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Maths For Real Life, Period 1, Class 2 [1/14]

"If your universe does not have money, see me after class," Jean-Paul began this week. "If your universe does not use either the metric or Imperial standards of measurement--you would be surprised how many do--also see me after class. For this is what we are going to discuss today: converting from metric to Imperial and vice versa. America is one of three countries who have not adopted the metric system at the present time, which means that for those of you from here, you will have to convert everything you see whenever you go to another country, and for those of you from elsewhere, well, you are stuck in America at the present time." Jean-Paul then proceeded to give a rather dry lecture on the differences between the two systems when it came to measuring weight and mass, length, area, and volume, and how to calculate conversion. Then he said, "Please study these conversions, as there may be a quiz. Then I would like to know how you would apply what you have just learned to any other system of measurement you encounter. Say you're trapped on a world where they don't measure in inches or centimeters; they measure in the length of a particular flower petal. Would you be able to cope? How?"

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As you do.

Liir Thropp.

Jeff Murdock

Adah Price

Amano Makoto

Michael Guerin

Troy Bolton

Cedric Diggory

Harry Dresden

Robin

Pass notes, nap, actually pay attention 'cause you're a math geek, etc.

...this one was geeking. Also wondering if the professor might look over his budgeting after class.

...and also wondering why there were different measures in the first place.

Jeff was paying attention. Jeff was paying a lot of attention.

He didn't even have as many bizarre doodles on his notes. He liked maths. It, at least, made sense.

Adah was a math geek, so of course she was paying attention and taking notes, despite the occasional attempt to keep down a slight yawn from being up late for her clinic shift.

Makoto wouldn't say he was a math geek - that was reserved for theater - but nonetheless he was paying quite a lot of attention and taking notes.

After all, he'd need this when he was out on his own, right?

Michael was not a math geek, but he was at least writing down the conversions for later memorizing.

Troy was doing his best to pay attention. But, y'know, not exactly a math geek. Still, he took notes, even if his mind did wander some and start thinking about shows he could try to do this semester.

Cedric wasn't a math geek but he wasn't a math idiot either. He took as many notes as he could.

Harry wasn't a geek of any sort, really. Not that he'd admit. He was however lacking in some math skills, so he figured paying attention was a smart move.

Not that the thing with the flower petal has ever happened to Jean-Paul, or anything.

Robin found something odd. "Wasn't the US in on the whole creating the metric system in the first place?" he asked.

He's here.

Liir (ever the ~~suckup~~ interested student) waited after class, his notebook in hand.

"Sir? Do you have a moment for a question? It's not exactly class related. Well, sort of."

He was blushing, faintly.

"Ah, Liir, yes?" Jean-Paul asked. "Tell me if I am pronouncing that incorrectly. How may I help you?"

"You've got it right."

Like 'peer' with an L.

"This isn't anything to actually do with classwork," he admitted immediately, "but it is math, and it has to do with things here, so it's a sort of c-conversion..."

Oh, and now his stutter was starting up again. He pressed on, deciding that if he was any more apologetic, he'd waste the man's day away.

"I was trying to work out a budget," he said, "for my paycheck from the bookshop. So I could get what I needed. Only I'm not from any sort of Earth and I was wondering if you could look it over to see if I don't have it all horribly wrong."

Jean-Paul almost laughed. "Actually, that is exactly to do with classwork. I believe budgeting is week after next. Congratulations, Liir, you are working ahead. And showing common sense, which is even rarer.

"I don't really have the luxury of spending willy nilly," he said, looking a little abashed for skipping ahead. "Especially if I want to start putting some away."

He'd ask about the bank here sometime in the future, maybe during the class on budgeting.

Then he held out the notebook.

On the page was the cost of various items in dollars and cents, the amount of his paycheck from Millie, and a list of items numbered according to necessity. Clothing items seemed to be at the top with a couple of other things worked in: books (listed by subject as opposed to any particular title), toiletries, niceties, and seven names (Miss Lulu, Andrew, Teddy, Ino, Millie, Glitch and Karal). Below that there were a number of equations, and a few of the names repeated with sums next to them.

At the bottom of the page were lists of items, puzzlepieced together from the necessities list to fit in the most itenms per paycheck with a small bit left over labeled 'just in case'.

Liir looked a little nervous.

Jean-Paul took in the whole budget in what would appear, to an outsider, to be about .03 seconds. In those .03 seconds he managed to pack in a lot of wondering about the equations, a note to give Liir extra credit, and musing that Xavier's, for all his problems with that institution, provided for those students who showed up with only the clothes on their backs. "It seems you are doing a very good job of managing your funds," he said. "In class, we shall discuss how to manage money over a period of time and pay bills and whatnot. It is very good that you are already in the habit." Then he realized that A) Liir didn't know about his speed and B) That .03 seconds thing. "I did read it," he added quickly.

"I didn't say you didn't."

It hadn't even occurred to him to question his professor as such.

He held his hand out for it back.

"Thank you. I'm glad. It would be my luck to foul it up. Though I'll pay plenty of attention to how you teach it, sir. I'm sure there are things to learn. There always are."

"Good. Er, I will say this again in my lecture, but do not change anything just because I said so, unless you feel the change will be beneficial to you. There are many ways to do these things."

"If it works, that's the important part," he pointed out. "And this was just cobbled together. A little more cobbling probably won't hurt."

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IT IS A GOOD DAY.

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