Management Theory [Tuesday, February 17, 4th period]

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"Today," Yzma began, stomping in front of the students, "we learn the important task of taking out the garbage!"

She clapped her hands and enormous, slightly llama-shaped burlap sacks appeared before them. "It is vital when you are in management that certain tasks be completed by you personally because minions will only screw them up and not check to make sure the garbage is completely dead--"

Huge, false smile. "I mean disposed of! Yes! Disposed of!" She pulled a map out of midair. "You are here," she said, pointing to a place that was marked with a convenient X. "You need to get here." Another X. "Pick up your bags and get rid of your garbage! Which is not particularly llama shaped!"

She paused. "You may hum your own theme music if you wish."

Library [2.17]

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Anemone had chocolate. Lots of chocolate. It was entirely possible that she had conned the vast majority of staff at Tresor to part with whatever sweets they had stashed away in their offices.

Today she was reading a book about chocolate as she sat behind the desk, sampling the treats and taking notes.


[OCD-FREE!]

When Words Fail, Music Speaks; Tuesday, Sixth Period [ 02/17 ].

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"So," Chad said, leaning (carefully), as usual, on a counter in the music room when everyone got to club, "next week is spring break." This was a fact that Chad had only come to have known yesterday, actually. "So I thought this week we'd take it easy and just hang out and play a little."

As if they ever did anything else.

Hey, that was why Chad liked this club so much. He didn't do high maintenance and deeply involved.

Leadership: Wednesday, Period 1, Class 7 (2/18/09)

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"Today we're talking about problem solving," Nathan said. "As a leader, this is something you're going to have to do a lot. Step one may seem obvious, but it's something many leaders fail to do: accurately define the problem. Let's say someone comes up to you and says that they can't finish building a bridge because they ran out of money. Your people need that bridge built so you approve a higher budget. Does that solve the problem? What if the reason why the project was running out of money was because someone was stealing it? Or mismanaging the construction? Or because nobody researched to find out that you were building a bridge in the worst possible location?

"This is why the first step of problem solving is asking questions. What are the details of the problem? What's going on? Why is it happening? What do other people think about the situation?"

Nathan handed out cards with pictures on them. "Put together, all these cards tell a story. You each get one. You're not allowed to show anyone what your card is. Your assignment is to find out as much as you can about the story. Go around to your fellow students and ask them about their cards. What's on them? What's going on? Are their cards similar to yours? I'll give you a hint that they're numbered, so you may want to seek out those who have cards close to your number first, but that's not a requirement.

"Get as many details as you can. I'm here if you have any questions."

[ooc: OCD is up!]