Library [Sunday, 09/14]

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Lee was grateful for the distraction of having to come into the library and do something besides brood in his room. Brooding in the library wasn't as bad. At least he wasn't cooped up in a small room.

Now, he was just cooped up in a huge library. But, the library was good for distractions which was why Lee was idly flipping through a book, only reading every few paragraphs.

The Art of War, Week #3 [Period 3, Monday]

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It was once again Monday, and Ghanima was seated on her desk, little red book in her hands. 

"'There is no instance of a country having benefited from prolonged warfare,'" she announced once everyone was seated.  "So speaks Sun Tzu in the second P'ien.  In it, he speaks of provisioning an army, and managing your resources."

"Today, we look at it from a non-combat viewpoint," Ghanima said, smiling at them.  "If you're conducting a business merger, you should approach it the same as any other battle.  Prolonged negotiations are something to avoid at all costs, since you usually end up losing something the longer you are engaged."

"Romantic relationships are the same way; as much fun as the chase can be, a prolonged pursuit of your target increases the chance of them slipping away," she teased, eyes flashing with amusement.  "How can you apply the suggestions made in the second P'ien to these two situations?  I'd like you to break into groups and discuss."

[OOC:  Wait for the OCD is up, go forth and flex those critical thinking skills!]

Physics, Monday, Class #3, Period 4

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Sam was probably looking a little tired as the students entered, but that didn't stop her from smiling at them, even as she held to her coffee mug like a lifeline. "I know I promised that we'd address Einsteinian definitions of gravity, but I've decided that makes more sense to discuss when we get into relativity. Today we'll be looking at the laws of thermodynamics. Traditionally, there have been three laws, but fairly recently a fourth--or zeroeth--has been added." She wrote four equations on the board and passed out some handouts explaining the laws in more significant detail.

"So, why do we care?" She paced back and forth in front of the class, gesturing with her coffee and perhaps jostling a person or two who might be dozing. "Because it explains how heat and energy work both within a single system and between systems. They explain how one event will always have a ripple effect, even if its ultimate result is completely unpredictable."

"For the rest of class, I'd like you to work on the experiment that's detailed in your handout packets. You may work either alone or in teams of two. Please be careful using the bunsen burners and make sure to wear the safety goggles at all times. I'll expect to see your graphs and charts at the end of class. Just leave them on the desk before you go."

[ooc: OCD in a second! is up!]

Achievements in Engineering #3, Period 2 Monday

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There had been a handwavey notice sent out ahead of time that today's class would be held in the Danger Shop. When the students arrived, they would have found Mike waiting with a big empty barrel and a lot of sandbags.

"From the beginning of time, securing safe and convenient access to water has been necessary for human life," said Mike, moving right into his lecture. "It's very simple. Without drinking water, you die. Without clean water, you also die. Water is also essential for the survival of crops and livestock so you can eat. Therefore, civilization tended to stay close to areas with access to fresh water. As populations got bigger, it meant that everyone was piled up on top of each other because you couldn't move away and still have access to water. I'll pass around this hand-out about the history of water supply and distribution, but we also have some exercises to demonstrate the challenges that face engineers when it came to water."

[Please wait for the OCD is up! Also, please see this note about Mike and detentions.]

Care for Magical Creatures; Monday, Period One; September 15.

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It might have been expected, three weeks into the class, that the Danger Shop was once again made out in the same way, with the pillows scattered around for the students to sit on and their eggs resting in the nests they'd built last week. There were no signs of any desks at all by this point, though there was a much less subtle change to the room as well.

The place was just crawling with animals. All sorts of critters. Kittens, puppies, rabbits, ponies, birds, bats, spiders spinning webs in corners, colourful fish turning circles in glass bowls. Camels and chinchillas, monkeys and slugs, moose and squirrel. It was a veritable menagerie, although they were all programed to stay out of the way unless otherwise approached.

Minsc sure hoped no one was allergic.

( Magic in every creature! )

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