on the environment. Play behavior is unlikely during the breeding season, in cases of pronounced territorial or aggressive behavior, when the animals are in an uncomfortable environment or under the effects of strong hunger or stress. In the wild, a reptiles’ play behavior would usually be energetically unfavorable, which Burghardt explained well using his surplus resource theory (Burghardt 1988), postulating that species with more time and energy resources would play more often (Burghardt 2014). Reptiles differ from mammals in being ectothermic and having a low metabolic rate and a need for a long recuperation period after sustained activity (Burghardt 2005), making them vulnerable to the impact of many environmental factors. These factors were partially or completely eliminated in our experiment. Weightlessness also contributed to a reduction in energy consumption. Thus, our data testify to the validity of the theory of surplus resources.

To summarize, our data suggest that in a suitable habitat even adult small reptiles are capable of performing play behavior. Our results and those of Burghardt (2013) suggest that playfulness may be stimulated in orbital experiments by using an enriched environment.

Geckos in space (Guardian article).

[alpine-spirit]

Yesterday’s Adventure: Canoeing across the Squamish river and seven hours canyoneering in the spectacular Monmouth Canyon.

http://bccanyoneers.com/2013/08/13/monmouth-canyon-beta/

[alpine-spirit]

Yesterday’s Adventure: Canoeing across the Squamish river and seven hours canyoneering in the spectacular Monmouth Canyon.

http://bccanyoneers.com/2013/08/13/monmouth-canyon-beta/

[ryantuttlephoto]

Savannah Cummins climbing at Cannibal Crag, Red Rock

[highlandvalley]

[defaultdude]

If I walk into a store and it doesn’t have mannequins like these then they just lost a customer 

[obesecamels]

I NEED TO KNOW HOW THIS OUTFIT LOOKS ON A BACKFLIP

[thebookbug]

@up-beatrhythms This must be your store.

[up-beatrhythms]

@thebookbug You are so right.

[alpine-spirit]

My friend Mark fighting the flow on rappel 9 of Monmouth Creek Canyon. This was my first time canyoneering and I had a blast! I think I might have to do it again :) (with warmer layers next time though brrr)

[alpine-spirit]

Rappelling off Pigeon Spire

Bugaboo Provincial Park, BC Canada

[sportumbler]

Sunset skiing

[gyp-ski]

gimme gimme

[gothcostco]

not to be too millennial but

no money

[celanon]

no house

[clst]

just avocado

[jaykolsch]

Rest dayz

[setheverman]

What do you think about vegans?

all those bright lights and casinos! i want to visit one day! :)