Speech Comm

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401--5th period

"Today we're going to go over design principles so you can make an intelligable and useful website. Or, you know. whatetver."

She keeps spacing off. THe computers are set up...but she's absolutely distractable.

Psych 101 (Monday, 04/10/2006, 3rd Period)

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Jung (Monday, 04/10/2006, 4th Period)

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Magical Theory (Monday, 04/10/2006, 5th Period)

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School Announcements, April 10

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The announcements are still yet not on time, and occur just before lunch.

"You all would be advised that over the summer there shall be two seperate sections of summer workshops and activities occuring at the school. One could term these as a sort of summer camp. Please take this into consideration when you make plans for the period between the end of this term and the resumption of classes in the fall.

Also, please be aware that the wee tiny bunnies have left the premises. Whether or not this has any connection to the PA Speakers spontaneously playing songs from the repertoire of Lionel Ritchie has yet to be determined. Further developments will be brought to your attention, should they arise.

Thank you for your time, and please do not attempt to dance on the ceiling."

Creature Languages, 4/10, Period 4

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There is a rather interesting creature [OOC: The little one, not Kermie!] perched on a parrot lobster stand at the front of class today.

Dream nodded toward him as he passed out vocabulary sheets. "Hello. I enjoyed watching you work on the Lobster folk dance on Thursday. Today, we are going to learn Lobster in more depth. Our guest lecturer is Polly, who was "raised from a fingerling" on a pirate ship."

"Review your vocabulary sheets, then ask Polly questions at will."

US History (Monday, April 10, 7th period)

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"Today we start talking about the 20th Century," Josh said. "This might be the first time you've ever done that in a US History class. Savor the moment because this means that we're almost at the end of the school year. Yes, we're going to cram more than a hundred years of history into the next few classes, but don't worry. I covered three hundreds years of exploration in an hour, so this can be done."

He looked down at his notes. "Okay, almost the 20th Century. Spanish American War. 1898. Close enough for government work. Rough Riders. Hurst and Pulitzer. 'Remember the Maine', charging up San Juan Hill, et cetera."

He turned to look at the class. "This was the last time Spain was considered a superpower and made the United States, which took control of the Spanish colonies of Guam, Puerto Rico and the Philippines through this, well, frankly ridiculous excuse for a war, a global force. Remember that for next class when we talk about World War I."

He cleared his throat. "Today's discussion. Is 'because it seemed like a good idea at the time' an acceptable reason to go to war?"

On their way out the door, Josh ( handed back their test results )

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The Library is open [4/10]

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The Library is open.

Parker is busy shelving, listening to the weekend's radio podcasts on her I-Pod. Every once in a while she stops to say, "What?"

She's really too busy to help you, but the library is open for all your research needs.

( ooc )

Shop Class

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The Danger Room Shop looked like, of all things, a standard shop classroom this morning. Sam was sitting on the desk, swinging her feet and drinking copious amounts of coffee from a thermos that was on her right side.

On her left side was a roll of duct tape, a spool of elastic, and an electric cattle prod. She kept glancing around the room, keeping a vigilant eye out for small holographic children, many-teethed black things, and piranha, but hadn't seen any yet. Even if she did occasionally twitch.

A large table in the front of the room held many small coniferous trees--both Cypress and Pine. Another table held woods of a far more inferior type, but still suitable for building purposes. Another table has shovels, fertilizer, potting soil, ceramic pots, tubing, and anything else that might be found in a nursery.

Sam addressed the class. "Morning. I thought we'd try something new today and actually build something." She grinned. "I know, it's kind of a novel approach to our Shop Class, but try to contain yourselves. Your assignment is to make a little home for the tiny trees," she pointed to the table of conifers.

"Today, I'd like you to write 100 words about the proper habitat (researched, please) for the conifer you've chosen, and sketch the habitat, that you think would be best, based on that research. For Wednesday, you'll build that habitat with the materials here. Please let me know if you need additional materials. The trees will be yours to keep, plant outside, or give to someone else, once Mac grades the projects."

"Any questions?"

Western Lit. (04/10/06)

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"Good morning, class. I apologize for my absence last week, and I hope that the extra week is positively reflected in your quiz answers. Please pass them to the front now."

"This week, we'll be talking about Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf. In conjunction with this, we'll be watching The Hours, a film by Michael Cunningham, which will take the place of my usual lecture as I work off this hangover."

Miles starts the movie and then goes back to his desk to grade the quizzes. After the film is over, he asks the class to turn in their topics for their final.

"You'll be presenting your essays to the class on the 24th, so please be prepared. While the bare minimum requirement is simply reading your work, those who exceed expectations will be given better grades. I leave it up to you to decide how to do that. Have a good day."

"For next week, read Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird and come ready to discuss."

ETA: OCD finished! Post/reply away!

Paleontology, April 10th, 7th Period

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With the raptors safely transported off school grounds, class is once again back in the normal classroom.

Today's class? Movie. Triassic Gardens II: The Forgotten Kingdom. Sign in and watch. Tommy probably won't notice if you decide to talk in class, he's busy reading something on his laptop and muttering under his breath every once and a while.

Anthropology, 5th Period

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"Good afternoon," Daniel smiled, moving a sheaf of papers to one side of his desk. "We're talking status and roles today.

"In all of the many social groups that we as individuals belong to, we have a status and a role to fulfill. Status is our relative social position within a group, while a role is the part our society expects us to play in a given status. For example, a man may have the status of father in his family. Because of this status, he is expected to fulfill a role for his children that in most societies requires him to nurture, educate, guide, and protect them. Of course, mothers have complementary roles.

"Social group membership gives us a set of statuses and role tags that allow people to know what to expect from each other - they make us more predictable. It is common for people to have multiple overlapping statuses and roles. This potentially makes social encounters more complex. A woman who is a mother for some children may be an aunt or grandmother for others. At the same time, she may be a wife for one or more men, and she very likely is a daughter and granddaughter of several other people. For each of these various kinship statuses, she is expected to play a somewhat different role and to be able to switch between them instantaneously. For instance, if she is having a conversation with her mother and young daughter, she is likely to politely defer to the former but will be knowledgeable and "in-control" with the other. These role related behaviors change as rapidly as she turns her head to face one or the other. However, her unique personal relationships might lead her to think and act differently than what would be culturally expected. In other words, social group membership gives us a set of role tags that allow people to know what to expect from each other, but they are not always straight jackets for behavior.

"Today, I'd like for us to discuss statuses and roles here in Fandom. What statuses and roles do we have here? How do you feel the roles are fulfilled? How does it affect social encounters?"

Sociology Courses | April 10, 2006

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Soc. of Violence

Grissom entered the classroom, uncharacteristically late, and began a dense and rapid-fire lecture on Prisoner Rights and Correctional Law.

He also seems to have an assignment to pass out, but obviously forgets, and dismisses the class before he can hand it out.

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Soc. of the Paranormal

Ushered into the A/V lab, the students are supposed to be working their way through an online program describing various terminology for class, but Grissom cues up the wrong website without noticing, obviously lost in thought.

"Complete the website, and then you may go."

Feel free to be befuddled as to why Grissom just assigned his class to play Hugo's House of Horrors.

Celtic Studies (04/10)

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Camulus is wearing normal-people clothes today. And in no way so that he's actually wearing sleeves that cover his wrists. Nope, that has nothing to do with it. Now, Camulus in pants and Camulus out of the loop about the current state of incarceration of his students meant a grumpy Camulus. And grumpy Camulus meant a short, barky lecture on some of the tales of the Fianna, culminating in the announcement of a quiz on the Fenian cycle on Wednesday. And in the same growly tone, he informs the class that instead of studying the Tain Bo Cuilagne, the final portion of the course will be on Scottish folklore and poetry, including both the bardic and more modern forms. Which meant that even more books were hitting desks, and if one were very lucky one's text was only missing a few pages or only slightly nibbled on by mimoths.

[[The exam madness comes upon me. Will have the actual poems up for the specific class, I'll stick them under a cut and I will be using English translations, lucky you.]]

Quantum Physics, April 10, Period 5

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A tall rabbit stood at the front of the classroom. "What's up, docs?" he asked.

"My name is Professor Bugs Bunny and I'll be your sub for... what class is this?" He peered at the board where the words "QUANTUM PHYSICS" were clearly written. "Kah-waaaan-tinuinium... Pee-hi-sics. Physics. Kahwantinuinium Physics. Huh. What kind of name is that for a subject?"

Professor Bunny reached under the desk and pulled out a six-foot-long pencil, crossed out "QUANTUM" and wrote "Cartoon" over it before shoving the pencil back under the desk.

"There. Cartoon Physics. Sorry about the last few weeks, guys. I would have been here sooner, but I took a right turn at Albuquerque and we all know how things go from there. Anyway, today's lesson is gravity. It's a pretty heady topic, so take plenty of notes, docs."

Professor Bunny hopped up on his desk. "The way gravity works is that if there's something in midair without something holding it up, it falls. In Cartoon Physics, the same rules apply, but with one important change." He stepped off the desk and hung in midair. "It doesn't work until you look down." He looked down and proceeded to drop to the ground.

"Any questions? If not, that's all... wait, no, that one's taken. Um. See you on Wednesday!"

Tactics of War, Monday, 6 - 8 PM FHT

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Admiral Harrington stood at the front of the room, arms crossed as she watched students file in. On the board behind her was the following text:

Generosity, rapaciousness
Cruelty, compassion
Faithless, faithful
Effeminate and cowardly, bold and brave
Affable, haughty
Lascivious, chaste
Sincere, cunning
Hard, easy
Grave, frivolous
Religious, unbelieving



( Last week, we discussed the surprise attack. )

On the table, you'll find your final handwaved exam. Please pick one up on your way out the door. There are five essay questions, and a two-page-per-question minimum. They will be due two weeks from today. Use your time wisely.

Also on Monday of next week, we'll be enjoying the labors of my Chief Steward, James MacGuiness. You are each invited to dinner at Harrington House, where we will discuss the bigger picture: Politics and Grand Strategy. Contrary to popular belief -- even my own -- you sometimes have to sling a little mud with the rest of them. Your reading assignment includes chapters 18 and 22 in The Modern Prince.

As always, please feel free to contact me if you have any questions. If all goes as planned...I'll also have office hours again Friday evening.

She smiled slightly.

Thank you for your attention, ladies and gentlemen. Class dismissed.



[OCD threads coming up. OCD threads up!]