http://dr-jwilsonmd.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] dr-jwilsonmd.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] fandomhigh2007-09-02 11:15 pm
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Keeping Your Wits About You... [Monday 2nd Period 10-11] Class # 1

And so another school year began.

Even though he didn't have the first class of the day, Wilson still had a nice spread of coffee, tea and sodas on a table next to a plate of White Chocolate Key Lime Bars for the students as they came in to the first class. Aziraphale had been a dear and helped Wilson bring everything up from the house and set up in the class room before the angel had headed off for his own office hours.

The sign in sheet sat next to the sugary treats.

Leaning against the front of his desk, Wilson sipped on a cup of coffee as he watched the students make their way into the room and find their seats. Once he had counted off the right number of noses, he set the coffee aside and pushed away from the desk, turning up the cuffs of a shirt that seemed too long for him no reason for that, really.



"Good morning," Wilson greeted his class with a smile. "All right, this is Keeping your wits about you and I am your professor for this term, Dr. James Wilson. Many of you I have already met, some of you I have yet to have the pleasure, so today we're going to do some introductions."

Walking behind the desk, he pulled a stack of papers out of his briefcase and began to walk them around to the class.

"This is your syllabus for the semester. Please note that I will hold office hours on Tuesdays from 9:30am until 12:00 noon but I am always available to schedule a meeting if you need to talk to me outside either class or Tuesdays."

Syllabus passed out, Wilson walked back to the desk and hopped up on the top.

"Okay, I'm going to tell you a little bit about myself and some of my experiences recently since I came to Fandom and why I'm teaching this class. Afterwards, I'm going to break you into 3 groups and I want you to introduce yourselves to each other while I talk with you, one on one. Our one on one conversations will be just between you and I as I need to get an idea of any and all innate powers of abilities you possess so that the exercises we do in class are properly tailored to each of you."

Smiling, he reached for his coffee.

"Painless, I promise."

Lecture

Taking a sip of coffee, he leaned back and studied each of the students before speaking again.

"I am a normal, garden varity mortal male from the 21st century Earth. I don't come from the past or the future, I am a medical doctor, my specialty is oncology and I'm about 40 years old."

Holding his hands up, he gave a little shrug.

"Pretty run of the mill. However, I have managed to survive here in Fandom with all it's unique quirks, as well as visit Hell, the Underworld and a creepy little village in Maine with my skin intact. Let me explain."

Keeping his coffee close, Wilson began to tell of some of his more adventursome times in Fandom, hitting such highlights as vampire attacks, trolls, creepy towns in Maine, giant tongues in the Underworld, dying to save Lucifer and most recently dealing with the Lilim and banishing voiceless gods.

He also threw in what he felt was his most frightening experience Parents Weekend!.

"So, those are some of the highlights but I like to think that they show, you don't need to be overwhelmingly powerful or outrageously armed to the teeth in order to survive and thrive in any situation, so long as you keep your wits about you, use your head and keep your mind open to any and all possibilities."

Finishing off his coffee, Wilson stood up and headed for the chalk board.

"That, is what this class aims to help you learn through a combination of lecture and practical application. For the rest of today, as I said, we'll be doing a bit of a meet and greet. I have you split into groups to talk while you wait for me to call you each out individually so we can chat privately."

Class Assignment:

Break into the follow groups, sit and meet and greet. I will call you each over for 5 minutes or so to talk with me privately

First Session:

Group A
Savannah Levine
Wyatt Halliwell
Beauty Huston
Hoshi Sato

Group B
Alphonse Elric
Isabel Evans
Chris Halliwell
Anne Shirley

Group C
Johnny Storm
Lana Lang
Summer Roberts

Homework: Try to be aware of your surroundings. Take a look at every day objects and come up with at least 3 different uses for 2 of them.

[ooc: Going up early due to small person interuptus in the morning. Please wait for The OCDs are up and class is ready to play!]

Re: Class Activity - Group B

[identity profile] neurotic-witch.livejournal.com 2007-09-04 06:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Chris nodded. "And you can always stop by if you need anything," he offered.

Re: Class Activity - Group B

[identity profile] ladycfitzgerald.livejournal.com 2007-09-04 06:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Anne favored him with a bright smile. "Thank you, Chris! Do you know, I feel awfully disloyal to even think it, but the boys here are ever so much nicer than the boys back in Avonlea by times. They're forever tormenting the life out of the girls, and not being helpful and kind and reassuring at all."

Re: Class Activity - Group B

[identity profile] neurotic-witch.livejournal.com 2007-09-04 06:47 pm (UTC)(link)
"Well, some of the boys here aren't as nice as me," Chris said, not glancing at one boy in the room in particular.

Re: Class Activity - Group B

[identity profile] ladycfitzgerald.livejournal.com 2007-09-04 06:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Anne pouted at him. "Oh, let me have at least a moment of joy before you put a damper on it," she said lightly.

Re: Class Activity - Group B

[identity profile] neurotic-witch.livejournal.com 2007-09-04 06:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Chris chuckled. "Some of them are though. You just have to make sure you talk to the right ones."

Re: Class Activity - Group B

[identity profile] ladycfitzgerald.livejournal.com 2007-09-04 06:55 pm (UTC)(link)
"I haven't met a really awful boy here yet, except for Professor Deadpool and I'm not so sure he counts," Anne said dubiously. "Are you going to warn me off of anyone in specific?"

Re: Class Activity - Group B

[identity profile] neurotic-witch.livejournal.com 2007-09-04 06:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Leaning closer and lowering his voice, Chris pointed discretely at Johnny. "Definitely stay away from him," he said. "He's a jerk."

Re: Class Activity - Group B

[identity profile] ladycfitzgerald.livejournal.com 2007-09-04 07:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Anne wasn't familiar with the term he used, but the tone of his voice made Chris's meaning clear -- and, to her overimaginative mind, magnified tenfold. "Has he done something horrible?" she asked, intrigued and morbidly curious. "A murderer trying to hide his past crimes, maybe?"

Re: Class Activity - Group B

[identity profile] neurotic-witch.livejournal.com 2007-09-04 07:03 pm (UTC)(link)
"He's not that bad, I don't think," Chris admitted. "But he treats girls very badly. They're objects to him, not people."

Re: Class Activity - Group B

[identity profile] ladycfitzgerald.livejournal.com 2007-09-04 07:07 pm (UTC)(link)
"O - o - ooh," said Anne, who nodded sagely as though she understood. "He doesn't quite look like the type of dark and slightly wicked man who seems ever so romantic, but that appearances can be deceiving, of course. I don't personally find that so terribly appealing. I think I'd much prefer a man who looks like he could be wicked, but isn't except in some bizarre AU because aren't they all."

Re: Class Activity - Group B

[identity profile] neurotic-witch.livejournal.com 2007-09-04 07:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Chris nodded. "That sounds sensible to me."

Re: Class Activity - Group B

[identity profile] ladycfitzgerald.livejournal.com 2007-09-04 07:10 pm (UTC)(link)
She beamed at him again. "I'm so glad you think so, and you aren't scandalized by such talk."