Management Theory [Tuesday, January 20, 4th period]

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After the class was assembled in their oh-so-stylish labcoats and hats, Yzma raised her hands grandly. "Today," she announced, "we will work on speeches! A good manager must be able to inspire others with their words and dramatic gestures. Borrowing from great speeches--" by which she meant stealing outright, "inspire your fellow classmates!"

She gestured to Toby to hand out numbered placards. "As each student gives their speech, you shall judge them!" she declared gleefully, then pointed one incredibly long fingernail towards a student. "You! Begin!"

Ethics [Tuesday, January 20, 2nd period]

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"Today we talk about envy," he said quietly. "There's always something that someone else seems to have that we want: clothing, grades, family, love, looks, acclaim...their achievements remind us of something we don't think we have enough of."

He began pacing as he warmed to his subject. "A wise man once said that envy is the art of counting the other person's blessings instead of your own. An entire industry has sprung up and flourished exploiting the idea that we envy those who have achieved fame." Anakin made a face. "With the equally charming dark side that we'll take joy in watching their failures."

He crossed his arms over his chest. "Normally that means that today we would start false rumors about people as an exercise in what not to do. If your voicemail was anything like mine on Sunday, though, you already have more than your fair share of factoids about your fellow students and teachers that ventured way over into the realm of oversharing."

He didn't make eye contact with Ino. "So today, pair up, talk about one of the messages you received that made you wonder something unflattering about a fellow member of Fandom, or one that made you defensive that someone might be believing a falsehood about you, and decide what you will do the next time the phones go insane." He smiled. "It's happened three times since I've been here, so there will be a next time."

Food Appreciation, Class #3, Period 3

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Asian food was the name of the game today and Marshall was already digging into some lo mein as he waited for everyone to come into the room. He knew it was mean to start eating before everyone else but, dammit, he couldn't help himself. It was so good.

"Okay guys, if you couldn't already tell from the funky smell, we're covering food from the far east today," he said once everybody had come in. "You know how you probably shouldn't eat stuff that smells funny? This is the one exception where it's okay to do so. Bok choy smells nasty but it's delicious."

"Back in the day the only kind of Asian food you could get readily was Chinese. It's delicious, don't get me wrong, but variety is the spice of life. We as a nation were very glad when Thai, Japanese, Cantonese, Vietnamese...all sorts of -ese's started popping up in cities," he said. "Nowadays even small towns have a good Thai restaurant. Which is good because I love Pad Thai. Those people do great things with peanuts."

Marshall pointed at the buffet table, which had fried rice, sushi, all kinds of noodles, sweet and sour pork, egg rolls, tom yam and all sorts of other moddable food from the east Asian countries. And, of course, there were fortune cookies for dessert. "So, here's the food. I swear that whole "cooking up dogs and cats" thing is a rumor. I think. This stuff is safe."

He thought it was safe, anyway. Could be no real way of knowing.

"So dig in! First dibs on the fortune cookies!" Marshall practically yelled. He wanted his pick of fortunes, dammit.

When Words Fail, Music Speaks; Tuesday, Sixth Period [ 01/20 ].

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The nice thing about running a very laid back club is that it didn't take much to get ready for it. Chad had some snacks; he made sure all the instruments in the music room were readily available, and then he just sat back and plucked at his guitar until everyone got there.

And once everyone did get there, there wasn't a whole lot more to do, either.

"Thanks for coming," he started. "Welcome to music club. We don't do much. We play music. We talk about music. Today, I was thinking we'd just introduce ourselves and talk about what kind of music we play and like. Next week, we can bring in CDs and stuff and share our favourites. If you don't have CDs or are from somewhere that doesn't have them, don't worry. But today we'll just get to know each other and maybe jam a little."

"Oh, and our new advisor is Miss Bennet; she's very awesome for helping us out."

Library [1.20]

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Anemone was not having a good week. At all. The strange messages had been scary and upsetting, and today found Anemone hiding out in the stacks of books, muttering to herself as Gulliver looked on in concern.

"Stupid humans."

She was around, if you needed her, but you might have to hunt.

[OOC: Flying OCD free 'cause OMG BUSY.]

Wednesday, Period 1, Class 3. (1/21/09)

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"You're in charge, congratulations," Nathan said. "Now what? Implicit in being a leader is that you have somewhere that you want to go. You have a vision, a goal, and that's what you're leading everyone towards.

"Successful leaders have a solid vision. They know what they want, which helps them figure out how to get it. It also helps you stay on course. If your goal is to see a movie tonight, you know that heading to the beach is not going to help you accomplish that.
( Class assignment thisaway )

[ooc: OCD is up! Credit for class exercise goes here]