Study Hall

[oatmanspatient.livejournal.com]

As a result of being bitten by a gremlin, Marty stomps into study hall...

( ...dressed as Prinicipal Connor. )

[OOC: Please for the love of God, if you need to reach Marty today please put "Marty" in the subject line of any comment you are making to me so I can filter out all the study hall comments.]

Speech Comm

[prof-cregg.livejournal.com]

*CJ walks from the Tardis to Fandom high. Her morning so far has been less than normal, but she has the movie for the class, a couple bags of microwave popcorn, and some coffee so she can brew a pot. Looking around she wonders what could possibly be wrong, today of all days. It's just not rational

She walks into the building and goes to her classroom to set up the coffee and popcorn. She preps the DVD, and waits for her 301's to come in so they can watch "Dave."

She waits for her students in a much better mood than the day before.*






((ooc: this is a repost. I deleted the earlier one since CJ's morning took a different turn after her mun got to work))

Physics

[equalsmcsquared.livejournal.com]

Good afternoon. There will be an exam next Friday, convering all the material we have discussed to date.

Most of your lab work has been excellent.

*Is that a mischievous smirk?*

Today, we will be reviewing for next week's exam.

( Please open your handouts )

Wrestling Club Meeting

[names-ash.livejournal.com]

Wrestling Club, Meeting #2

::stares at make-shift Pyramid Court::

Alright, first order of business, somebody get that scrap metal outta here!

This week's new techniques are the following...

First, what you knuckleheads didn't want to get around to last week: Headbutting.

The idea is to hit hard enough on a point where the damage spreads over your forehead, but hits more precisely on your opponent. Minimize your brain-damage, and maximize theirs.

Second, the all important takedown. Just, grab a hold of whatever presents itself and throw your opponent to the ground, there's a good kid. And if any of you guys do any intentional boob grabbing, you'll find youself in detention, punks but only because I can't give you a medal.

Alright... sign the roll sheet, pair up, and start practicing this stuff, along with last week's lesson: the knee to the groin. Hussle, people, hussle!

Crossposted because it's that important.

[jerusalem-s.livejournal.com]

ENROLLMENT IS CLOSED

If you are not in the list that I posted a few days ago, have not been approved for posting at fandomhigh directly by principalconnor you DO NOT belong here and will be forcibly removed. Enrollment is closed at this time and unless you are an approved player, you may not post in the various fandomhigh communities or in the individual player journals. Period. Full stop.

There have been several instances of people who do not belong to this game reported to me. Unless and until enrollment is opened again and your character is personally approved by principalconnor, you may not post here. Period. In light of attracting people who have not read the rules and are showing up with duplicates of existing characters, something which is also strictly against the rules, I am also closing fandomtownies to membership until principalconnor gets back.

Only principalconnor can approve new students.

jerusalem_s is the right hand of God here, people, and what he says goes.

No one, and I mean NO ONE else is authorized to do anything when it comes to student/teacher/townie permissions.

This may eventually change but, as of right now, it's just the two of us... and I know damn well she hasn't approved anyone except our new webmaster in quite some time.

If this persists, everyone here should have these people friended and we will allow 'friends only' posts until the intruders desist.

Please be polite, but inform non-members that they cannot play here without first waiting for open enrollment and then being approved directly by principalconnor.

Thank you.

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[http://users.livejournal.com/swedish_chef_/]

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-Peunoot Bootter und Jelly sundveeches veet a seede-a leg ooff cheeckee.

-Celery jooeece-a. It's guud fur yuoo! I hefe-a tu vetch oofer yuoor preceeuoos leettle-a budeees. Vheech is elsu vhy zeere-a veell be-a cheeckee bruth in veter buttles in zee fendeeng mecheene-a frum noo oon! Nutheeng coores a coold better thun cheeckee bruth, thets vhet my mum used tu sey.

-Fur dessert: Lefftufer burthdey ceke-a! Boot be-a carreful leettle-a boottercoops! I run oooot ooff fluoor su I hed tu burroo sume-a frum my neeeghbur, vhu is a vuu duu veetch ductur. Teeng Tung Vella Vella Beeng Bung! See-a yuoo tumurroo leettle-a doompleengs! Bork Bork Bork!

Journalism Class - Friday September 23

[jerusalem-s.livejournal.com]

Spider is sprawled atop his desk, cat draped over his feet, staring up at a holo feed that is playing on the celing. He has a large mug of something that is steaming gently beside him and a pack of cigarettes with a lighter atop it by his elbow. The rest of the newsfeeds are also on, but muted.

The one above him seems to be going on at some length about prisoner riots.

On a large board propped up in front of the class is a sign that reads:

Attention students:

Today is gossip day. I want you to spend the class period discussing the strangest and most vicious rumors you've heard regarding the school, your schoolmates, the townies and your professors. Go nuts. At the end of class, I will go back and review and whoever came up with the best (ie most fascinating, funny or repeatable) rumor will win a prize.

Also? Homework assignments for next week, coming to a notice board near you.

Friday Afternoon

[prof-cregg.livejournal.com]

The movie for Speech Comm ends, no paper assigned. It's Friday so she let's the class go for the weekend. As she tidies up the room, her promise to the Doctor comes back to her...

[I promise I'll come back after class]

She didn't see what was so wrong, but he was SO upset...

Still, there were things to do. Prep work for Monday. Roll sheets to check (some of these kids just never show up!)

CJ sits at her desk to finish all the lingering work so her weekend can be free to spend time with the Doctor. She'll go as soon as she's done, she tells herself.

She looks around. She's perfectly safe here in her classroom.

Honestly, what's the WORST that could happen?

Week Two - Journalism Homework - Due Midnight 9/30/05

[jerusalem-s.livejournal.com]

Journalism Students - Attention.

( Journalism weekly homework assignment. )

This week's homework will be publicly posted as things to think about as Student Elections roll around. Feel free to accept bribes from any candidates and report them with your homework for extra credit. Any actual interviews also receive extra credit but do not count toward your homework assignment.

P.S. Georgia, illness or no, you still owe me 100 words as to why I'm a fucking bastard.

OCC: Real life trumps

[son-of-sarek.livejournal.com]

I'm going to have to withdraw from this game, I'm afraid that real life is eating my brain.

Thanks.

Later that day

[prof-cregg.livejournal.com]

She finishes up everything that demands her attention. "Full lid gang" she says to herself. She packs up her attache and gets up to leave. She knows she should have left hours ago...but she just couldn't stand unfinished business. Her job, whatever her job, was a serious responsibility.

She walks down the hallway. The school sounds deserted (except for a strange wheezing coming from...a locker?) and she feels no need to hurry.

Looking around there are posters and flyers cluttering bulletin boards...it smells of chalk and floor polish. Just a high school, she thinks.

Library

[janet_fraiser]

Janet flips the library sign to "open," then goes inside and logs in. Maybe without the prof there, she can get some actual work done. Or maybe she can just sleep.

Martial Arts (Class 3)

[bridekiddo.livejournal.com]

Beatrix walks into the class and sets the mats up. "Today we're going to watch some kung fu movies, mostly for entertainment but I'd also like to know what you think of the fighting styles used." She turns on the tv and sets everything up and then takes a seat.

Music 101

[wyld-stallyn.livejournal.com]

Hey dudes and girl-type dudes!

Welcome to Music 101. I brought food!

*Ted passes around a few buckets filled with Twinkies, candy, cans of soda, chips and whatever other junk food you can think of. Whoever has these kids for class next are gonna hate him for the sugar high they'll get every week.*


Today we're gonna learn about where rock music came from. Some people think it only showed up in the '50s.. uh, that's Earth's 1950s, but that's most definitely not true. People were playing rock music back in the middle ages! Only they didn't have electricity, so not so many people heard it. They played in forests and caves and stuff where the acoustics were most excellent.

*gets Really Short Dude to switch on the slide show and turn off the lights*

This is a photo from 900 AD in England. As you can see, that dude over there has a very early version of a guitar. And this dude has drums. They couldn't get a keyboard out there, because they're really heavy and too hard to carry without a trailer, but they used a xylophone instead. A xylophone is one of those doink doink things that makes different noises depending which key you hit with a hammer thing. So this is proof of a very early rock band. Is it not excellent?

Rock music has been deemed evil and non-triumphant by lots of governments throughout time. That's why it got ditched until the 1950s, when people realized that it was most rockin' and fun for the whole family, dudes!

This Week's Class Task: So this week we're gonna talk about how you think rock survived in the underground through the ages. You can make stuff up, I don't mind. And maybe one day we'll go on a field trip and find out who was right! So, uh, get into groups and start talking dudes!

Homework: Uh, for next week I want you to grab one of the tapes out of the basket near the door and listen to it. Then for class next week come in with what you thought about it. Any thoughts will do!


[OOC: Your character can either listen to the tape or have problems finding some kind of backwards technology that actually still plays audio cassettes! If you do want to listen, just pick any rock type song from the 1970s or 1980s]

[OOC 2: The group thing is just to make the comments more manageable. Jump into a group and just start talking.]

Band Practice

[wyld-stallyn.livejournal.com]

*Ted walks in with a can of Pepsi in one hand and a couple of sheets of paper in the other. He looks at his seriously outdated digital watch, takes a swig of the Pepsi and then greets the class with a grin*

What's up, my excellent student-type dudes? Today we're gonna split up into our bands and get started working on the main project of band practice.. practicing as a band! We've got four groups that are gonna compete at the end of semester Battle of the Bands.


Band 1
1. Charlie Pace - lead guitar
2. Lane Kim - percussion
3. Laura Holt - piano
4. Lilly Kane - vocals and/or bass? (will need to be taught)

Band 2
1. Daniel Osbourne - leader guitar
2. Lily Evans - piano, vocals
3. Jeff Murdock - percussion (will need to be taught)

Band 3
1. Murphy MacManus - lead guitar (or you can switch with Connor)
2. Connor MacManus - lead vocals
3. Sonia Belmont - violin
4. Callisto - percussion (will need to be taught)

Band 4
1. Paige Matthews - lead vocals
2. Lindsey McDonald - lead guitar
3. Jean Havoc - piano
4. Caroline Todd - percussion or bass (will need to be taught)


So, uh, the idea of band practice is to get together and do this stuff:
* decide who does what
* figure out a band name (sorry dudes, Wyld Stallyns is taken!)
* pick a song to play at the end of semester
* learn how to play that song

If you need any materials, like sheet music or recordings or stuff, you can ask me. Later on in the semester if you want to work on your performance and get smoke machines and lights and stuff, you can go ask the A/V tech dude (sonofaparrotman) and see what he can do for you dudes.

If you have your own instruments, that's cool. If you want them stored somewhere safe we can put them in the most excellent music closet. Only me, Really Short Dude, Principal Connor dude ma'am dude and Rover have keys to it.

If you don't have your own instruments you can get some from the most excellent music closet.

If you want to practice outside of class time, leave me a voicemail or grab Really Short Dude and we'll come and open up for you. Don't ask Principal Connor ma'am dude or Rover for their keys. They only have 'em for security type stuff.


[OOC: Note - Band 2 Oz/Lily/Jeff, we had someone drop out and another person, avenuebcat, who never showed. Are you three happy with being a trio? If not, I know a couple of people who might be interested in joining - Barbossa, Zero or Marty Blank? - and can come in next week. Let me know please!]

[OOC 2: If you have a problem with your band, drop me a line on my voicemail.]

Introduction to World History to 1600 (Terran) -#7

[abe-no-seimei.livejournal.com]

Introduction to World History to 1600 (Terran)
Friday 1:00-3:00 pm

Early, Seimei glides in and settles at his table. His eyebrow raises at the room and with an uncomfortable shrug of his shoulders, his expression pulled into a tight frown, he composes the discussion question.

When finished, he taps the handle of his brush against his chin and rises to display it for the class.

Discussion question –

Name the five ‘Good Emperors’ and give an example to illustrate why each one deserves to be considered one of the five.

In smaller script beneath the question is the following:

For extra credit, work in the phrase “Ah, I see you have the machine that goes ping” into your comment.



[ooc: My apologies for being late. Computer issues that have now been fixed...I hope]

Special Collections (Locked to Janet and Piper)

[janet_fraiser]

"Here we go," said Janet, closing the door behind them. The ceiling was painted a deep shade of blue this time around, and the wall-to-wall bookshelves had been replaced by neatly labeled desks stacked high with books. The room was cavernous, with no end in sight.

"This place is weird," says Janet. "It's never once looked the same any of the times I've been in here. So, unfortunately, that means the map?" She held up an old piece of paper that had been crossed out and written over several times. "Pretty much useless. I think. Except I'm fairly sure the exit stays in the same place."

Friday's Anthro Classes

[the-ascended.livejournal.com]

Introduction to Anthropology:

ATTN: prue_h and studentwillow
( People who missed class )

Note: Neither of you made up your classes, so unfortunately you will have to sit through detention. Willow, I know you handed in your homework, but you didn't make up your class, and I have to keep my rules up. But after detention, both of you will start with zero absences again.

ATTN: prue_h
( Missing Homework )

Note: Prue, you are not only missing classes, you haven't been handing in your homework either. Now, if you are sitting through this detention, I won't give you another detention for not handing in their homework. I will just have the detention count for both things and you'll go back to zero. But please let me know if you're still alive and able to come to class soon.

That done, let's get to business. I think you all really liked the sex lesson. I don't blame you! But now we must move on, sadly, to bigger and not-so-better things. Like, language. This includes both vocal and body language. This ties in with my linguistics course, but how does language and culture mesh? For this, we're going to listen to different languages and compare them with the cultures that they're from.

Homework: Do your reading and hand in the questions at the end of the chapter (Chapter 3). (OOC: Obviously you just need to write *hands in homework* for this one, since I ain't givin' you no questions :P)

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Egyptian Archaeology:

ATTN: missromana
( People who missed class )

Note: You need to make up class ASAP. If you do not, I will be forced to give you detention next week.

( Missing Homework )

So, guess what we're doing today? Nope, no grave goods! We're looking at some pyramids and the chambers inside him. Isn't this just fun?

Homework: Design your own pyramid, complete with different chambers of funness. Nothing too complex, just a few rooms.

Comparative religions: Confucianism

[marieann-d.livejournal.com]

Rogue stands in front of the classroom, still a little nervous, and reading off a sheet of paper. "Um, the Professor is out, doing ... his thing, today, so I'm running the class. If you have any questions I can't answer, please ask the professor next class."

She begins the lessong with, "Today we're going to talk about Confucianism. Confucianism is less of an organised religion, and more of a "code of conduct" to live our lives. It was founded in China by Confucius at the end of the fourth century, BCE." She pauses. "That's Before Common Era, more commonly referred to as BC," she adds quickly.

She looks back down at her paper, and continues. "There is no official church, nor is there any clergy; no teaching on the worship of God or gods, or life after death. Confucianism is actually a philosophy of life, not a religion... like Buddhism, which we just studied. Basically, if you are a good person, God or the gods, or the force of life, can't help but like you.

"The best way to sum up Confucionism is in the theory of 'Jen.' The nearest equivalent to this difficult word is 'social virtue.' All those virtues which help to maintain social harmony and peace like benevolence, charity, magnanimity, sincerity, respectfulness, altruism, diligence, loving kindness, and goodness are included in Jen."

Rogue looks up at the class. "Your assignment for today is to discuss what we can do in our lives here at school that would express our Jen. I want you to talk to your classmates, and try to understand their concept of the word, and explain yours to them." She pauses, thinking for a moment. "Then, I want you to brainstorm something that the class can do that can help maintain social harmony here at school." She smiles. "Go for it!"

Celtic Literature and Civilisation (CELT 110) Lesson Three

[godinakilt.livejournal.com]

Welcome to class, everyone.

Today's will be a shortened lesson, as it is Friday and I need to get my legs waxed get really, really drunk get down with my funky self take care of some business. It will be a general overview of the themes and patterns you will come to expect in Celtic literature, which reflect, surprise surprise, their culture.

For those of you who have seen any Celtic knotwork (and for those of you who haven't) you will see that it is a pattern of interconnected lines that appear to have no beginning and no end. Some areas are intensely detailed, while others may be a single thread connecting clumps of illustration. To the delight of some and the frustration of others, this is a very accurate description of most Celtic literature. As it was primarily oral until transcribed and edited by Christian monks around the 3-4th centuries CE, often segments of the tale would be embellished in the retelling depending on the audience, patron, and how drunk the bard was at the time. Overimbibing is a very common theme in more or less everything you'll ever read from or about the Celts. In fact, one of the works we will be looking at and one of the most important of the Ulster Cycle is 'The Intoxication of the Ulstermen', and involves attempting to burn down a house made of iron.

Another major characteristic of Celtic literature is the literary trend normally referred to, rather pompusly, as "magic realism", which essentially means a blurring of the line between fantasy and reality. The literature is very idealistic yet very graphic, with descriptions of beheading and maimings and various other acts of violence, like the plucking of the hair in Culhwch and Olwen. Myth collides with reality at every junction; men become gods, gods become men. A very common device is shapeshifting into animals, most commonly a swan or a salmon. The blurring of the line between fantasy and reality can also be seen as a blurring of the line between the "real world" and the "otherworld", which is inhabited by the feyfolk, called the Sid or Sidhe (pronounced 'shee', like in 'banshee' - 'bahn-sidhe') The otherworld should not be confused with the Underworld of classical mythology. The otherworld is at once brighter and more colourful than the real world while still being a shadow of the real world; even its physical location is amorphous, often being located in the south of Ireland, across the oceans to the west, or in the barrows of the Sidhe.

Your homework for tonight - identify a modern example of magic realism and explain why it is magic realism.

[[OOC: Cammie-mun is feeling much better, thank you for your concern and kind words. Cammie will be around all night. Drop by his office for some interaction if y'want.]]

In the library

[prof-methos.livejournal.com]

Nothing better to do on a Friday night than look at books. I might as well get more of these cataloged...

Friday Night

[prof-cregg.livejournal.com]

aka_vala, prof_cregg, prof_methos,and ten_and_chips Gather in the hall, where the Doctor just survived principalconnor's first booby trap.

Amid all the chaos -- At the library

[prof-methos.livejournal.com]

Amid all the chaos of the library, Methos remained near the front. Behind him everyone was squabbling and shuffling, trying to force themselves back or move themselves forward.

Around a corner, through the last faint smoke from the explosion of Principal Connor's office, Methos spied a slow-moving figure. "Here it comes!" he shouted at the top of his lungs, then moved forward.

Dead zombies litter the ground (at the library -- yes, still)

[prof-methos.livejournal.com]

The first wave seems to have subsided. Methos lowers his sword so the tip is touching the ground. Bloody streaks down the outside of his sweater.

Small puddles of flame flare here and there mark charred zombie bodies.

(no subject)

[soniabelmont.livejournal.com]

URGENT: principalconnor or jerusalem_s

Please, if any of you see this... I should very much like to have access to my vhip. It's the only one you have, I think, and vill probably be glowing some shade of red at the moment. Please, please respond if you see this. I'll be the one next to the big, glowing angel.

We Can Never Leave Well Enough Alone

[janet_fraiser]

Janet, Charlie, Crichton, and Archie slipped out of the library. Liz was missing. They were going to find her, fast, and then they were going to get the hell back to the library.

Library: the Gathering. ((Sorry.))

[ten-and-chips.livejournal.com]

[The Doctor walks to the middle of the room and sticks the sword up in the air. High.]
EVERYONE BE QUIET.

It's time to focus and regroup. Anyone who can't shoot or swing, get back. High powered guns in the front, then smaller ones, edged weapons third. And no, I'm not saying this to get out of the way.

Find cover for yourself. Shoot for the head.

[looks around at the books, winces slightly]
Oh, and no firethrowers unless it's absolutely necessary.

and I'm still not Scottish, dammit, but I really want a kilt

((OOC: [turns off email commenting] Game on.))

(no subject)

[sonofaparrotman.livejournal.com]

In the theatre, Scooter is hard at work. He's raided the props and scene shops for all conceivable weapons: pokers and theatrical swords, cordless drills, nail and staple guns, sticks, rags and turpentine for torches, hand-held sanders, even a stack of exploding flowers and rubber chickens. He has the radio on while he works, listening avidly to the announcer narrate the progress of the zombies through the town and up towards the school. The incessant bulletins drive him as he builds portable barricades and creates arrangements of theatrical lights and mirrors that will be able to be used to start fires from a distance. Then he retreives a hose and primes it, keeping it close to hand just in case one of his defensive fires should go astray. He's as ready as he possibly can be, so he sits on the front of the stage once again, this time accompanied by his pile of make-shift weapons.