English & Honors English

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OOC: As I mentioned in fandomhigh_ooc, all of the English classes are in a strange sort of magic time whereupon this class could be elapsing on just about any day for your character. Please don't think about it too much. If you do, your brain might break into a thousand pieces -- and that would be bad. Very bad indeed. I'm also breaking this post into two comment threads for English and Honors English alike, as both classes have more or less the same things.


English / Honors English :: Day One

The English classroom at first glance appears to be one of those Places That Time Forgot -- upon entering, the first thing that's instantly visible are stacks and stacks of books, all of which are .... well, stacked not so neatly upon the floor. Rows of desks are set up somewhat haphazardly through the room for students to sit at -- and at the very front of the room is a large teacher's desk, which the professor is currently sitting upon.

Behind the teacher's desk, there is one large window which seems to indicate that the outside day is, in fact, a wintry December evening, an image distinctively at odds with the fall day that the students have no doubt just come in from. As the students file into the room, Jenny bounds to her feet. "Um, hello! My name is, um, Jennifer Schecter, but you can call me Jenny. I'm, um, going to be teaching you all English this year. Well, the English language, I mean. How to use the English language better, I mean, because of course you all already know how to speak English, or you wouldn't be here, right?

"And, um, anyway? I know it's the first day of classes, but I think it would be a good idea for us to get to know each other, so, um, I'd like you all to fill this sheet out and return it to me by the end of the class period. Um. If you like, you can discuss the results with one another, because I think it's really crucial for us to get to know each other so we can realize how interrelated we all are, and this is the fastest way for us to, um, really get to realize what kindred spirits we all are to one another." And then she gets up and starts passing out the worksheets.


Name:
Age:
Sex:

I am taking this class because:

My favorite book is:

Death is:

Love is:

The soul is:

My opinion on the similarities and differences between Theodore Geisel (pen name Dr. Seuss) and Ernest Hemingway (pen name Ernest Hemingway), especially as pertaining to the post-post-post-post-post modernist literary movement is:


Walking back to her seat on top of her desk, Jenny smiles brightly. Oh, so brightly. "Well, what are you all looking at? Fill the worksheet out! Discuss! I'll be walking around to answer any questions that you might have."

Comments

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Regular English thread.

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Honours English thread:

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Thomasina is on time and as well-prepared as she can be, considering that there was no book list posted. She takes a seat, takes a worksheet when they are passed out, gives it a little thought and fills it out quickly and neatly. Then she hands it to Miss Schecter.

Is this what you wanted? I haven't the least idea about the last one.

Name: Thomasina Coverley
Age: 15
Sex: Female

I am taking this class because: I haven't read all of Shakespeare yet and there must be plenty of better poetry to read than Mr. Chater's.

My favorite book is: Newton's Principia or Twelfth Night

Death is: Disorder born out of disorder.

Love is: Not the nymphs and satyrs frolicking in Arcadia. Nor Antony entranced by Cleopatra(that noodle!) on her barge like a burnished throne. Nor even an ever-fix'd mark. Love is foolish.

The soul is: The genius of a person, what makes her or him theirself.

My opinion on the similarities and differences between Theodore Geisel (pen name Dr. Seuss) and Ernest Hemingway (pen name Ernest Hemingway), especially as pertaining to the post-post-post-post-post modernist literary movement is: Who? What?

[pyramid-is-life.livejournal.com]

Name: Kara
Age: 17
Sex: Female

I am taking this class because: I have to.

My favorite book is: Pyramid: Who, When, Where, Why and How.

Death is: Part of life

Love is: Overrated

The soul is: Underrated.

My opinion on the similarities and differences between Theodore Geisel (pen name Dr. Seuss) and Ernest Hemingway (pen name Ernest Hemingway), especially as pertaining to the post-post-post-post-post modernist literary movement is: Who and what?

[washwaslaconic.livejournal.com]

Name: Wash

Age: Leave us say I am a large, fairly muscular man.

Sex: Sure Male.

I am taking this class because: Seems interesting. And I like being verbal. Although I can be taciturn. I know how to be silent, oh do I know. Sometimes people don't even know I'm there. I can be a very silent and mysterious man. Ladies tend to like that.

My favorite book is: Someone once gave me a book about Taoism and flying. Can't remember the name of it for the life of me.

Death is: Just one of those things that happens. Of course, not to the people I care about if I can help it.

Love is: Pretty damn powerful.

The soul is: A leaf on the wind.

My opinion on the similarities and differences between Theodore Geisel (pen name Dr. Seuss) and Ernest Hemingway (pen name Ernest Hemingway), especially as pertaining to the post-post-post-post-post modernist literary movement is: *bullshits* They both have interesting perspectives on masculinity and adulthood.

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Name: Justin Taylor
Age: 17
Sex: Male (Twink. If you don't ask, I won't have to explain.)

I am taking this class because: To further my education skills.

My favorite book is: Anything written by Edgar Allan Poe

Death is: The beginning.

Love is: Like poetry. It's not the words written that matters but the hand that writes them.

The soul is: The very air that breathes life into each of us.

My opinion on the similarities and differences between Theodore Geisel (pen name Dr. Seuss) and Ernest Hemingway (pen name Ernest Hemingway), especially as pertaining to the post-post-post-post-post modernist literary movement is: They both have rhyming issues in their poems in other words they both like to rhyme. The difference that I have seen is Suess has a tendancy to border on obsessively happy endings where Hemingway seems to be darker and more depressed endings or not so much depressed as...not what you expect. Sort of like Suess may not have the answers to life but its worth a look whilst the other is like in time the answers will come to me if I dont die first.

Joke in question that shows my point.

DR. SEUSS
Did the chicken cross the road? Did he cross it with a toad? Yes! The chicken crossed the road, But why it crossed, I’ve not been told!
ERNEST HEMINGWAY
To die. In the rain. Alone

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Name: Julian Sark. It's the name I'm currently using, at least.
Age: Older than I look, I assure you.
Sex: Male

I am taking this class because: although my current ambitions lean more towards politics and theology than poetry and literature, I still enjoy great works of both. Just because something is of no obvious value to my future plans does not mean it will never be.

My favorite book is: Machiavelli's The Prince. For light reading, the fantasies of George RR Martin and Jacqueline Carey.

Death is: a minor inconvenience.

Love is: something you can buy, rent, or trade, and very different than you would think.

The soul is: existent.

My opinion on the similarities and differences between Theodore Geisel (pen name Dr. Seuss) and Ernest Hemingway (pen name Ernest Hemingway), especially as pertaining to the post-post-post-post-post modernist literary movement is: Dr. Seuss wrote of a Cat in the Hat. Hemingway liked cats. There is doubtless a correlation.

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Name: Brian A. Kinney
Age: 17
Sex: Yes, please. :) Um, male. *grins*

I am taking this class because: Well, reading IS fundamental. And since my home life was far, far from perfect. On one hand, my father was an abusive drunk, who used me as a punching bag. Usually when things didn`t go the way he wanted. On the other hand, my mother was a religious freak, who acted as if I didn`t exist when things were fine. Oh, and she also liked to look at the bottom of the glass a lot. *sighs* And they even don`t know yet that I`m gay. That would go over swell with my parents. So, whenever it was possible, I took a book and read. A LOT. That way, there were less possibilites to end up dead.

My favorite book is: The Cluetrain Manifesto : The End of Business As Usual by Christopher Locke, et al. I`m interested in advertising. ;)

Death is: Inevitable. Period.

Love is: Nonexistant. I don`t believe in love. I believe in f***ing. It`s quick. It`s efficient. With the maximum amount of pleasure and a minimum amount of bull***.

The soul is: Nothing. I don`t believe in it. Once you die, you`re dead. Kaputt. Hasta la vista, baby. Bye, bye, world. *sighs* Well, you get my meaning. :)

My opinion on the similarities and differences between Theodore Geisel (pen name Dr. Seuss) and Ernest Hemingway (pen name Ernest Hemingway), especially as pertaining to the post-post-post-post-post modernist literary movement is: The way I see it, dr. Seuss makes me wanna throw myself from the highest mountain and die a slow death. He is just to damn happy for my taste. *sighs* And Hemingway? Um, didn`t he just, like, blow his head away or something? *scratches his head* So, I`m guessing he was pretty depressed. Just like his books are. Um, he makes me wanna shoot myself in the head too. So, for me, there is really no difference. And the similarities are, well, they have both a weird obsession with rhyme. *rolls his eyes* Like, closing on sick. Well, that makes me wanna poke myself in the eye with a pencil. Uh, I`m just not big on rhymes, Ms. I`m sorry.

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(OOC- I'm very very drunk. This was unplanned, adn I am very sorry. I thought I'd be here earlier)
Name: Faith
Age: 17
Sex: Female

I am taking this class because: I needed three, and English is probably the most important thing to know, cause I speak it every day.

My favorite book is: I don't like to read. Jane magazine? Does that count? Maybe like, I don't know, Lies My Teacher Told Me? My watcehr showed me it, it's cool. Plus, my old teachers were pervs. So them lying? Totally true.

Death is: coming soon. I don't mind, much

Love is: a mispelling od the word sex (OOC- i read this once)

The soul is: an imaginary thing, made up by scared, scared people who dont want to face the nothingness that is death.

My opinion on the similarities and differences between Theodore Geisel (pen name Dr. Seuss) and Ernest Hemingway (pen name Ernest Hemingway), especially as pertaining to the post-post-post-post-post modernist literary movement is: hemmingway sucks.alot.

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Name: Willow Rosenberg
Age: 16
Sex: Female

I am taking this class because: It's part of the college prep regimen, and I'm hoping I can get AP credit for it, too. Oh, and I like books.

My favorite book is: Living Wicca, by Scott Cunningham

Death is: Negotiable

Love is: Confusing

The soul is: Definitely there. Usually blue.

My opinion on the similarities and differences between Theodore Geisel (pen name Dr. Seuss) and Ernest Hemingway (pen name Ernest Hemingway), especially as pertaining to the post-post-post-post-post modernist literary movement is: Um.... can I do some research and get back to you on that? I'm not really up on my post-post-post-post-post-post modernist literary movement theory.

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Name: Winifred Burkle
Age: 16
Sex: Female

I am taking this class because: I like Emglish

My favorite book is: Hard to pick one

Death is: inevitable

Love is: nonexistent

The soul is: your spirit

My opinion on the similarities and differences between Theodore Geisel (pen name Dr. Seuss) and Ernest Hemingway (pen name Ernest Hemingway), especially as pertaining to the post-post-post-post-post modernist literary movement is: Dr. Seuss is the reason for rap?

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Name: Sydney Bristow
Age: 16
Sex: Female

I am taking this class because: I like Emglish

My favorite book is: So many to choose from

Death is: unpleasant

Love is: not something for me at this point

The soul is: free

My opinion on the similarities and differences between Theodore Geisel (pen name Dr. Seuss) and Ernest Hemingway (pen name Ernest Hemingway), especially as pertaining to the post-post-post-post-post modernist literary movement is: No comment

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Name: Summer Roberts
Age: 16
Sex: Female

I am taking this class because: It seems okay

My favorite book is: The Valley Novelization

Death is: morbid. Why are you asking this?

Love is: getting on a table and professing your love

The soul is: You spelled soul wrong, it's sole as in shoes. I like shoes.

My opinion on the similarities and differences between Theodore Geisel (pen name Dr. Seuss) and Ernest Hemingway (pen name Ernest Hemingway), especially as pertaining to the post-post-post-post-post modernist literary movement is: Dr. Suess is the cat and the hat guy, right?