Fencing Club - The Salle, Monday After Classes

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Edmund was prepared for the group to arrive and everything was set out ready for practice. "We'll do the same as last week," he told them. "Again, try to pair up with someone outside of your skill range, at least for the first half of the session. You'll learn more from each other. If you need me, get my attention, and if you're hurt tell Captain Algren or myself immediately."

Physical Films | Period 3 | Class 12

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This week, there was no gymnasium in the Danger Shop after students suited up for the day; just an alien pier overlooking blue water and a clear sky over San Francisco. It was how things looked now, deal. On the floor of the pier were large rectangular spans of green, each with a single tee and a full bucket of golf balls. Off to the side were golf bags filled with all the clubs students could possibly need.

"Today, we're watching a film about a guy who dreams big and fails pretty hard at doing much. But there's a guy with a fake hand that was eaten by a 'gator, so it's pretty badass if you pay attention. Anyway, Happy Gilmore is a favorite back home and while you watch, you'll be golfing," Ronon announced when most had assembled for class. More accurately, they would be driving golf balls. He picked up a club and stepped up to a green patch where a ball was teed and ready to go. "Just swing and hit the ball. The goal's to send your ball farther than everybody else's." Ronon proceeded to demonstrate, swinging the club with one hand and sending the ball flying out into the ocean. Like with bowling, he achieved results and made it look easy while using very improper form. "Find a partner and make it a competition. Go."

care for magical creatures | monday | fourth period | november 23

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It was getting easier and easier for Loki to wake the fuck up and get himself down to the school after a few weeks. This still wasn't his class of choice but he thought he'd been coming up with some halfway decent topics considering he'd been thrust into this position. He hoped he was getting some fucking hazard pay.

"Welcome back," Loki said, nodding at the class. "We're going to have an easy class today since we're hitting the holiday week and I don't think anyone, let alone me, has much motivation to learn a bunch of new shit today. Consider it my early gift to you. You can stay and watch, stay and sleep, or stay and do something else but you do have to stay."

With that, he put the movie in and hit play. Just because he'd started getting more comfortable teaching this class didn't mean the class didn't deserve an easy day.

Applied Science, 11/23, Period 1

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"Behold the wonder of science." The wonder of science, that day, looked a lot like a full plate of food -- a (microwaved) Thanksgiving dinner with an ear of corn, sliced turkey, sweet potato casserole and mashed potatoes with gravy. "Four hundred years ago -- or even eight years ago -- none of this food looked or tasted much like this. Turkeys were smaller and gamier. Corn was smaller and less sweet. Potatoes were smaller and less starchy. And it all took longer to grow."

"But modern farming methods and genetic engineering have sugared everything up, made animals reach full size almost twice as fast, and altered food in a couple other ways." Tyler continued with his lecture, passing around a handout detailing the changes he was talking about.

"It's a little early for Thanksgiving dinner, but I have pumpkin pie," he finished. "It's an easy class this week. Take a slice and then we'll talk about other ways science has changed food or other fundamental things we don't think about. I'm curious if you think it's good or not."

Hubris from Revelation: the Social Engineering of Ultimate Truths [Monday, Period 2]

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"Last week you watched the movie," Ghanima said briskly. "Today we talk about the religion, so I do hope you're ready to take some notes."

( Hinduism is not just a faith. It is the union of reason and intuition that can not be defined but is only to be experienced. Evil and error are not ultimate. There is no Hell, for that means there is a place where God is not, and there are sins which exceed his love. )

"Most interesting, to me, at least, is that contrary to some of the other major Earth religions, concepts of conversion, evangelization, and proselytization are absent from Hindu texts and in practice have never played a significant role, though acceptance of willing converts is becoming more common."

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