Battles That Changed History, Second Period, Friday 1/15

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( This one's even longer than last week, people. )

Business 102: Friday, Period 3, Class 2

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"The single most important thing you have to do in an office is make sure your boss doesn't hate you," Jim said after the bell rang. "They don't have to like you and they don't have to respect you - although both do help a lot - but they can't openly hate you or else you might get fired."

"The best way to keep yourself in a safe zone is to humor your boss. If they make bad jokes, go ahead and laugh. If you're feeling a little punchy, maybe even joke with them. If they really don't like people coming in late, go ahead and show up right when the office opens. You don't have to show up early, just get there right on time. Whatever it is your boss really feels strongly about, go ahead and give a little bit of effort in that direction. That way they won't care as much about the rest of your performance."

( It's like kissing up, only more cynical. )

Law and Order: Interdimensional Edition - Week Two

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Ziva waited somewhat patiently at the front of the room for everyone to sit down before clearing her throat and beginning class.

"Since we discussed the most important skill of an officer last week, I thought it would be best to learn about an officer's second most important skill today. Knowing how to track someone without being caught is really an invaluable skill for anyone, but it is especially important for those who are working in law enforcement. Sometimes, for example, you will need to do surveillance on a suspect to gather evidence to bring to court. Criminals rarely commit crimes when they know they are being watched." And the ones who did were far too crazy to discuss so early in the semester. "You must often be sneaky in order to obtain pictures or video to catch your suspect in the act of their crime. Other times, you will need to be able to follow a suspect in order to apprehend them. If you are noticed and they try to escape, it makes for a much bigger hassle to catch them."

Ziva grabbed a stack of handouts, and passed them out before going over the essential requirements of stealthy following. "If the rest of you have anything to add, feel free to say so," she said, looking to the other teachers who were there. "It is possible that I have forgotten something important."

When the discussion was over, Ziva went back around the room and handed each student a piece of paper. "This is your homework assignment," she said. "Each of you has been given the name of another student in this class. Your assignment is to track this student down at some point before the next class and observe them for at least ten minutes without catching their notice. Having another class with them does not count. You must scout them up--" Out, up, whatever. "--and find them outside of your classes. Does anyone have any questions?"

The Perfect Crime [Thursday, Period Five]

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Rick nodded a greeting to the class as the last student arrived. "Afternoon kids, and congratulations to Parker the one-named woman on winning the TA coin-toss."

"Today we'll be looking at the trinity of crime and detective work," he said, before turning and writing them up on the board. "Means, motive, opportunity."

"Means is the method, the how of a crime," Rick explained, underlining the word. "Was the murder victim stabbed or shot? Was the robbery a brutish armed hold-up, or a skilful cat burglary?"

He circled 'motive'. "Next we have motive. Why was the crime committed? Unless you are dealing with a truly deranged and psychotic individual, there is no such thing as a motiveless crime, a criminal always has a reason."

'Opportunity' got little stars around it. "Opportunity refers is just that, the opportunity to actually commit the crime."

"You work these thing things and you're a good way to solving your mystery," Rick said. "Of course, you need sufficient proof to these to actually prosecute, but that's a discussion for another class. Instead what you're going to do is discuss 'how' knowing any or all of these three factors would help solve a crime. Give examples, and feel free to comment on each other's ideas."


[OOC: OCD up.]

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Study Hall | Friday

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Early in the morning, Ronon showed up to open the study hall. He set out a box of wheat crackers and a block of cheddar cheese, having decided pastries were a poor choice when he was stuck staring at them all day.

Having very little else to do, Ronon checked his email. His spam folder was bursting at the seams and offered hours of entertainment. No one had explained to Ronon that spam was bad. He thought it tasted kinda like salted tava beans.

Library [1-15]

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Dan was in the library bright and early unlike his mun with a huge cup of coffee and his laptop in tow. After making sure there wasn't any books that needed to be put away or anything, he settled back behind the front desk and surfed the internet for a bit.