15 Ways to Protect Yourself and Others: Class 7, Period 3

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"Good to see you all survived the weekend," Aly said with a grin as the students filed into class.  "Today, we're going to talk about being a bodyguard.  This is probably the most obvious way to protect someone, and the one that comes up most often in popular culture.  Movies, tv shows, songs, all depict what's fairly often a pretty boring and routine job.  Except that you have to be on alert and more than on alert every moment of the day and ready to spring into action at any second."

She gave a quick handwavy lecture about the basics of bodyguarding.  It was fairly obvious from the way she talked that while most of the things she taught she'd dealt with them in her life, but this one she was even more clear about.  It was a topic close to her heart.

"So what I'm going to ask you to do over the next week is to try this out.  I've paired you up in groups of two, and I'd like you to meet up a few times between now and next class to try out the role of the bodyguard and the responsibilities of both the guard and the person who's being guarded.  Check out possible threats, shield your charge from their adoring public, keep in mind that anyone can be a threat at any time.  Once you have a feel for it, switch up the roles and let the other person try.  You'll be reporting back about what you learned next week, and there'll be an in class exercise that's going to assume you thought about this at least a little bit over the week.

"Okay, here are your pairs on the board.  Today, I'd like you to meet up with your partner and talk about when you will meet and different tactics you can use."

Dean Winchester
Halliwell, Prue

Zuko
Altman, Teddy

Anders, Samuel
Sado, Yasutora

Bennet, Claire
Halliwell, Wyatt

Booth, Seely
Tarkheena, Aravis

Delgado, Z
Hayes, Molly

Sokka
Solo, Jaina

Kessler, William
Levine, Eve

Park, Adam
Carson, Bridge

Parker, Peter
Serra, Inara

"If you really, really have a problem with your partner?  Too bad.  You can't always like who you're working with."

"Any other questions?  I'm definitely around."

[OOC:  Of course the homework can be handwavy if you like, but it would be cool if not too.  Please wait for the OCD is up!]