How to be Awesome | Week 1 | Period 6 | Mon. 7/6

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Art Appreciation and Protection (7/6)

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“Welcome, class, to Art Appreciation and Protection.”

Sophie had thought of the idea for this class the semester before, when she’d still been obsessing over the second David. Today, at least, she could re-live the more successful aspect of the job.

“This class will be only a short overview of various Earth artworks, and the methods used at this time to protect and preserve them. For more in-depth art criticism and more broad knowledge, a longer course would be necessary. I don't hold a degree in art-- I'm an actress by trade, and taught the acting workshop earlier this summer-- but I have loved and participated in the preservation of artworks for the last ten years." By putting them where no one else could steal them. "I think, however, that we have time this summer to get the basics.”

“For instance.” She hit the button on the Danger Shop remote, and smiled, as a photo of the Michelangelo David appeared on the screen. “Michelangelo’s David. Perhaps the most famous statue in the world. Sculpted between 1501 and 1504, commissioned by the city of Florence. A symbol of strength, youth, and beauty; thought to be the epitome of Renaissance sculpture. Unlike many of the previous depictions of Davids, this one is 'peaceful' -- it does not show him in act of killing Goliath, his most famous act. The Digital Michelangelo Project has scanned the statue in an one attempt to preserve the statue for posterity; being able to reproduce it at will is one way to ensure the survival of the art, even if it is separate from the original work.

"Another way is of course, copies. Like all sculptors, Michelangelo made small-scale models, what is known as ‘mercats’ first. He famously made two models, clay fired, then bronzed, identical. Over the last four hundred years they’ve been stolen, lost, re-found, sold, dozens of times. The second David was stolen from the Vatican ten years ago and has never been found.” Ahem.

“The first David… well. Until recently, it was in the hands of private collector, a Mr. Ian Blackpoole.”

Another touch of the button, and they were standing inside a garden party, with food, fountains, and patrons of a museum milling around.

"Inside that door--" Sophie pointed. "Is Mr. Blackpoole's private art gallery. The first David is kept within a climate-controlled vault with:

* a fingerprint key access
* two guards watching the cameras of the gallery outside the room
* a laser grid on the floor which re-sets every five minutes-- not enough time to get across the room and take back the David
* infrared body-heat sensors inside the room which go off within 10 seconds, and
* a weight-detector on the statue's base."

Sophie smiled mischievously. "Your job, should you choose to accept it, is to see if Mr. Blackpoole has spent enough money to safeguard this $8 million dollar statue. Or to act as one of the private guards at this party in order to thwart a theft."

Healthy Diet and Living; Monday, Period Five [ 07/06 ].

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It was a bit odd, Daisy felt, having this class not first thing in the morning and in the middle of the week, but, despite it being the afternoon, she was still a little tired. It might have a little bit to do with the fact that last night was the only time she had to turn the home ec classroom into a veritable offering of goodies.

And there really was a bunch of food, the fruits of a marathon cooking session last night. Hopefully, it was all normal looking food that they would help themselves to easily without thinking too much on the actual subject of the class, since that sort of ruined the bit Daisy had planned for once class began.

True, it was exactly how she'd done it last time, too, but they were all new kids this time.

She gave them a little time to munch and chat or whatever before she came in in her conservative clothes, the ones she really only wore for plainclothes jobs before she did this whole teaching bit. "Good afternoon!" she greeted them brightly. If you haven't already, help yourself to all the snacks; there's plenty. My name is Daisy Day and hopefully you're all here for my class; if not, stick around anyway and eat some of the food. Most of you seem to be unfamiliar faces, so hopefully that means we'll get to know each other better over these next few weeks. Either way, some of you may know that I'm not normally teacher; I'm normally a police officer at the station, but while I'm here, I'm strictly Daisy. Or Miss Day if you're nasty."

"And now onto the point of all this: healthy eating and diet and living! A lot of people have the misconception that eating healthy means eating bland or gross or boring, but this course is to teach you that that is not the case at all. Everything you've been munching on? Healthy for you. And delicious. So, ha. Take that." She gave them all a grin, babbling because, okay, she might have been a little nervous. Still. Even after having done this last time. She knew she probably sounded like a total nerd. "Now, we'll cover different things each week, starting with breakfast, if you'll have a look at the syllabus. Today, we're just going to snack and get to know each other, and I'd also like to give you each one of these notebooks. These notebooks will be a food journal; keep track of everything you eat every day, and, every so often, we'll have a little look and see what we can do to make easy little healthier changes to your usual diet."

"So, anyway, introductions. If you don't mind, I'd like to know your name, a little about yourself, whatever you'd like to share, and then what some of your favourite foods are. It'll help if I know what you like, so I can work with that! So go on, go ahead. But don't talk with your mouth full."


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