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History in Action, Wednesday, 3rd Period
While a morning wake-up call from Galactica had started her day early, the power outage had tossed a serious kink in Laura's plans for class. Rather than meeting in the Danger Room, which had miraculously survived the alien attack, the class today would meet at a clearing she had discovered in her wanderings. A tall cherry tree grew just across from the path which led the students there.
As the students arrived, they would find her standing just beside this cherry tree, leaned against a shiny new axe. "Bring it around here, if you would." She noted some eyeing of the axe and grinned. "I promise I'm not an axe murderer...unless you count cherry trees.
"There's a prominent saying here about 'to the victor, the spoils,'; the victor also gets to write the history books," she continued. "So how do we know what really happened? And what about those times where little more exists than the myths and artifacts? This seminar is going to help us examine those questions. We're going to do this by revisiting key events in various histories. A few of them will be from Earth -- the Boston Tea Party and the signing of the Magna Carta, for example -- and a few will be extra-terrestrial, such as the departure of the Tribes of Kobol."
She shifted her weight and brushed her hair back behind her right ear. "That brings us to today's lesson: George Washington and the cherry tree. For those of you who don't know, George Washington was General of the Continental Army during the American Revolution, here on Earth. His home is actually across the river, a former plantation named Mount Vernon. He eventually went on to become the first President of the United States.
"Years ago -- and where this fable begins, no one is really sure -- a story circulated about young George chopping down one of his father's cherry trees. When asked about it, the young man was said to reply, 'I cannot tell a lie. I was the one who cut down the tree.'
"Looking at the story, it's possible it happened; it is, however, unlikely." Laura leaned the axe against the cherry tree, leaning over and picking up a stack of papers. She then handed a copy to each of the students. "What a young Washington did do, however, was develop his 'Rules of Civility', which he used to govern his actions from a young age throughout his adult life. Take a look at these, and we'll discuss them as we go around and get acquainted."
Once discussion drew to a close, she dismissed the class. "Provided that our power is back up and running, we'll be in the Danger Room next week. Now, get out of here and enjoy your afternoon."
[OCD coming up!]
As the students arrived, they would find her standing just beside this cherry tree, leaned against a shiny new axe. "Bring it around here, if you would." She noted some eyeing of the axe and grinned. "I promise I'm not an axe murderer...unless you count cherry trees.
"There's a prominent saying here about 'to the victor, the spoils,'; the victor also gets to write the history books," she continued. "So how do we know what really happened? And what about those times where little more exists than the myths and artifacts? This seminar is going to help us examine those questions. We're going to do this by revisiting key events in various histories. A few of them will be from Earth -- the Boston Tea Party and the signing of the Magna Carta, for example -- and a few will be extra-terrestrial, such as the departure of the Tribes of Kobol."
She shifted her weight and brushed her hair back behind her right ear. "That brings us to today's lesson: George Washington and the cherry tree. For those of you who don't know, George Washington was General of the Continental Army during the American Revolution, here on Earth. His home is actually across the river, a former plantation named Mount Vernon. He eventually went on to become the first President of the United States.
"Years ago -- and where this fable begins, no one is really sure -- a story circulated about young George chopping down one of his father's cherry trees. When asked about it, the young man was said to reply, 'I cannot tell a lie. I was the one who cut down the tree.'
"Looking at the story, it's possible it happened; it is, however, unlikely." Laura leaned the axe against the cherry tree, leaning over and picking up a stack of papers. She then handed a copy to each of the students. "What a young Washington did do, however, was develop his 'Rules of Civility', which he used to govern his actions from a young age throughout his adult life. Take a look at these, and we'll discuss them as we go around and get acquainted."
Once discussion drew to a close, she dismissed the class. "Provided that our power is back up and running, we'll be in the Danger Room next week. Now, get out of here and enjoy your afternoon."
[OCD coming up!]
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