Heroing [period 2, class 12]

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"Hello!" Hammer boomed as the class made their way in today. "Now, children, while I know you all look up to me, I need you to remember an important thing: everyone is different. No one else can be as strong as I am, or as ruggedly handsome, or as brilliant, and so, it's important that you recognize this."

He paused, posing. They should really be used to this by now.

"And sometimes, my mini-heroes, you're going to need...teamwork. Some heroes even have sidekicks, which are like partners who aren't as cool as you, but sometimes, you get to have sex with them anyway. Your assignment today, kids, is to find a partner and figure out why you would make a good heroing team. You should bring different things -- don't just pick your friends, or the people you pay to pretend to be your friends! That's just silly."

[I'm out doing pre-student teaching all day, so SP from me until eveningish!]

Flight Club [Flight Shed]

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With food and snacks set out, Gavin was back by the flight shed, waiting for the rest of the club to show up. And, while he was waiting, he was eating some of the snacks. Food was food and teenage boy were unable to resist food.

"Hey guys, welcome back," he greeted, nodding to everyone. "Hope you all had fun with your paper airplanes because we're doing that again."

Pause.

"No, kidding. I wouldn't keep you out of the flight sim for two weeks in a row. Today, we're going to do something a little different. Instead of small fighter crafts, you're going to be the captain of a large ship. You will have control of several fighters, a horde of weapons and a cadre of soldiers. The scenario will be...revealed to you in the sim. Have fun."

Gavin smiled and opened the flight sim's door.

Leadership: Wednesday, Period 1, Class 12 (4/1/09)

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"War is hell," Nathan said after everyone had gotten to their seats. "There aren't many people who find war fun. There are those who find it inevitable. As a leader one of your hardest decisions will be about when to go to war.

"Do you go to war to defend your people? What counts as defense? If you know of a threat do you strike first or do you wait until you're hit? Is it ethical to make the pain and death of your own people a touchstone? Are you serving your people well if you allow them to be hurt?

"What about others? Many would argue that genocide is wrong, but would you go to war over it? Does it matter if it's happening to an ally? An enemy? Someone who you have no relationship with at all? What about if your country is suffering a depression and doesn't have the resources to go to war? What if you think you should go to war but your people don't agree? Does it matter if their disagreement is based in a prejudice of some kind? What if it's based on the argument that resources are better spent caring for the sick and poor within your country?

"As you can see, it's a complicated topic," Nathan said. "There is no way that it could be covered in a single class. For today let's limit ourselves to a discussion of those questions. Or, boiled down to a single one: When, as a leader, do you decide to go to war?

"Let's hear your thoughts."

[ooc: OCD is up!]

Library [04/01]

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Sam woke up late enough that he decided to not bother getting coffee, and went straight to the library instead. It wasn't that big of a deal, all things considered, but he was still annoyed that he wouldn't be able to get out to the town until later.

Anthropomorphic Anatomy, Period 3, 1 Apr '09

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"Much of what makes you who you are, what makes you human," started Mohinder, pausing to pick out something from the box of fruits on his desk. "And this banana a banana is hard coded in your DNA."

"It's not always as simple as picking out a single gene. That that one gave me brown eyes, one made her left handed and another gave him an allergic reaction to pineapple. For eye colour, brown is generally dominant over blue; black, red and violet are rare but possible variations, with at least six genes known to affect the shade you see in the mirror."

"Deoxyribonucleic acid is made of sequences matched pairs of nucleotides," he said, handing out notes. "It uncoils from it's helix into RNA, coding amino acids which form proteins which make up each of your cells. If there's a mutation, something going wrong can result in serious, even lethal medical problems."

Mohinder started setting up what looked mostly like an over-complicated blender. "DNA extraction is fairly simple," he said, picking up a swab. "Whether from yourselves or from fruit or vegetable. You all have instructions, so you can try your own extraction process."

[OCD has landed!]