The Library; Monday. [ 11/17 ]

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It seemed to come in waves, really, the levels of Cal's despair and joy. At the moment, he was definitely leaning more heavily toward joy. He'd absolutely massacred Amber in Scrabble last night. Well, maybe massacre was a little strong, but a win was a win and now he'd have to come up with a good thing for her to pay her back with. It had to be good. Real good.

But for now, there was the sipping of heavily sugared coffee and the sorting of books.

Physics, Monday, Class #11, Period 4

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"Hello, everyone. Don't forget final projects are due next week," Sam said, once the students were seated. Around the room, they might notice some pictures and video. On each desk was a fresh apple. "Today, as a treat, we'll be discussing wormholes."

No, she wasn't kidding about the treat part. Sam thought this was the best subject ever.

"Wormholes get their name from the easiest way to describe them. If a worm is traveling over the skin of an apple, then the worm could take a shortcut to the opposite side of the apple's skin by burrowing through its center, rather than traveling the entire distance around, just as a wormhole traveler could take a shortcut to the opposite side of the universe through a topologically nontrivial tunnel. Or, in other words, the shortest distance between two points - even in space and time - is a straight line, just as it is when you're working with maps or the shortest route to the corner store. On the larger intergalactic scale, however, that straight line is called a wormhole."

Sam also went on to explain, in great and extensive detail, the difference between black holes and wormholes, as well as the fact that a collapsing black hole would not cause a black hole.

"Of course, this is all purely theoretical," Sam finished, smiling slightly, "unless some of you know differently?"

Acievements In Engineering #11, Period 2, Monday

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There was a television at the front of the classroom with a note.

"Watch TV for today's class. Handouts on the desk. For next class, please write a one-page essay describing how television improves your life."

Mike didn't appear to be around, but there was a candy bar melting on the desk.

Basics of Alchemy - Monday, Fifth Period - 11/17

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"No lecture today," she said with a faint smile to her students as they made their way in. "As I'll be doing two metals next week.

"Just a movie for today. Enjoy."

She set up the video at the front, left out a basket with a few pieces of moddable fruit, and finally slipped back to her desk to rest her head. A late onset of fall allergies was wrecking havoc with her sinuses.

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Ethics [Tuesday, November 18, 2nd period]

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"Now is the time to return the Woklings to me," Anakin said, gesturing to the tables that were at the front of the classroom. "I'll be returning them to their homeworld tonight."

Mostly because if he brought them back to the apartment, he'd probably end up adopting a few to stop Rory from giving him pleading eyes.

"Jess, this doesn't apply to you. Jar Jar can stay with you as long as he'd like."

Jar Jar raised a hand. "Meesa having a bombad time, Ani, but meesa wanna go home."

Anakin rolled his eyes. "I'll take you as far as Endor," he promised. That would buy Luke and Leia a few weeks of Gungan-free time. Not that Luke deserved it.

He clapped his hands together. "Very well. Tell me what you learned this week while caring for intelligent, sentient creatures who couldn't be stuck in a fridge or a closet, and if it served as an effective check on raging hormones. Actions always have consequences, be they as major as a baby or as minor as rolling over in the morning and wondering what on Earth you were thinking the night before."