fandomhigh | Communication: Week 1 (Thursday, P5)

Silent Bob has never quite looked the part of a teacher, not even without his hetero lifemate - who was, surprisingly, completely absent. Bob did keep looking towards the window with some kind of trepidation, as if not sure who had gotten into the grappling hooks and was about to make an appearance at any moment.

He was wearing a 'HELLO MY NAME IS' badge, but the name on said badge was 'Jay'. Students he'd had before got a little wink to play along as they would take a sticker for themselves.

He also had his ever-present whiteboard (very handy for remaining silent) and the title 'COMMUNICATION'. When everyone had settled, he skipped the introductions and spoke.

Yes, spoke.

Silent Bob said, "Communication leads to community, that is, to understanding, intimacy, and mutual valuing." Without saying another word, he wrote 'TYPES OF COMMUNICATION' on one side of his board and then 'REASONS TO COMMUNICATE' on the other, turning back towards the class and leaning against the teacher's desk with that expectant sort of 'your turn' look on his face.

[[OCD ~~on the way~~ up. Name thing will be explained in the threads. Today is also my first day of class, so I'll be gone for a chunk of the afternoon but will be around to play later on. Bob is still looking for a TA. Play away!]]

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Answer Bob's two questions. Yes, the ones he didn't actually ask.

Jeff blinked. "I'm not entirely certain what you're attempting to communicate," he said, "But then I rarely am so I may have missed a bit. Communication's tricky, there's a lot of, you know, unexpected pits and everything, I wouldn't want to trip over a question or anything."

Naminé lifted her sketchpad, the page in question showing a red-haired girl holding a star-shaped fruit (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v328/Rellyjean/namine/drawings/_whiteroom_6.jpg).

Well, she considered it an answer.

Bob grinned and flashed her a thumbs-up before adding 'drawings' to 'TYPES'.

As for the next question ... she started to draw again - a little blonde girl sitting alone in a room - but the sketch hit too close to reality, and was quickly destroyed in a pile of scribbles.

"If you never communicate, you'll be incredibly lonely," she said instead.

Bob smiled a little and added it to the other column, giving her a supportive kind of look.

Naminé smiled back, a little weakly, but gave a definite sort of nod. She was much better now, and thanks.

"Non-verbal is a type of communication," Summer said. Then she grinned. "Something you seem pretty familiar with."

Bob chuckled - silently - and added that to his list with a little salute of his pen that implied 'good one'.

"What about gift giving as a form of communication?" Cedric asked. "If someone gave you chocolate then that would seem to tell they like you far more than a dozen black roses."

Bob nodded and added it to the list, clearly impressed.

Hoshi could speak more than a dozen different languages, but she was stumped when trying to come other types of communication that were not verbal.

Still, she had a good answer for the other question. "Communication breaks down the barriers between people," she said. "That's why I like studying languages. It makes me feel like I'm not so isolated, even though I studied language with a single tutor and never got to talk to other people."

Bob liked that answer. He gave her a grin and wrote it down.

Jack looked around the classroom, trying to make eye contact with the gals in the class.

Cassandra's eyes darted around the classroom every so often, looking for clues as to what might be written down. Being illiterate could be pretty difficult when your teacher insisted on written communication.

Jack saw her looking and gave her a smile. And a slight head tilt.

She was too caught up in trying to figure out what's going on with all the writing to notice too much, but she nodded back in silent greeting at his smile.

Jack made a little gesture to indicate the vacant seat next to him, if she was interested in a change of venue, get a better view ~~of Jack~~.

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Andrew thought about his prophecy class and said, "What about dreams as a form of communication?"

That earned him a curious look and a wave of the hand to indicate that he should expand.

"Well, without getting all mystical, dreams originate in your subconscious, so it's basically like you trying to communicate with yourself. Maybe?"

Andrew was not the confident type.

Bob scratched his beard for a moment, considering this. Then he seemed to accept it as a pretty good deal and nodded, adding it to his list.

Cassandra looks pretty helpless. Her eyes flick back and forth from the board, to Bob, to the other students trying desperately to get some clue as to what's written on the board.

"People communicate to get things from other people," John offered when it was his turn.

Inara considered the questions. "There are both verbal and non-verbal communication. And I suppose we communicate so that we don't feel so alone--so we can get help, or have our needs met, or meet the needs of others."