Lunch - Tuesday 3/13

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Superheroing- Tuesday, March 13- 2nd period

[captainliberty]

"Welcome back. You all look non-wombatty today," says Captain Liberty when the students have all taken their seats. "If you'd pass up your homework, we can get started. Now, today we're going to talk about the absolute fun that is dealing with the bad guys. Seriously, less fun than you'd expect sometimes.

"We have your ordinary bad guys, the ones who rob banks and steal purses. They are often more easily taken care of by superhero types. Most often apprehended with little to no violence, they spend some time- usually around three to five- and get out only to do it again. The repeat offenders get kind of tiresome," she says, waving a hand dismissively.

"Then we have your supercriminal. He is costumed, because the fact is, he's got a secret identity, too. I'm not really sure why. Your average villain doesn't seem like enough of a people person to have a personal life, but whatever," Captain Liberty says. "He might also be covering for a physical deformity or quirk that's made him who he is today. This would be the guy who decides to do things on a broader, less petty scale. Usually. He usually has minions who do his dirty work for him, helping him get away with plans such as, I don't know, unleashing terror gas on a city. They usually have the same purpose as the regular ol' criminal, only with a much longer and more involved backstory that led him down this road, which is usually a load of crap anyway and it's just an excuse to be an ass. Either way, he can still be defeated.

"What you're going to do today is get into groups of four. Each group will have one supervillain scenario, and you'll discuss what the most likely course of action would be in defeating them. In theory, you'd be going at this alone, so consider everyone else your sounding board. Remember, you're not trying to kill them, just arrest them, but you're more than free to use any powers you have. Pay attention, because next week you'll be in the Danger Shop, back in costume, for practical exercise number two."

Library [03/13]

[likethegun]

Sam was surprisingly awake for an un-caffeinated person as he went to open the library in the morning.

20th Century History, 6th Period

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"Sorry for missing last week, guys," said Daniel sheepishly. "Uh, something came up."

"Today, however, I want you to think about the varied events surrounding medicine in the twentieth century. We have the good -- such as the erradication of smallpox, and the new miracles of "modern" medicine. But what about the bad?

"But also think about how the bad has helped improve medicine, for example, the injuries sustained in wars have helped doctors seek better ways to treat the human body."



[[ooc: So sorry about missing last week -- I've had a bug of some sort kicking my ass for the past couple of weeks and I think -- fingers crossed -- that it's finally over!]]

Revolutions: Week 9 Period 5

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Aly was perched on top of her desk again as she watched the students come into the classroom.

"I hope you didn't miss me too much last week though it sounds like Bridge was an excellent substitute."  She grinned at Bridge.  "I'm sorry to say I don't have pie for you all.  Hopefully you won't hold it against me."

"Today we're going to switch things up a bit.  This whole semester we've focused on what it's like from the revolutionaries' standpoint. But I spent the past week in my country looking at things from a different angle - from that of the reigning government."

"So today, in small groups or pairs, I'd like you to react to a scenario as you would if you were the government of a country.  Go in with all your guns blazing, try to talk to the dissidents, infiltrate them, try to capture them and ship them off into exile, it's up to you.  Once you decide a plan of attack, I'm going to tell you how the revolutionaries react to your plan and you can respond once more."

"I'm sorry to tell all you strictly democratic souls, but today, you're all representatives of a monarchy.  Your intelligence service has brought information to you of a lost 'true heir' to the throne being spoken about in the streets.  A coalition of mainly merchants - your middle class - has started to form around this supposed heir, and the people of the streets seem to be turning towards that banner."

She grinned.  "You all have quite good instincts from the stirring things up side, let's see how you do when your objective is order in your country.  Any questions?"


[OOC: Please wait for the OCD is up.]

[Computer Science - Week 10, 4th Period]

[behindeyesonly.livejournal.com]

To the Journalism classroom again, and Logan smiled as everyone filed in, the desks had all been pushed to the sides of the classroom to leave a wide open space - except one, which had a handout on it for everyone to take.

"Welcome back, guys. Today we're going to program a robot," he said, gesturing towards his desk, where there stood a half a dozen or so robots, each about a foot tall.

"Inside the robot is the computer and the robot's body carries out the program you give it - you can think of the computer as its brain and the program as a set of commands it has to follow. Computers can be programmed to do just about anything, though the more specific a direction or fine-tuned the action you require, the more language it takes to make up the program.

"Computers have their own languages, even, which simplify the process of creating programs - even if the languages themselves can be a pain to learn. But if you were to write out exactly what you wanted a program to do in English, you'd end up with programs that took so much effort to store, the computer would have no energy left to carry them out." Logan leaned over to press a button on his laptop, the screen at the head of the class blinking on to show a bit of computer code.

// my first program in C++

#include
using namespace std;

int main ()
{
cout << "Hello World!";
return 0;
}

"Now all that? Would make the computer type out this-" Logan pressed another button and the screen turned black, typing out:

Hello World!

"Imagine how much code it would take to create a program that, say, balanced your budget." Logan smiled and gestured to the robots again.

"I'd like you all to pair up and take a robot. Between the two of you, decide what you want the robot to do, a simple goal, and then you have to give the robot your program. To make this a bit easier, your program just has to be a list of oral commands - stand, sit, turn around, for example. But keep in mind, the robot - or this one at least - doesn't think like a human. So whatever you tell it to do, it'll do that exactly.

"I want your program to be at least five separate commands long and then turn it in to me at the end of class. Those of you who already know and love programming? Write me a short Lisp based program as well. Have fun, guys."

[OOC: So I forgot to actually post the class after writing it. Here it is! Bear with me for a little bit of slow play on the robots and a break of an hour or so from 5pm PDT to 6pm PDT while I commute home.

Oh, and the extra programming is completely handwavey, just gives the superhackers a little more to keep them busy. Like I know Lisp? Pfft.]

[Syllabus/Attendance]

Dueling Club, Tuesday, Danger Shop, 5 pm

[smartestone]

Hermione stopped at JGOB before coming to set up the club, so there's a box of pastries waiting for people when they arrive.

"Hello," she greets them. "I thought we would work on some jinxes and counterjinxes today. Nothing too difficult. Especially considering some of them are useful on mermaids."

She kind of wonders if that spell wore off yet, anyway.

Young Entrepreneurs; Tuesday [03/13]; 4;00 pm.

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There was coffee. There was always coffee.

Yeck. "Okay, guys, soooo, I'm still waiting on some stuff on the glitter and...yes, John, some weapons stuff, too, although I really think that's a bit out of our reach right now. For next week, try to think of something maybe we could do for a fundraiser?"

"Today we're gonna just kinda have fun because it's been a weird week with all the rain and flooding and stuff. Sooooo, Monopoly! Winner gets bragging right! But I don't think we'll actually get to the end of the game, because we've only got an hour til Naomi and me gotta get to ABG."


[[ bwa ha ha, slack off day. please wait for OCD OOC up! Everyone grab a monocle. ]]

Home Economics, Tuesday, period 1

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Today there are tubs of water and baskets of dirty laundry on the students' tables. There's also a wide variety of detergents, soap, bleach and other useful cloth-washing things. There is also a handy pamphlet or two.

"Good morning, students. Today you are going to wash clothes by hand. It's an important skill to learn." Emma nodded. The fact that the mansion's washing machine had been wrecked in the flood obviously had nothing to do with today's lesson. Nothing at all. "Oh, and make sure you use rubber gloves."

She eyed them all for a moment. "If you empty your tub of water on the floor, you get detention. I've had enough of floods for a while."


ooc: Yes, it's Emma's laundry. Mod at will. If you search hard enough there might even be an item of colour here and there! Wait for OCD OCD is UP!

Forensic Science - 3/14 - 5th Period

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Abby was pouring over a notebook at a lab table when the students entered. "John, Parker, Zero, Will, Billy, Lana and Hermione all have perfect attendance. Lucas already talked to me about his absence. Everyone else should come see me and have a reason for their absences or a bribe for your teacher."

"Now, today we're going to be working on identifying bodies where there's not much left to the bodies." Abby turned on the overhead to show a skeleton. "Due to method of murder, you're not always able to find fingerprints or identify by facial features. Sometimes you need to use other methods to identify the victim."

Abby gave a lecture on how to identify skeletons and teeth, showing pictures and x rays. Opening the door to the crime scene, Abby grinned at the students. "Let's get to the fun part."

A half collapsed garage stood on a grassy lawn, one wall torn apart and laying in pieces of shrapnel along the ground. "This is the final resting place of two people. Early this morning a pipe bomb went off and destroyed this building and killed the two people inside of it. There wasn't a lot left, so it's up to you guys to find a way to identify the remains and match them up with a file in missing persons. Also, here's a hint, make sure the injuries to the bodies match the injuries consistent with an explosion."

Abby glared at the garage. "There'll be pieces of a skeleton that you'll have to find. The other "dead" body," Abby used finger quotes here. "Is being a big pain and refusing to wear my really nifty skeleton t-shirt. So just pretend Miley is all burned and exploded."

[ooc: OCD up! Play!]

Lunch - Wednesday 3/14

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