Comparative Religions--Monday, Period 3, Class #4--Atonement, Absolution, and Redemption

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"Well," Vala said as everyone was seated, trying not to look like she'd obviously been listening to the radio over the weekend, "we were supposed to continue on in our exploration of the religions of this planet, but instead of highlighting the differences, I think today will be about exploring one of their similarities--the idea of forgiveness, for those who truly repent for something they've done wrong, whether it has hurt anyone or not."

"The methods may vary--some fast and ask repentance for everything in one shot, others involve going to a small booth and reporting everything done since the last report, others involve writing the sin down and sending it off into the ether, others involve asking forgiveness of the person who has been wronged. Some also involve sacrifices, but I'm told that is no longer socially acceptible on this planet. What is important, however, is that the message is the same--if you're sorry for what you have done, and wish to do better, you can acknowledge what you've done wrong and prove by your actions that this is true, and you will be forgiven."

"So. I'm going to leave you to it. There are various methods available, and whether or not you choose to repent is up to you, since that's none of my business and is between you and your supreme being of choice. Whenever you're ready, you can use that method, or just leave the room when you're finished."

Art 101, Period 4, Class 5 (Monday 10-1)

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( Summon the teal deer! )

Library [10/01]

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The library was occupied far earlier than usual this morning as Sam headed inside and immediately went to the shelves. He'd woken up with all of his old memories, along with his memories from the weekend, and while the later memories made waking up in bed with Peter slightly less confusing, it didn't make the situation any less awkward or embarrassing. He was pretty sure that he'd managed to slip out of bed, get dressed, and get out of his room without waking Peter up, and even though he felt bad about just leaving Peter there, he was pretty sure that they both would have felt worse if he'd stuck around.

Sam didn't know where Dawn was, or what he'd say to her when he saw her, but for now, he was focusing on a good, long distraction. It seemed that a large number of books had gotten knocked down by someone very tall and floppy-haired. Sam was going to have to stay hidden in the shelves all day to make sure that the books were back in order. What a shame.

Study Hall, Monday

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Kerrigan wasn't entirely sure how she kept getting roped into these things, but she entered the Study Hall room properly armed with donuts, coffee, painkillers and what appeared to be a day-old pizza.

And guns, of course. Just not particularly visible ones. It was a school environment, after all.

She sat down behind the desk, sagged, and prepared for a long and probably mostly unproductive day.

[ wait for the ocd open omg ]

Lunch - Monday 10/31

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Eh, zee stert ooff a noo munt. Zee cuul fell eur is...vhy is it su demn hot?

Tudey's Menoo:

-Feesh Steecks

-Coorly Fries

-Seled

-Browneees

Keeping Your Wits About You... [Monday 2nd Period 10-11] Class # 5

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There was the usual spread of goodies laid out for the students as they came in to class today. Wilson was sipping on some coffee as he finished setting up a project which he turned on and set to hibernate for the time being.

Once everyone was seated, he walked back to his desk and picked up a large stack of blue books of doom.

( Test time! )

[ooc: OCDs are on the way up! Have at!

NNSE, Monday, Period 1 [9AM-10AM] [Class Five, Oct 1]

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"Today's class," Lulu began, from her accustomed place, sitting on the edge of her desk, "begins, truly, to get into some of the more advanced topics that we'll be discussing further after the mid-term break. However, the use of what we are discussing today is such a basic requirement for sex ( that I decided to include it in basic topics [NWS] )

[NWS, as Lulu's lectures always are, for frank discussions of sexual topics. Please wait for OCD is up!]

Prophecy in Theory and Practice, Class Five, Tuesday (10/02)

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It wouldn't have been Aziraphale's class if there were no breakfast pastries and pots of tea and coffee on the table in the center of the room. Since it was Aziraphale's class, those items were conveniently available for the students to enjoy.

The teacher himself had just finished setting up a display of scrying implements, and turned to the class once everyone was seated.

"As you can see, today's exercise will be in chrystallomancy, or crystal gazing. Before we begin the exercise, however, I want to give you a brief lecture on dream interpretation. You may think it odd that the lecture would focus on dreams while the exercise covers scrying, but really the two are very similar. The same sorts of symbolism you're going to encounter in your dreams is also very often present in chrystallomancy as well."

Aziraphale proceeded to give his lecture on dream interpretation, and gave each student several different handouts and a blank journal.

"Your homework for is to keep a dream journal for the next week. One of your handouts has some good pointers on methods for keeping them. When you come to the next class, I'd like you to bring a written interpretation of one of the dreams from your journal. Now, we'll move on to today's class exercise."

He gave a short talk on the basics of chrystallomancy, and then said, "Now, pair up and choose a crystal or scrying mirror to work with, and do a reading for your partner. Also, please don't forget to turn in your homework assignment from last week."

[ooc: Please wait for the OCD is up and class is in session!]

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Advanced Mad Science, October 2nd

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The Danger Shop didn't look like an Eastern European graveyard this week, but the desks had been moved to the sides in favour of a few odd looking things in the centre of the room. A phonebooth, a Victorian looking chair, and an eighties sportscar took up most of the space in the room, and all three of them seemed to have very odd wires and attachments and levers added to them.

The Professor leaned against the hood of the car while he waited for the class to arrive. "Good afternoon, students!" he said, as soon they had filled into the room. "Today's class subject is time travel. Time travel involves using a special device -- as such the ones behind me -- to puncture through the folds in the space time continuum to take yourself to a different time and occasionally a different place. There are many different methods of achieving this, many of which involve the use of a machine to take you from time to time."

He grinned malevolently at the class. "But the best way to learn about time travel is to throw you right into the deep end." A passed out a number of sealed cards. "Each of you have been given a different objective. You will pick one of these three time machines, and try to fix it. Luckily, this is entirely a holographic simulation, so you can't permanently damage the timeline. Try not to mess up the space-time continuum too much."

Up and ready!

US Government [Tuesday, October 2, 1st period]

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Josh was mainlining coffee at the front of the class as the students arrived. "First of all," he said, "your tests came out very well. Congratulations to me for being such a fantastic teacher."

He reached for his notes. "Today we talk about two other important documents that were intended to govern the United States: the Articles of Confederation, which totally didn't work, and the Constitution, that did."

( And lo, did the deer gather round... )

He sat down. "Today, since you've all read the Constitution like the smart students you are, talk about the balance of powers. Someone give an example of a power that the President has, for instance, or Congress, or the Supreme Court, and someone else show how a different branch can check that power." He smirked. "Think of it as a really, really nerdy game of rock-paper-scissors."