Advanced Criminal Justice, Class 15, Period 1, 02.28.06

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[OOC: Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. Class Info Post.]

The TIck was standing at the front of the class as usual when his students walked in. Lockheed was resting on his normal shelf.

"Hello, class! First off, a big thank you to Rory for taking care of class on Thursday and helping me out in regards to my fish on Friday."

"Today, we'll be talking about competence and intent. If you want to do Wrong very badly for whatever reason and you're just miserable at it, does it actually count as doing Wrong? For example, this past Saturday, a fleet of alien goldfish attacked the school in order to get revenge for my late fish's death, even though she died a natural death. Well, technically, they only attacked Rory in hopes of getting to me, but an attack on even one student from an outside force basically amounts to an attack on the school."

( Class 15 )

Library, 2/28

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Angela is behind the desk, listening to Throwing Muses on her iPod and staring into space.

She can help with your book-related needs. Cheerfulness is optional, right?

[OOC: Lyrical comment threads are from the Throwing Muses' University album. It's a Kristin Hersh kinda day.]

Chemistry (4th Period)

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"Good morning, everyone."

Ms. Sidle is still almost terminally cheerful. It's a thing.

( Chemistry )

Classics/Foreign Lit, 2/28, Period 2

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Dream has brought in coffee, tea and juice for his students this morning.

Foreign Lit: Your midterm assignment is to pick one of the works or writers we have studied thus far and write or wiki/Google a 200 word critical reaction. This is due at the end of class Thursday. You may have this class period to begin work.

Classics: As I did last term, we will begin with an oral midterm. You have 20 minutes to review ancient Greek grammar and pronunciation, then please come to my desk one at a time for a brief conversation in Greek.

On Thursday, you will have class time to write a 100 word critical reaction to any piece of Greek literature that we have studied, or a comparable work.

[OOC: The written exams are due for real at some point before the end of spring break; I'll remind you again next week. It's 25 percent of your grade.]

Creative Writing: Poetry, Lesson Eight

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Tuesday, February 28, 8th period

This is Professor Chaucer's last poetry class at Fandom High, and he's looking very solemn. There's an Australian shepherd puppy curled up quietly next to his desk -- the dog will look familiar to anyone who went by the school clinic during Dr. House's last few weeks in town. Once everyone is seated, Chaucer stands and addresses the class.

"Before we get started, I just wanted to remind everyone that this will be my last class at Fandom High. I've really enjoyed teaching all of you, and getting to know all of you, and I hope you've taken away even a small percentage of what I've learned from this class.

"I want to introduce you to the professor who'll be taking over for me, beginning next week. This is Professor Miles Raymond. I know you'll all afford him the same attention and hard work that you've given me."

( Creative Writing: Poetry, Lesson Eight )

CLASS ROSTER
Martin Blank
Connor MacManus
Han Solo
Jack Harkness
Kiki Takayama (TA)
DEATH
Sharon Valerii
Phoebe Halliwell
Auditing: Greg House

School Announcements, 2/28/06

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Today, the announcement are very early... indeed, they come just before first period.

"Hey kids. I don't want to seem such a downer or anything, but I guess it's a day of good news, bad news.

Good news, you got yourself a permanent principal type. The higher-ups have handed down their decision.

Bad news, it isn't me. Guess I wasn't what they were looking for. But, you know, three cheers for the promotion of the lovely Zoe Washburn, your new principal type. The Dean of Faculty position has been removed, so all faculty-type issues can now seek out Vice Principal Pierce for their concerns and stuff.

So, this is it for me, kids. I'm not even supposed to be here today. But I thought I should say goodbye to everyone.

So, I guess today's announcements are brought to you by... that little british singing orphan kid. So long, fare thee well, pip pip, cheerio. Unfortunately, I won't be back soon."

[ooc: Dewey has left the building... more on the reasons why in an OOC post I'll put up after my class today.]

Professor Chaucer's Office Hours, Tuesday

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Professor Chaucer is in his office, packing up the few personal items he's brought in. Cash is asleep on the couch. Feel free to bother the slightly emo teacher.

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Guud effternuun leettle-a oones! I hupe-a zee dey is treeteeng yuoo vell.

Tudey's Menoo Is:

-Cheeckee Ceeser Seled

-Booffffelu Veengs

-Brucculee

-Ice-a Creem

E-mail to I-Club members; CC: student body

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TO: I-Club members
CC: Student body, FH Faculty
RE: Weird Power Appearance

Can you hear crickets in the next county? Are you able to now sing the entire works of Verdi even though you don't know Italian? Able to touch your eyeball with your tongue? Check in with Bridge Carson as soon as possible. An epidemic of weird abilities has broken out on campus, and while so far none of them are painful or harmful, we'd like to know what's causing it. At this point, Bridge has done an aura check on at least two people, and determined that yeah, even though the abilities are wackily dissimilar, they've at least got the same cause. We're hoping to find out if it's a spell or Fandom's version of El Nino by comparing other people who are suffering from the same ailments.

So if you could help us out, or point people who've recently started being able to detach their arms, sneeze like a hurricaine, or taste the color purple toward Bridge? That'd be great. And if any I-Club members have suggestions on how to investigate this, please reply to this email.

Thanks.

Parker
( OOC )

Speech Comm

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201--2nd period

Paradoxical Encomium

"Write me a speech in praise of something unworthy of praise. For example...toast sweat. Now you can't use that one. Questions? Ask."

*** *** ***

301--3rd period

Reciprocity

"Ok, so...yesterday you heard the lecture and you all gave me papers that missed the mark. How do I return that favor, hmm?"

She stares at them for a long time with her arms folded.

"Presents are nice. So is public speaking and personal sharing. Everyone...give me a decent example of reciprocity. If your example is below the bar I have set in my mind and am not telling you about...I'll make you do it again."

Office Hour

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She's in her office after Interpersonal Communication.

Yes, she's typing an email.

No, you don't get to read it.

Political Campaigning (Tuesday, February 28, 4th Period)

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Angel was in front of the classroom again. He might've looked slightly intimidated.

"Okay," he said. "I've made a change to the schedule. Instead of talking about fundraising pyramids today, we'll be talking about it on Thursday with special guest speaker Doug Sanders, a - " Angel read off of a printout he'd brought with him " - interdimensionally renouned expert in self-actualizing your potential through synergistic multi-level exponential flow cooperatives."

Angel looked as though he had no idea what the hell that meant, but hoped it sounded impressive to the class. "Yeah. So. Anyway, Doug offered to waive his fee so long as he could have what he called 'an eager and hungry audience' so feel free to bring guests in on Thursday if you want."

Angel then gave everyone two handouts. "Today's class is on event planning. This one'll be real easy. Read through the handouts then let's talk as a group about what we think our campaigns would do to form fundraising events. What are our goals? How can we achieve them? You know, that. Oh, and - "

Angel pointed at Callisto. "How many days left until the election?"

[ooc: wait for OCD threads Threads are up! Fly, my pretties, fly!]

History of Medieval England - Tuesday 6th Period: Lecture 7: Simon de Montfort and the bare beginnin

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Simon de Montfort and the Bare Beginnings of Representitive Government

Simon de Montfort was a thoroughly aristocratic nobleman. He married the daughter of King John -- which is either a romantic love story or a shockingly inappropriate alliance, depending on who you ask. And yet, somehow he managed to become the champion of the common people.

Crediting him with creating the modern representative government is a huge stretch; it never would have occurred to him that God did not place people in their appropriate status, and he firmly believed that the nobility existed to care for and rule over the lower classes. He did, however, also firmly believe that the lower classes deserved a voice in their governance. One might say, "No execution without representation."

Simon's crusade was helped along by the fact that his king, Henry III, was indecisive and given to petty rages. Henry resented that his sister had married so far below herself, and that he'd been manipulated into allowing it. Accordingly, for the next twenty years, he alternately depended on Simon and reviled him. The final blow to Simon's loyalty to the king was when Henry put Simon on trial for failing to subdue a rebellious Brittany -- which was outside of Simon's control entirely.

Simon and various nobles who remembered the provisions of the currently-defunct Magna Carta, fought back. But they also enlisted the common people. Among them, well-educated and wealthy London businessmen, who wanted a voice in the taxes and laws that governed them.

At his height, Simon held the king captive and made him a figurehead, and summoned the first proto-Parliament in English history. But at his worst, in 1265 at the Battle of Evesham, Simon lost to a brilliant battle commander -- his teenage nephew, Prince Edward, the heir to the throne. Simon was killed in battle, his body desecrated, and, after it had been buried in holy ground, Edward caused it to be dug up and thrown away.

But, much as with the Magna Carta, something had been brought up that the people of England weren't going to forget. Representative government was centuries away, but the idea of limiting the king's power remained in the collective consciousness.

[[OOC: OCD threads are coming up!!]]

History of Western Civilisation - Tuesday 7th Period: Discussion 6: The Roman Empire

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All right, class. Since I rotted your brains last Wednesday with popular culture disguised as history, I thought we'd get back on track today with a good solid discussion of the end of the Roman Empire.

As I said last week, the fall of Rome did not really mean the end of the Roman empire. The Byzantine Empire -- which you will hear about tomorrow -- lasted for another thousand years and always considered itself a continuation of old Rome.

But the cession of Rome as a superpower changed the face of history in Western Europe.


[[OOC: OCD threads are coming up!!]]

Advanced Journalism (Tuesday, February 28 - 2nd period)

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"Hello, boy and girls. Today we're talking about our midterm. You'll have a test on journalistic techniques and the material we've covered thus far this term - and no, nothing involving animals or hats will be on it. I suggest you go over your notes and projects from this term."

She smiled sweetly. "Questions? And I brought you all biscuits, should you want them." She waved vaguely at a box on her desk, which had sugar cookies from J, GoB.

Introduction to Anthropology, 5th Period

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"Today, we're going to be moving away from all the theories and start talking about the archaeology of different places," Daniel said, smiling. "Starting with my own personal favorite, Egypt."

"We're going to start off by talking about the geography.

The ancient Egyptians thought of Egypt as being divided into two types of land, the 'black land' and the 'red land'.

The 'black land' was the fertile land on the banks of the Nile. The ancient Egyptians used this land for growing their crops. This was the only land in ancient Egypt that could be farmed because a layer of rich, black silt was deposited there every year after the Nile flooded.

The 'red land' was the barren desert that protected Egypt on two sides. These deserts separated ancient Egypt from neighbouring countries and invading armies. They also provided the ancient Egyptians with a source for precious metals and semi-precious stones.

The Ancient Greek used to call Eygpt "The Gift of the Nile"

What do you think about a civilization in the Nile Valley?"

Sociology Courses | February 28, 2006

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Sex Cultures

Grissom welcomes each member of the class as they enter. There are six sets of two desks set up in the Lab, and each has a piece of paper with one word written on it in the middle.

"What I'd like you to do is take a seat at a set of desks. You may choose a free set of desks, or sit down with someone else. They will then be your partner for the next class project."

"I want you to spend the class discussing what you know about the place mentioned on your desks with your new partner, and getting to know them if you haven't worked with them before. This project will count as your midterm as I am not giving you a 'sex exam', yo., and I will give you the details on Thursday."



[If you have decided OOC on a partner you want for whatever reason, and that person has agreed OOC, just put a wee note on your "sit down comment" to avoid confusion. So if Cally wants to work with Anders, she'd sit down and say OOC: OMG RESERVED FOR MY DARLING ANDERS or something. :) This project will last for a while, but it won't require anything other than in-class torture interaction, FYI.]

Business Classes

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Both Classes

Lorelai hands out midterm exams as the students enter.


[ooc: comment with attempted/excelled, attempted/passed, or attempted/failed. I don't have the energy to come up with a real exam.]

Multi-Disciplinary Self Defense

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Duncan has swords and staves out for more disarm work.



(OOC, this went up late, so it holds till the Wednesday post. :flogs self: )

General Physical Conditioning

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Frisbees are out, as well as a stack of cool T shirts for the winning team.