The Art of War, Week #12 [Period 3, Monday]

[atreideslioness]

"Are you all here?" Ghanima asked abruptly as the bell rang. "Anyone dead? Anyone kill anyone else?"

Without waiting for any sort of answer, she smiled impishly. "Good enough," she announced, hopping off her desk. "Today, we have two parts to our class. The eleventh chapter of Tzu's book speaks of both the varieties of ground found within terrain, and of leadership styles."

"I do not feel like going over territory disputes, I've done that enough this past week dealing with treaties from home that my brother has been kind enough to ask me to handle. Instead, we will look at the leadership aspects of the chapter. There are as many different styles of directing people as there are people in the universe. While Tzu has some very good, and very bad, ideas, I'm curious to see what qualities you look for in a leader."

"First, however, I want to hear your reports on your assignment."

[OOC: OCD is available for those that wish it. Class is in-session!]

Comments

Report: Share Your Experiences

[atreideslioness]

What did you learn about yourself during this exercise? What did you learn about your own negotiation and diplomacy skills?

[All group members can ping in to their respective threads to share their observations, and other students should feel free to ping to them with questions/comments.]

Re: Report: Group One

[atreideslioness]

Adam Park, Susan Pevensie, Myn Donos.

Re: Report: Group One

[talon-wraith.livejournal.com]

"Um," Myn said, struggling to find the right words and finally settling for 'blunt'. "I was a dog for the past 10 days, so..."

Re: Report: Group Two

[atreideslioness]

Agnes Nitt, Harvey Dent, Savannah Levine.

Re: Report: Group Two

[finding-x-dream.livejournal.com]

Agnes shrugged. "It was [totally handwaved]."

Re: Report: Group Three

[atreideslioness]

Ben Skywalker, Liir Thropp, Ella of Frell.

Re: Report: Group Three

[ella-obeys.livejournal.com]

"I spent most of my time for the assignment with Ben," Ella reported. "It was hard to fit in the time commitment, but I'm glad I got to know him. And I got to spy on a fraternity meeting!"

Re: Report: Group Three

[momslilassassin]

"And we didn't make her wear the traditional robe or participate in the chanting," Ben added.

Re: Report: Group Three

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

He ducked his head.

"I'm sorry, professor. I was somewhat ill the last week or so."

[yeah, RL/worstroommateever failure; sorry!]

Re: Report: Group Four

[atreideslioness]

Eve Levine, Ino Yamanaka, Jania Solo.

Re: Report: Group Four

[solo_sword]

"It was actually easier than I thought it would be," Jaina admitted. "The hardest part I found was shifting everything I normally do around what was most convenient for all of us."

Re: Report: Group Four

[intraspective]

"Boring," Ino said, twirling a bit of her hair around in one hand. "I didn't have anything to talk 'bout with anyone."

And tact was not always Ino's friend.

Re: Report: Group Four

[blackmagic-eve.livejournal.com]

"It went pretty well," Eve said. "We managed to work the timing of it out right. Even if we didn't always have a whole lot to talk about, we made due."

Re: Report: Group Five

[atreideslioness]

Jo Harvelle, Teyla Emmagan, Edmund Pevensie.

Re: Report: Group Six

[atreideslioness]

Reno, Tahiri Veila, Lee Adama.

Re: Report: Group Six

[raspberryturk]

Reno stuffed his hands into his pockets and shrugged.

"I ain't so hot with this negotiation stuff, zoto," he stated. "I'm no kinda diplomat."

He had an alternate future daughter who wanted to be one, sure, but she sure as heck didn't get that from him.

[I had week of fail. Sorry I didn't actually participate in this one, guys.]

Re: Report: Group Six

[weetuskenraider]

"I think I definitely need work on the whole diplomat thing," added Tahiri sheepishly. Considering Jedi were supposed to be diplomats, she really did need to work on that.

[OOC: No worries, I am having Month of Fail myself, so I'm sorry too. :/]

Re: Report: Group Seven

[atreideslioness]

Ronan Nolan, Alice Liddell, Tony Foster.

Re: Report: Group Seven

[notyourpawn.livejournal.com]

"We spent time at one another's workplaces," Alice said, lacing her fingers on her desk. "It gave me a rather interesting perspective on two of my classmates that I hadn't, previously, spoken with."