http://slapbetcommish.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] slapbetcommish.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] fandomhigh2009-01-05 10:12 pm
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Child Development- 1st Period- Class #1

"Hey, guys!" Lily greeted everyone. "I see a couple familiar faces here, good to see you again. For those that don't know me, I'm Ms. Aldrin, and I've been teaching here since the summer. Some of you know that my background is as a kindergarten teacher, and now I teach you all. So, I have a little experience with kids of most ages by now. Now, some of you might be here because you like kids, or want to go into teaching, or because you've had to babysit tiny versions of your teachers or something and want to know what you're doing the next time. Or you just ended up in the wrong class, in which case I'll try to make it not suck too hard.

"What we're doing here is learning about kids and how they grow up," she went on. "We're going to cover the physical, emotional and social development in the major age groups, and focusing a little more on the really early stages because that's when so much development takes place. We're also going to go delve a little into psychology and sociology, and there'll be a bunch of little things you can do to up your grade.

"Starting now. This week, you can all sign up for the chance to wear your own empathy belly!" This was said way too excitedly as she walked to the other side of her desk and picked up the... device to show it off. "It's completely optional, but for credit, you can sign up to wear one of these for a day. It simulates some of the effects of pregnancy, including the thirty pound weight gain. Girls and guys can both do this, and two or three people can sign up on a day to do it at the same time. Pick it up handwavily the day of, return it handwavily at the end, and report back on it next week.

"For now though," Lily said, "you can stand up, give us your name and something interesting about yourself, and tell us all why you're taking this class. I'll pass up the empathy belly sign-up sheet while you're doing introductions."

Re: Sign In

[identity profile] mauledbyabear.livejournal.com 2009-01-06 06:35 am (UTC)(link)
Emmett Cullen

Re: Introduce yourself!

[identity profile] mauledbyabear.livejournal.com 2009-01-06 06:36 am (UTC)(link)
"Um. Hi. I'm Emmett Cullen, I play just about every sport imaginable," he said. He figured that was a safe fact. "And I have no idea why I'm taking this class."

Kids freaked him out.

Re: Listen to the Lecture

[identity profile] mauledbyabear.livejournal.com 2009-01-06 06:38 am (UTC)(link)
Emmett had no idea how he ended up in this class but he was here and comfortable and figured he could just roll with it. When the hell was he going to have to deal with kids?

Re: Sign In

[identity profile] saltandammo.livejournal.com 2009-01-06 06:51 am (UTC)(link)
Dean Winchester
iamnotallgirl: (Jill sideways)

Re: Sign In

[personal profile] iamnotallgirl 2009-01-06 06:52 am (UTC)(link)
Jill McTeague
iamnotallgirl: (Default)

Re: Introduce yourself!

[personal profile] iamnotallgirl 2009-01-06 07:02 am (UTC)(link)
"Jill McTeague, and, uh, there's really nothing interesting about me at all." Really, she swore. "Uh...I like calculus? And I'm taking this class so I can maybe figure out if something in childhood development is responsible for a problem I have." That sounded safe enough, she figured.
iamnotallgirl: (Default)

Re: Talk to Lily

[personal profile] iamnotallgirl 2009-01-06 07:02 am (UTC)(link)
After class, Jill approached Lily nervously. "Ms. Aldrin?" she said politely. "Can I have a moment of your time?"

Re: Sign In

[identity profile] flashesforinfo.livejournal.com 2009-01-06 09:40 am (UTC)(link)
Angela Montenegro

Re: Listen to the Lecture

[identity profile] flashesforinfo.livejournal.com 2009-01-06 11:33 am (UTC)(link)
"Interesting as this class had the potential to be, there was very little chance that Angela would voluntarily wear one of those empathy bellies again. She'd had quite enough of that in Cullen's class.

She was making the most of lecture time by doodling in her margins.

Re: Sign In

[identity profile] defeats-buses.livejournal.com 2009-01-06 12:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Prince Edward!

Re: Listen to the Lecture

[identity profile] defeats-buses.livejournal.com 2009-01-06 12:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Prince Edward just staaaaared! What was going on here? How did he end up here? And the P word! No one talks about the P word! He was a man! A PRINCE! Babies were not discussed. He wasn't even marrrrried yet!

Re: Introduce yourself!

[identity profile] defeats-buses.livejournal.com 2009-01-06 12:31 pm (UTC)(link)
"I am Prince Edward of Andalasia! I've come to find my bride!" He struck a pose. "I cannot be certain why I am in this class, for I am not even married yet."

Re: Introduce yourself!

[identity profile] defeats-buses.livejournal.com 2009-01-06 12:40 pm (UTC)(link)
"I am certain I shall never be ready to have my ankles bitten!"

A beat.

"But I shall dispatch anyone that tries, ah-hah!"

Re: Introduce yourself!

[identity profile] defeats-buses.livejournal.com 2009-01-06 12:49 pm (UTC)(link)
"OooHoo!"

Yes, he was confused.

"Time out?" He laughed boisterously. "One cannot quit time, dear lady!"

Re: Introduce yourself!

[identity profile] flashesforinfo.livejournal.com 2009-01-06 12:53 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'm Angela, and I can make a really cute origami bunnies," she shared. She thought that was interesting. "And I'm taking the class because you just really never know when this lot will come in useful."

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