Human Anatomy, Thursday, 01/11, Period 3

[blonde-doctor.livejournal.com]

Elliot looked like she was halfway between bouncing and running away in terror as she started her first class of the semester, and she kept wiping her hands on her slacks as if her palms were sweaty.

"Hi, people, welcome to human anatomy, which is the study of structures and systems of the human body,. If you didn't sign up for anatomy, you're in the wrong place. If you stick around without registering? You're volunteering to be dissected.

"I am Elliot Reid, which yes is a guys' name. Blame my dad. Call me Elliot or Dr. Reid. Doing the E.T. voice on Elliot will freak me out and earn you a detention. But basically, it's pretty easy not to get a detention in here - show up on time, don't miss more than three classes without letting me know, and don't be incredibly hugely obnoxious, and you're golden.

"I am passing around a couple of things. First, you have textbooks, which are yours to keep and love and put under your pillow. Second is my voice mail number. Call whenever. I'm also in my office Friday mornings, if you need me outside of class.You're also getting the class roster and syllabus. Syllabus is a guideline, not a rule -- it can change. Finally, my TA is John Dorian, so if you can't find me for something, talk to him."

Done with the preliminaries, she pointed to an area behind the rows of desks where seven-foot stretches of paper were taped to the floor, with buckets of markets between them. "To help make this class more visual, you're going to pair up and trace each other, and then we'll tape the drawings to the wall to fill in the body systems on as we learn them. But before you do that, I want to do some introductions. Say your name, your grade, and two interesting things about yourself. Starting with .... you." She closed her eyes and pointed randomly into the group.

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Tracing, Anatomy, 1/11

[blonde-doctor.livejournal.com]

One person lies down, the other person draws around them (and does not accidentally-on-purpose draw a mustache on their face). Then you switch places. Handwave if you need to; we should have enough people for even pairs, but if you're hanging for a really long time let me know and you can trace the teacher.

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[repeterpetrelli.livejournal.com]

Peter laid out a piece of paper for tracing on. Now all he needed was a partner.

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[janet_fraiser]

"So, a nurse, huh?" asked Janet. "Why nursing school, and not med school? Also, want to pair up for this exercise?"

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[repeterpetrelli.livejournal.com]

"Sure," Peter said. "You wanna trace or be traced? And I like the idea of how nurses get to be more hands-on with the patients."

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[janet_fraiser]

Janet studied Peter's presumably tall and lanky figure, then glanced down at herself. "Trace me, it'll go faster," she said, then nodded as she listened to Peter talking about nursing. "Doctors sometimes have to distance themselves emotionally in order to treat a patient effectively, but I think I can manage to build a rapport. And nursing--well, every doctor needs good nurses. I think medicine's a team effort, after all."

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[repeterpetrelli.livejournal.com]

"Absolutely," Peter agreed. He got to tracing, trying to be accurate without touching things he shouldn't. "I'm not putting doctors down or anything. It's just that I think nurses get a chance to help personalize the care more."

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[janet_fraiser]

"I didn't think you were. I've just seen people put nurses down, and it bothers me." Janet tried not to fidget, but her hair was falling in her eyes. She inhaled and tried to blow it off her face. "I think it's great that you want to go into nursing. What made you decide that?"

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[henryoredward.livejournal.com]

Henry looked around the classroom. He wanted to find a partner, but at the same time was a little embarrassed. What was he supposed to do? Walk up to someone and ask "May I trace you?"

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[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

Which is exactly what Chad did.

"May I trace you?" he asked, walking up to someone.

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[henryoredward.livejournal.com]

Henry was admittedly surprised, but happy to have been relieved of the pressure of finding someone. "Yes," he said, nodding.

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[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

Chad nodded, readying a writing utensil and waiting for the other guy to lie down and be traced. "Cool. You can trace me, too," he said, as if that hadn't been obvious from the instructions.

He had been thinking of asking Fat Peter, because then when it got around to drawing in all the inside parts like Dr. Reid had said, he'd have plenty of room. But he didn't want to worry about not having enough width of paper.

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[henryoredward.livejournal.com]

Henry laid down on the paper. He tucked his ponytail into his shirt collar, so it wouln't get in the way.

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[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

Very carefully, Chad traced out Henry's outline, pursing his lips in concentration as he tried to make a good, solid, even line.

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[oatmanspatient.livejournal.com]

Marty looked around for a suitable partner.

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[can_be_more]

"We're really expected to do this?" Aeryn asks warily.

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[oatmanspatient.livejournal.com]

"Yep!" Marty said. "Lay down and I'll do you."

*cough*

"I mean draw you."

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[can_be_more]

She just raises an eyebrow at him.

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[oatmanspatient.livejournal.com]

"What?"

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[the-right-ray.livejournal.com]

Ray looked around for a partner.

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[sonofdragons.livejournal.com]

"Hey," Tannim said. "Want to pair up?"

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[the-right-ray.livejournal.com]

"Sure," Ray said. "I'm Ray."

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[sonofdragons.livejournal.com]

"Tannim," Tannim said, offering his hand.

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[the-right-ray.livejournal.com]

Ray shook it and said, "Want me to trace you first?"

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[sound-loyalty.livejournal.com]

Kabuto thought this was pointless. He could, if he wanted to, trace himself. But he would attempt to do as the teacher requested, and see if there was anyone to 'partner' with. Maybe he'd get to take them apart later.

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[girlsnamehere.livejournal.com]

JD had a crayon to do the tracing. A purple crayon. He was way too excited about this.

"Hey! Want to be my partner!"