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The Best Medicine: Humor Class #4 6th Period [9/26]

This afternoon there was a platter of cheese, fruit and what looked to be homemade bread, along with tea set out for the students. Wilson was leaning against the front of the desk, looking through some transparencies and nibbling on a piece of cheese.

As soon as everyone was settled, he finished up his bit of cheese and chased it down with some tea before starting to lecture.

“Good afternoon. Would the following students please see me after class to explain their absence last week. Pippi Longstocking, Agnes Nitt, Skif.”

Setting his grade book aside, Wilson grinned. “The rest of you will be glad to know that you all scored 100 on your first pop quiz. Good work."

Pushing away from the desk, Wilson dimmed the lights and lowered the white screen.

Lecture:

"Now, today we’re going to be going over the material I had you read for homework last week, so if you could please, pull out your text books, we’ll get started.”

So began the lecture part of the class, which was perhaps a little heavier than a lot of what they had been doing up to this point as they delved into some of the theories behind the definition of humor and how the differing psychologies applied to each definition. At the end of the lecture, he came back to lean against his desk, pouring himself a fresh cup of tea and taking a sip before asking.

Class Participation:

“All right, so what do you think? ’Must not one have a 'sense of humor' or 'talent' in order to create humor?’ Do you agree with the text that There is no mystical *sense of humor,* there is only a better or less well-developed ability to create humor. or do you feel differently?”

Pushing himself up to sit on his desk, he looked at the class expectantly.

After everybody had a chance to discuss the question posed to them, Wilson hopped down off the desk and finished off the last of his tea.

Homework:

“For homework this week I’m announcing a project we’re going to do for the end of the semester. You’ll be working in groups of three but not to worry I’ll let you all partner up as you see fit this time rather than assigning groups. Your homework this week is simple, come up with your groups and be ready to tell me who is partnered up with whom next week. Remember, these are to be three groups of three. I’ll give you the rest of the class period to get a head start on your homework.”

[ooc: ~~Please wait for~~ The beloved OCD threads are up. Class is in session!]

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Conner McKnight

Lana Lang

V. Cally

Agnes Nitt

Jump right in, don't be shy...and don't make me call on you.

Lana was a little daydreamy all through class, barely able to pay attention and follow the lecture. She'd read all the material well, though, so it wasn't too hard to only half listen and still keep up.

"I don't know," she said thoughtfully. "I don't know if someone without a sense of humor could create humor. I mean, if they don't find things funny... Unless they're unintentionally funny, I guess."

Cally thought for a moment. "I dunno," she said, finally. "Maybe?"

Decisiveness was totally not her name today.

But shhhhhssss...quietly.

For those names he called out at the start of class ~~except Pippi who has already talked to me~~ and for anyone who wants to set up their groups early.

Walter waited until people had left the class and slipped in to see Dr. Wilson.

"Sir? I'm here about Pippi."

Wilson had noticed Pippi's second absense and was starting to be worried. He was actually thinking about contacting Dean Washburn when Walter walked in.

"Yes?" Wilson said with obvious concern in his tone and expression.

There's no real way to say this sort of thing. Thankfully, most people understood the Fandom Effect. "Pippi is in a mirror at the moment and cannot get out. That's why she missed class today."

Blink.

It worried Wilson, really it did, that the explination made a scary sort of sense.

"Err...is she all right?"

"She appears to be. We can see her in the mirror, but she doesn't seem to be able to see us," Walter said. "Pip has the mirror and his roommate has a small, intelligent robot that is watching her when there isn't anyone else around."

A small, intelligent robot...

Wilson gave his head a slightly bemused shake, then reached up to rub at his eyes with the heel of his palm.

"All right...umm...how long has she been in the mirror?"

Walter sympathized, having had to hear and tell variations of this story more times than he'd ever expected in the past nine months.

"Less than twenty-four hours. It happened yesterday after class. I was there when it happened."

Damn, that still didn't explain why she'd missed class last week. Oh well, he'd talk to Pippi...err... whenif she got out of the mirror.

"All right, I'll make a note that she has an excused absense for this week. Thank you, for coming and letting me know. I was starting to worry."

"Is there any homework she should know about?" Walter pulled out a small notepad and pen. "I can take that information and give it to her if she's out before the next class."

"Err, well." Wilson started out pensively, reaching back to rub at the nape of his neck.

"She missed a quiz last week, I'll need to talk to her as soon as possible about that. Homework this week involves putting together our project groups, so I'm not sure...she might have to fit in where there's still room in the groups once she's able."

Walter jotted a couple of notes to that effect and nodded. "I'll let her know what the situation is and that she should contact you."

Provided they got her out of the mirror, of course. "I'll keep you and her other teachers informed if this becomes a problem of more than a day or two."

Agnes nervously approached after class. She didn't really have an excuse for missing class last week ~~since the mun thought she'd signed in~~ so she was just going to have to accept whatever Dr. Wilson wanted to determine.

Wilson gave Agnes a gentle smile but his expression was a bit rueful as he took in her nervous apperance.

"Miss Nitt, do you have a note about your absense from class last week?"

Agnes tried not to wring her hands with a limited degree of success. "No. I'm sorry. I don't know why I wasn't here last week."

Perdita had better not have had anything to do with it.

Crossing his arms, Wilson nibbled on his lower lip. Well, at least she wasn't lying to him though he was a bit concerned about why she didn't know she'd missed class.

"I'm not a big one for giving out detention, Miss. Nitt. But I'll give you a choice. There was a quiz last week and at this moment your grade is a zero, which you may or may not know will probably result in bringing your final grade in the class down at least a couple of points. You can keep the zero or serve detention this week and meet me on Monday for a make up quiz. What would you like to do?"

Agnes wrinkled her nose while she thought over the sound of Perdita singing something about We don't need no education.

"I don't want to let all the studying I've been doing to go to waste," she finally said. "I'll serve the detention and take the quiz on Monday."

"Okay." Wilson said with a nod. "I'll let the office know and you'll just need a note from the teacher handling detention to let me know that you served it and we can meet on Monday for the make up quiz. I have office hours on Monday from 9:30am-11:30am, is that a good time frame for you, or would another time suit?"

Agnes ducked her head and nodded. "I think that will work. I'll come by after Professor Aziraphale's class."

Now she was really wondering what had happened last Tuesday. Detention? She'd agreed to it as much to spite Perdita as anything else.

"All right, I'll have the quiz at my office ready to go." Wilson agreed with a gentle smile.

"Thank you."

Anyone watching Agnes turn away would have little indication of the argument going on inside her head.

What did you do?

Wouldn't you like to know?

[ooc: Well, it was inadvertent, but it moves along the Discworld matter of belief creating reality I'd wanted to address, so I'll call it serendipity.]

Mmmmm gummie bears.

Mmmmm, Count Chocula...

...which I don't have, and have been craving for over a day now, grawr.

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