Intro to the 21st Century, Tuesday, Second Period

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It was the first class and Cindy had made sure to arrive early with coffee and pastries to set up. Considering her class was all about getting used to a new time or place, she figured the classroom should be as welcoming as possible, too. She pulled the desks into a small circle with the desk holding the pastries and coffee in the center.

"Good morning," she said as the class filed in and took their seats. "Welcome to Intro to the 21st Century. I'm Professor Cindy Perrault; calling me Cindy is fine, though I'll also answer to Professor or Ms. Perrault. Here, I intend to teach you enough for you to find your footing in a world that can often be strange and confusing even after you leave Fandom Island. For those of you from the past, some of our scientific achievements might seem to border on the impossible. For those of you who come from the past, much of our technology and social mores might seem frightfully primitive. From those of you who have come from different worlds all together...well, your reaction might fall anywhere within that range or might be something else entirely. Fifteen weeks isn't enough to teach your enough for you to pass as a native of this time and place, but hopefully it will be enough to help you navigate through the strangeness until you're at least comfortable in the day to day life in 21st century America."

( Even if day to day life on Fandom conspired to confuse everyone. )

Cindy gestured to the pastries in the center of the circle. "The first week of classes is traditionally devoted to introductions and far be it for me to buck hallowed Fandom traditions. So help yourself to something to eat and drink, and tell us your name, class, one way that Fandom completely differs from your home, and one way it's surprisingly similar. Feel free to find commonalities between your individual homes as well."

[OCD up]

Paranormal Activity 101, Tuesday, January 4th

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When students filtered into the classroom on Tuesday they'd see a new teacher sitting at the front desk, immersed in a texting spree with somebody. He made sure that his phone was put away the second class started, however. Had to set a good example and everything.

"Welcome everybody. Just to make sure everyone is in the right class: You all know this is Paranormal Activity 101, yes?" Alaric waited a minute just to make sure anybody who had came into the wrong class had a chance to make a swift exit. "Okay, good. I'm Alaric Saltzman, but please, call me either Ric or Mr. Saltzman. Nobody calls me Alaric."

( And the rest goes under a cut )

[OCD is up]

Science is Awesome!!!, Class #1, Period 3, January 4th

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Rikku hoped she didn't look as nervous as she felt. She could barely believe she belonged on this side of the teacher's desk. ... Not that there was actually a desk, today. They weren't meeting in a classroom, but rather, in the Danger Shop, near the edge of a cliff.

She had remembered to put in plenty of safety protocols, for that one. See? She was thinking like a teacher already.

( The Scientific Method (With Exclamation Points) )

She beamed at the class, happy she'd gotten through all of that without rambling too badly. "Any questions?"

Library, Tuesday!

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Rinoa had a number of things on her mind today -- the class about powers yesterday being one of the larger ones -- but she was determined not to let it distract her from her library duties. There might be new students, today! Rinoa was going to do her utmost to welcome them.

(Old students were perfectly welcome, too.)