Basic Acting, 10/24

[actingreaper]

The desks were back in their more traditional desk-like arrangement, and Daisy was seated at the front with an arrangement of books.

( the class is this way )

"Don't forget to get into groups for the final scene project, and pick a scene you'd like to perform for the class."

[ooc: as usual, the post will be open for play all week. Have a ball, folks]

The Library - 10/24

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

Isabel opened the library on time. In honor of the season, this morning's breakfast was a pumpkin latte and an apple cider doughnut.

Through a Glass Darkly: Spies and Spying; Week 8 - Period 3

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When the students entered, the class was again set up with locks, lock picks, and the pick-pocketing training tools.  Aly was not, however, wandering around the classroom, she was up at the front, fiddling with a particularly fussy lock she'd picked up.  Best not to ask where, really.

She looked up with a smile once everyone had arrived.  "I'm very sad to say that we don't have class next week.  It's your midterm break, and I'm told there's a holiday of some sort to celebrate.  So I'm certain everyone will have a good time with that and not miss your classes in the slightest.  I, however, will miss all of you."  She winked.

"So today we're going to review the seven classes we've had thus far.  I considered a surprise test, but that seemed to be overly harsh considering the weekend some of you had."

Aly moved to the board where the pertinent points of the past seven classes were written neatly.

Introduction and Memory Games
Ten Rules to Get You Thinking
Origins of Espionage and Simple Ciphers
Lockpicking and Pick-pocketing
Evaluating Personality Types
Meeting People and Convincing Them to Like You
Telling Lies and Getting Away With Them

She quickly ran through the pertinent points of each lesson, stopping for questions when necessary and generally giving an overview of the class thus far.

"Is everyone on the same page now?  Does any one have any questions about any of the topics or how they fit together into the basics of espionage?" 

After any questions were answered, she grinned.  "Right then, I have two assignments for you today.  One is to practice with lockpicks and pick-pocketing again.  If any of you have been practicing on your own?  This is where to show off.  For the second, I've divided you up into two groups.  Recruiters and Recruits.  Recruiters?  Your job is to use the skills you've learned to try to convince a recruit to join your cause.  It can be anything from a country's service to supporting a baseball go Tigers team to wearing only red on Wednesdays.  Recruits?  Make the recruiters work for it.  If there's time, switch about and let the recruits try their own skills out."


[OOC: Yes, OCD is coming up.  Who's surprised, really? OCD is up]

The Best Medicine: Humor - Period 6 - Class #8 [10/24]

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After grabbing a quick nap in his office Wilson came in to Humor about the same time the students did. Sorry guys, no yummies today, professor is tired.

“All righty then. In case the chuckling I was doing wasn’t evidence enough, you all did very well on your tests. Except for you Mr. McKnight, I need to see you after class to talk about why you missed the test last week.”

Taking a healthy swig of some wickedly strong smelling coffee, Wilson pushed away from the desk, least he give in to the urge to curl up there and go back to his nap.

( Lecture )

[ooc: OCDs are on the way! up! Class is in session.]

(no subject)

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Tudey's Menoo:

-Mecurunee und Cheese-a

-Seled

-Scelluped Putetues

-Cuukeees

Criminal Justice [first period, Tuesday 10/24]

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"Good morning," V said smoothly as his students filed into the Danger Shop, which they had been handwave informed was the locale for class that day.

Today the Shop was transformed into a large, cavernous dwelling laden with works of art.

"Every hero requires a place to think and store their weaponry," said V. "Really Strong Guy Who Flies has the Bastion of Loneness, Batman whose meta I can't remember has the Batcave, the police even have stations. And this is the Shadow Gallery." He gestured expansively. "My former home. It's underground, though I shan't tell you where and don't bother to try to escape as you can't until I conclude the simulation."

He paced, and said, "I'd like you all to think about a place you feel safe and secluded, from which you could base your operation. You can start with somewhere you already know, though I don't recommend your dorm room. What would you keep there, though? Your weapons? Your treasures? Your entire home? And once you have answered, you may explore the Gallery a bit for more inspiration."

[Wait for some significant OCD. OCD is up. There is a slight spoiler factor on some of these if you haven't seen the film or read the graphic novel. V will be around to ask about his various clutter, if you want. I'm going to be stepping out to do some errands, but I'll be back shortly. Please do clear it with me if your character is, say, going to poke around V's dressing table and try to find something on him. This is mostly me figuring that a midterm the way I want to do it isn't going to work, and so saving the idea for the final.]

Fencing Club, 5pm, Salle.

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Peter arrived at the salle a bit later than he generally would. He hurried in to set up as others came into the salle.

"I apologise, I don't have a demonstration set up this week from anyone, so I think this shall be a rather basic week. Pair off or work on your forms alone if you like. Those of you who are starting out, if you pair off with each, we can work on some general block and attack sequences."

Heroism, Humanism & Hijinks: Literature in Action, Week 8, Period 5

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"Good afternoon," Thursday greeted the class. She had coffee. It was a good day. "Unfortunately there's a problem with the Great Library at the moment, but we'll have our field trip during our next class after the mid-term break. I'll send a message around to remind you when it gets closer.

Today we're doing romance novels. Romance novels can be enjoyable for some people. They're often predictable and repetitive, and you'll find that most harlequin romances have the same formula. But they sell, so people keep writing them.

Today you're going to write your own romance novel scene. Don't worry, you won't have to come up with everything on your own. We'll be using a formula in the form of Mad-Libs. Mad-Libs are where you're asked to write down a list of different types of words depending on the prompt, and then fit them into the text."

She handed out a handout with a prompt list on one side and the story on the other. Fill in the prompts without looking at the story. It makes for more fun that way. You can see that if you replace certain aspects of the story while retaining the core idea, you get a brand new romance novel, or so the writers tell themselves.

Enjoy."

[OOC: Mad-Libs time! Have fun. Feel free to use familiar names and go absolutely crazy. The link above and in the comments goes to a Mad-Lib I created for the class.]

American Political Campaigning [Wednesday, October 25, 1st period]

[professor-lyman.livejournal.com]

Josh was staring into his coffee mug like it held the secrets to the universe.

"As you knew if you read your syllabus, today is our midterm." He smiled. "But don't worry--it's mostly a discussion. I'll give you a scenario based on one of the races currently going on and you tell me what you would do if you were the challenger, then what you would do as the incumbent based on what you've learned in this class so far."

"In the state of Pennsylvania, a two-term incumbent Republican Senator with a history of pro-life policies, leadership in the Republican political machine, and shooting his mouth off is down by 12 points with 13 days to go in the campaign." Josh passed out a series of papers which opens with a omg annoying Santorum ad that I can't make shut up, sorry on the Republican. "How do you try to overcome such an overwhelming deficit in numbers?"

Josh reached for more papers, this time on the challenger. "Then you are the pro-life Democrat from a political legacy family who's been serving as state treasurer for the last three terms. Other than inviting Senator Obama to campaign for you--which he's already done--what do you do to keep this kind of momentum running through election day?"

Josh sat down. "There are no wrong answers. I just want to see how much you've been paying attention."

US Government [Wednesday, October 25, 4th period]

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"Today we talk about the President's Cabinet," Josh said with a smile when the government class walked in. "Without the President, this week. The Cabinet is, well, people and not furniture."

( Oooh. The Cabinet. How thrilling! )

Josh smiled and sat back down. "Our discussion for the day: Which Cabinet secretary or Cabinet-level administration office guy would you prefer to be? If you were President, who from this school would you nominate for various positions?"