Library, Sunday

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It wasn't Lee's day with Sam and he was almost sad about that. It would have been fun to see a baby Ewok going nuts in the library. Lee would have probably had to pay for a few books after Sam tried to eat them or something but he felt it would have been worth it.

Since he had no Ewok to distract him, he was distracting himself in other ways. Namely, he was building things with the books he still needed to shelve. His life was so exciting.

The Art of War, Week #11 [Period 3, Monday]

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As the students entered this week, they would see a passage on the board:

Sun Tzu said: We may distinguish six kinds of terrain, to wit:
(1) Accessible ground
(2) entangling ground
(3) temporizing ground
(4) narrow passes
(5) precipitous heights
(6) positions at a great distance from the enemy.

"Terrain. Which I am sure you are all dreadfully sick of hearing me talk about," Ghanima announced as soon as the last student was seated. "However, if you do not know where or how you stand, in any battle, you will lose. I cannot stress this enough. It doesn't matter if you're facing a troop of Sardaukar on Salusa Secundus, or trying to make dinner plans with a cranky significant other. If you cannot understand the terrain under your feet, you will find yourself on the wrong end of a metaphorical or physical blade."

"This all goes back to what we discussed that first week of class, "'Hence the saying: If you know the enemy and know yourself, your victory will not stand in doubt.' To know your soldiers, you must know yourself. You must be able to assess both the capabilities of your fighting force, and your own ability to command them in terrain before you. If you cannot give the soldiers what they need, even the most elite squad in the Empire can fall against a small handful of women and children." Not that Ghanima would know. At all.

"First, however, I want to hear how you did over the last week."

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Care for Magical Creatures; Period One. [ 11/17 ]

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The danger room classroom that Minsc had set up at times was devoid of desks today. Instead, there were comfortable couches and offerings of popcorn.

"Good morning, class! If you've been paying attention to things on your syllabus, it would tell you that today we might be talking about the legendary creatures! The most legendary of creatures, of course, is the dragon! There are many different kinds of dragons. Big ones, small ones, blue ones, green ones; I've even heard tell of a polka-dotted one! However, other than the wee little babies some of you unhatched last week, they are usually far too dangerous, even in a simulation, to experiment with at first.

"We might handle some next week. But you must be knowledgeable first! Today, we will watch a very informative film about dragons, since you are all probably sick of me talking on and on and on! Please pay very close attention! And then, over the week, I expect every one of you to go and research dragons and present to me a report of at least two pages, on what you find out about taking care of dragons. Then we will see if you can handle them or if you will all turn out to be a big scorched mess!"

"Oh! And I almost forgot! Thanks to Lady Ella and her fortuitous job at the Diner of Luke, I have been informed that those of you in Sir Anakin's Ethics class have been charged with taking care of a small warrior creature called a Wokling! I am willing to give extra credit to those of you taking care of these noble creatures if you are interested in receiving it! Just come talk to me after class!"

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