Art of Adaptation [Monday, Period Six]

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Bond's class was meeting out by the main campfire again today.

"Good afternoon, class," he began once they had all arrived. "Today we're going to be looking at two things, resource management and networking. We'll be doing them together because, mercenary as it may sound, when dealing with an unfamiliar situation, people and your ability to network with them are a resource to be managed."

"But first we have to consider the age old question of cash or credit?" Bond took a moment to explain what exactly a credit card was to those in the class unfamiliar with the concept. "Now both of these have a number of advantages and disadvantages so the correct answer to the question varies depending on the situation. For example, you can carry more money more easily with a bank card than you can with hard currency, but in a situation where you have little to no money it's often faster and easier to obtain cash than a new line of credit. Cash is mostly anonymous, cards are traceable, but dealing in large amounts of cash looks suspicious, and nowadays it can be almost impossible to book travel without a credit card." He continued on in this vein for a while.

"Now for the rest of the class, we'll be doing a practical exercise to work on your networking skills. Find a partner. You're in a strange city, and you've managed to draw the ire the local organised crime figures, who incidentally have corrupted the city police force. You have to convince someone you've just met to give you either money or a place to hide. Without threatening them or drawing undue attention to yourself. Once you've succeeded or failed, you can swap roles."

[ooc: wait for ocd up]

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The Mathematics of Quantum Neutrino Fields; Tuesday, Period 4 [ 07/20 ].

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Everyone in the class should have gotten corresponance in some form or another that they were meeting in the Danger Shop this week, and, if they didn't, it was a good possibility that they had been left out intentionally and their ability to still be here was just another proven point of consistant teenage annoyance. Either way, doing what they were doing today was too much of a hastle to do IRL, as the kids were calling it, so Farnsworth had a nice little sim set up, starting the class from the mouth of a cave.

He had a cane with him. Not that he'd need it much for walking, but it was a fairly effective tool for waving about and threatening when he spoke. It should be noted that he seemed in a fairly good mood, but that was mostly because the task for today could wind up being extremely dangerous for his students.

"Today, we're going to learn about neutrino detectors. Because if we're going to be 'studying' neutrino 'fields,' then we should at least be able to detect them. They are so large that they have to mostly be underground, and you'll have to get in a boat, and I didn't bring life jackets so if you don't know how to swim and you fall out, then that's too bad for you.

"Before you go in, please turn in your Essays on why most of the world is crap from last week and pick up a worksheet for this week. You have several pages on reading the neutrino detectors, and also a page or two regarding the chemical balacing of the water used to help run the detectors. You can start them today and turn them back in next week.

"Are we ready, then? Let's go. It's a long trip down past some steep drops with a lot of jagged rocks at the bottom, so I hope you're sure footed. And if you're not..."

Farnsworth shrugged. "Meh."

So encouraging...


[[ OCD on the way is up! ]]

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Leadership for Social Change - Period 7

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"Today we're discussing secret headquarters!" Dr. Horrible declared. "Why 'secret', you ask? If our cause is just, then what need do we have to hide from the world? That is an excellent question.

"When you are trying to overthrow the dominant paradigm, it is inevitable that you will face opposition. Some may object to your goals. Others may find fault with your techniques. It is simply easier for all involved if you have a secure place to plan your activites. Also, if you have a good scientist on your team - and you should - you have industrial espionage to worry about. ( Read more... )

Applied Dadaism, Tuesday, Period 2

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Artie was once again waiting for all the students outdoors, this time surrounded by a wide array of colorful flag-like material.

"Welcome back, my little Dada vikings! I hope you all have had a pipe week and are all rested up, because today we get active!" He bounced around in place for a moment, then struck a pose, arms out, holding bright orange signal flags. "Today we play Capture the Flag!" He threw the flags in the air and ran in a circle.

"For those who might not know, Capture the Flag is a game in which you have a flag! And so does everyone else! And you must get the other person's flag, which may be hidden in flags or possibly on their head, in order to win! And don't let them get yours!"

Well, that was a vast simplification of the rules.

"Be aware, students! Your flag could be anywhere, and perhaps might be only vaguely or not at all flag like! I have several samples here available to you. You can team up against your fellow students! Or you can try to be a lone wolf puppy! But the most important thing is to have fun!"

[ooc: wait for the OCD, yes? Flags away!]

Practical Crisis Problem Solving - Danger Shop, Tuesday, Period 3 (11am-12pm)

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Oh look, still no exotic locations. The students walking through the Danger Shop doors found themselves in the library. Yes, that library. It was empty aside from the Doctor who was sitting on the collections desk, legs swinging over the edge. There were a few lamps on around the library and moonlight coming in the windows, suggesting it was late at night in here rather than 11am like it was outside.

Once everyone was gathered and the doors were closed, the Doctor leapt off the desk. "Sometimes," the Doctor started, pacing around in the well-lit areas, "you end up somewhere you're not expecting to be. Happens to me all the time. For some of you, even being here is somewhere you're not expecting to be. Wait. Sorry." He paused. "I forgot to say hello. Hello! Very rude of me. As I was saying, you don't always expect to walk head first into a problematic situation. Usually you won't be the only one there. Sometimes you'll be able to leave when others can't.

You have a choice." He looked around at them. "Fight or flight. You could take your leave, walk out and that's a perfectly reasonable solution to the problem. Of course, you'll be leaving everyone else to their own fate. Or you could always choose to stay, putting your life in immediate danger, but you could find out what's going on and help the people around you. Your choice. Make it now."

Library, Tuesday!

[angelo_wings]

Rinoa was in a good mood today as she puttered around the library. Libraries generally put her in a good mood, to be honest.

Of course, just after her Mathematics class, she was in slightly less of a good mood, but the books cheered her back up in no time.

Stupid Mathematics class.

Gym 102, 6th Period - Tuesday 7/20

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When the class arrived in the danger shop, it was set up as a baseball field. Because clearly it was still too gross out to do this outside.

"We don't quite have enough people for a real game, but we can manage to at least hit the ball a few times." You know, if people could.

"Take turns pitching and hitting, switching back and forth."

Study Hall, Tuesday [7/20]

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Summer was, once again manning study hall. There were moddable snacks and drinks laid out, for anyone who wanted some.

Summer settled in with her laptop and decided today, she was going to hunt for treasure on Facebook.

[Sorry! Almost forgot OCD free today.]