Discovery & Invention, Period 5, 20 Feb '08

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Mohinder was perched on the front of his desk as the class assembled, holding a glass beaker of colourless liquid in front of him. When everyone had arrived he pulled a dollar from his pocket, held it in the liquid, and then set it alight. The note remained intact, as the liquid burned, and Mohinder began, "Organic chemistry. Originally believed to contain all the reactions necessary for light, now used to denote any molecule with a carbon-hydrogen base." and continued on.

The note's flame reached Mohinder's fingers and he dropped it, intact, on the desk, extinguishing it. "Aah." Mohinder looked back at the class. "Alcohols are a branch of organic chemistry, and aren't limited to ethanol, the more popular and intoxicating compound. Alcohol is flammable at low temperatures," he said, holding up the glass. "As are water-alcohol mixes."

Mohinder talked for a few more minutes, including the fermentation of alcohol from glucose. "You have in front of you all the necessary parts to create ethanol. But do resist the temptation to drink what you produce."

[OCD is up!]

Library, Wednesday [ 02/20 ]

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Adah wasn't the slightest bit happy about the return to her remembrance of dreams, and she blamed it entirely on Rachel's letter. That letter, her Trojan horse, docile and amusing on first glance, but, once you settled in and got comfortable with it, it bit you, like a serpent, bright blue mouth, the diabolic genius of nature attained from the highest degree of perfection. You didn't stand a chance. And then they appeared in multitudes in your dream, slithering forth from chicken coops surrounded by ashen dance floors of six-toed men. The chickens were all nothing but bare bones, flapping bare bone wings (find the furcula, break it apart, make a wish!), and then Tata Ndu shows up in his smell dead fur cloak. Rachel had gone and married, so it was time to take a new wife from Tata Price. Seeing as Leah was regarded practically a boy (and they were polygamists here, not homosexuals) and the little one was dead, that just left Adah. And Adah would do, applying to her same thing he'd said about the Mvula: "She will amuse my other wives."

Needless to say, waking up with that didn't leave Adah in the best of moods for her shift today.

Public Speaking, Wednesday, February 20

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"Good morning everyone," Richie said as soon as everyone had taken a seat. "So, despite the name of my class insisting that public speaking isn't all about funny voices, a lot of times, it's really helpful."

( Guess who figured out how to YouTube this weekend? )

Fencing Club - Salle - After Classes

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Peter got to the salle early to set out the practice swords, towels and water then spent the extra few minutes stretching out and running through a few drills of his own.

Once everyone else had come in, he sheathed Rhindon at his side, grinned somewhat sheepishly, and began speaking, assuming he'd gain people's attention.  "I have to apologise about not being here last week," he said.  "My mun's an idiot.  There was an - err - 'emergency' with some of the decorations for the dance last week, and that was probably the worst excuse I've ever had to make.  Anyhow, it won't happen again."

"Why doesn't everyone go around and introduce themselves first today, perhaps explain his - or her - background with blades since I don't think everyone knows each other.  I'm Peter Pevensie - you all probably know that.  I'm a knight of Narnia, been training with swords since I was twelve or so.  And I've learned at least as much here at Fandom as I had at home because everyone's different fighting styles.  Oh, and I'm a senior so if one of you wants to possibly think about taking up the club next year after I go home."

He looked at the person closest to him.  "You go ahead and start, if you'd like."

Conflict Management and Resolution: Thur Period 1 - Class # 7

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As the students came in and settled down in to class, Wilson looked up and managed a half smile before he pushed away from the desk and grabbed a stack of handouts.

“Good morning.”

Walking through the rows, he laid out the handouts.

( Lecture )

[ OCD up! shortly ]

Ethics [Thursday, February 21]

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Anakin leaned a little uncomfortably against his desk as he waited for the students to take their seats.

"Today we talk about diligence, temperance, and forgiveness," he said quietly, "and we're going to use examples from last week's exercise to do so."

He flipped the hologram to life, focusing on a shot of Palpatine's face. "The goal was to save this man, the democratically chosen leader of your galaxy, at the cost--if necessary--of your own lives. After the first dozen or so droids shooting at you, you certainly had the option of retreating and leaving the mission for someone else to complete. So when does diligence turn to foolhardiness?"

The holocam switched to footage of two Jedi, blue blades flashing, taking on an older man wielding a red lightsaber. The older Jedi went ricocheting into a wall, then the second one, fire in his eyes, closed in on their opponent who dropped to his knees moments later with two lightsabers held to his throat.

The Jedi wielding the lightsabers looked an awful lot like their teacher.

"Temperance," Anakin said softly. "Do you kill him now? He's dangerous. He held the head of a galaxy-wide government hostage. He injured your partner. He certainly tried to kill you first. Or do you capture him and leave him to the whims of the courts?"

He shook his head. "Finally, forgiveness. You save the chancellor, at great personal expense, only to discover he's not the kind of man you thought he was. Your act of heroism has managed to make the situation at home much, much worse. How do you forgive yourself for it? Can you forgive the others who put you into that position?"

Driver's Ed [Wednesday, Period Four]

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The Dangershop looked quite different this lesson, most notably with the sleek cars at the front of the class.

( Good afternoon class... )

[ooc: wait for OCD up!]

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