Drama, Monday, Period 2 [6/22]

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"Today is our last class. I've very much enjoyed our time here, so while, as I said, I wanted all of you to do your presentations today-- and that is not canceled--" Sophie smiled. "You may do them on whatevery you wish. Why you should be President. Your Oscar acceptance speech for Best Actor, Actress, or F/X Coordinator. Your reasons on why we should all convert to Jainism. A monologue from Shakespeare's Amleth. Have at it!"

"And please have some of the muffins and cookies here. I hope to see some of you in the class I hope to be teaching next semester. And of course, those of you who are in the play-- I'll see you tomorrow."


[OCD on its way up!]

Basketball- 6th Period- Class #7

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Awww, last day of class. These made Lily sad when there wasn't a summer vacation off to look forward to. "First of all, guys," she said, "I want to apologize profusely for my husband last week even if the mun's day didn't allow for chair throwing. He comes from a different place and time." Yeah, the Midwest. "But since this is our last class, today we're going to have a game. And after that, you all get a special surprise!"

And that was it. She didn't assign teams or anything. They'd work things out, or not. She'd play guitar and make sure no one got too rambunctious.

Civil War Re-Enactment; Monday, Period Three [ 06/22 ].

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"This," Jasper informed the class, in case they didn't know it, "is the last week of this workshop, and so it comes to logic that we're covering the last battle of Confederate General Robert E. Lee's armies before they surrendered to Union General Ulysses S. Grant at the Appomattox Court House. Lee was hoping to break through the Union front under the assumption that it consisted only of cavalry. Turns out there were two corps of infantry there, too. Whoops."

"The way the class divided itself up works for that imbalance, so we'll," pretend shoot at each other, "re-enact that battle. And then you'll pair up and re-enact a peace treaty. The actual surrender took place between Lee and Grant, Lee very upstanding and proper despite his defeat and Grant mud-splattered and rambling and probably drunk." Jasper might be biased, though. "The Confederate soldiers were sent home with rations, to return to the South and start suturing back together the country. Word of the defeat spread to the North, inspiring celebration, but Grant was said to have sent word to put a stop to it. The war over, the United States were once again united, and 'the Confederates were now our countrymen, and we did not want to exult over their downfall.'"

Which, okay, Jasper had to admit, was a pretty good quote from a drunkard.

"There were still a few more smattering of battles here and there after the surrender and the results of the division of the nation and the crippling of the Southern states' economy stuck with the country for a long time; it's even still seen today in various things."

Like insisting Grant was a drunk.

"It was a big war, so we probably only touched on things here, but I hope you learned at least something, and you were a really good class, so thank you."


[[ OCD on the way has surrendered ]]