Sociology of Space Travel, Thursday

[hera-rises.livejournal.com]

Lights in the front of the room were switched off, the SmartBoard illuminated with a blue screen. A small box rested on the desk at the front of the room, labelled "Papers." Professor Roslin would be taking attendance today by the papers she received. Beside the box were bags of popcorn and cans of soda. The professor herself sat at the back of the room, her glasses perched on the bridge of her nose as she reviewed a pile of documents spread across the small desk. Strangely, it looked very...presidential.

As students entered, Roslin glanced over the rims of her glasses. "Turn in your paper, grab some popcorn, and a drink," she said. "In a few minutes, we're going to watch some television, and provide some MST3K running commentary. For now, just have a seat and talk quietly among yourselves."

"Okay," she said after the bell rang. "Let's get started. Today, I've pulled an episode of Strifenova Celestial, so we can continue our discussions from last week with a little bit of audio-visual help." If she was disturbed by the similarities between her own reality and that on the television series, it didn't show in her expression. She pressed "play" on the remote and the SmartBoard flickered to life.

The episode played throughout the class, with Roslin pausing it when points of discussion arose. She dismissed the class just before the credits rolled. "Have a good weekend!"

Comments

Re: After Class

[morpherboy.livejournal.com]

Marco didn't pout, really. "Better than much me."

Re: After Class

[hera-rises.livejournal.com]

She allowed the grin now. "I'm sorry to hear that," she said. Still grinning, she gathered her papers on the desk. "Because the substitute's discussion wasn't quite what I'd intended, I assigned the class a Space Battles movie -- didn't matter which one, but one of the six. They were to review the films and examine whether or not the films provided a view of a larger society, or were works of total, ah, fluff."

Laura looked back up at him. "Think you could handle doing the same for me by next week?"

Re: After Class

[morpherboy.livejournal.com]

Marco nodded. "Definetly! Saw all original the I three. Rock they. Talk like Yoda I do."

Re: After Class

[hera-rises.livejournal.com]

"Good." Closing her folder, she pushed herself to her feet. "I look forward to getting your paper. In the meantime, you might want to check in at the clinic. You're sounding a bit...under the weather."

Re: After Class

[morpherboy.livejournal.com]

Marco frowned. "It don't but me keeps just everyone get telling that I."

Re: After Class

[hera-rises.livejournal.com]

Laura chuckled. "Trust me. As soon as you talk to them, the doctors will understand the island has struck again." She smiled warmly.

Re: After Class

[morpherboy.livejournal.com]

Marco was still confused. "If say okay so you. You thank."

Re: After Class

[hera-rises.livejournal.com]

"You're welcome. And see you next week."