Hiding in Plain Sight, Wednesday, Period Four

[doubleohblonde]

Today, the Danger Shop was set up like a movie theatre.

"Good afternoon," Bond began. "In light of the fact that some of you may be focused on preparing for your visitors this week, today we'll be watching a film about the lengths some people will go to in order to keep their secrets, secrets. Lengths which I sincerely doubt you will have to go to in the event your visitors are unaware of the island's quirks."

[Class Roster]

Yakko's World, Thursday, Period 2

[yakkoyaks.livejournal.com]

The lights went down when the bell rang. When a spotlight lit the front of the room, Yakko was surrounded by tiny animatronic children wearing costumes from all over the world.

And then the music started. Have an earworm!

( This gets unexpectedly slightly dark )

Library, Thursday All Day

[genesishero]

Evan was practically swimming today in books about music. Any and all books about music. Music history, musician autobiographies, books with sheet music and on the care of instruments from Accordion to Zither. A book about Woodstock was lounging about nearby, zen about waiting its turn. A book full of national anthems from around the world was standing up nearby, while a book about Hendrix managed somehow to use a Fender Stratocaster catalogue to play Star Spangled Banner in a way that Evan imagined might involve teeth, if the books were somewhat more people-shaped. It was all very impressive, and perhaps a little overwhelming.

"All I said was that I should probably look up some of the music my Uncle likes before the weekend," he informed the books, maybe just a touch apologetically. "I think he likes old rock."

Books from AC/DC to Zeppelin leapt for joy. This was going to be a long day.

[Open!]

How To Not Do Things, Thursday, Period One

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Today, class was meeting on the beach, and had been handwavily instructed to come dressed appropriately. This change in venue might or might not be a good thing, depending on whether you felt sixty-five-degree weather was appropriate for beach-going. Also, whether you liked rocks and such getting in the way of your lounging. All things considered, it was not the perfect beach.

"Yeah, so, I thought about making a better beach in the Danger Shop, but I didn't want to," April announced. "So we're using this. I know it blows." Wow, don't hold back, April. "Your goal is to appreciate it and do beach stuff anyway. See, look, there's towels." Sure enough, there were indeed towels, which April had very thoughtfully laid out for people to lounge on. "And they're mine, so don't fuck them up or lose them, 'cause I want them back."

No pressure, kids.

"Anyway, just... tan or swim if you're freakishly cold-blooded or get food from the boardwalk or play volleyball or something. Or talk to each other. Just be lazy. Do something like that."

Sound easy? Well. Good luck, kids.

Drama! Thursday, Period Four

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The drama room was set up as usual, with the students expected to sit in a circle. In the middle of the circle were several berets and black-and-white striped shirts of various sizes (including, of course an Arietty-sized set).

"Drama is essentially communication!" Thor boomed. "The author of a play is communicating to the audience, and the characters are communicating to each other. Sometimes, this communication is rather direct and verbal. Other times, communication occurs through physical actions and gestures. Sometimes, it is a combination of both, which can make it especially complex when a person's words do not match the language of their body." Not that he knew anyone who was prone to that, Loki. "Today I thought we would work on non-verbal communication. To help set the mood for the class, I have provided the traditional costume for a form of Midgardian performance called 'mime'. I want you to find a partner, and one of you shall decide on a problem. Without words, I would like you to attempt to communicate your problem to your partner. Once the second partner thinks they have figured out the problem, they should suggest a solution. Again, without using words. See if you can communicate effectively through gestures and other movement. Then, switch roles and the second partner shall come up with a dilemma that the first partner must solve."

Once everyone had a chance to try out the activity, Thor gestured for them all to sit down again.

"I have been thinking about our final performance," he informed them. "And I think it would work best if everyone came up with a short dramatic performance piece they would like to do on their own or in a small group of two or three, and then we shall also do a performance as a group. So, although I know many of you will be busy this weekend with your guests, please start thinking about what you would like to do!"

Wild Roving, Thursday [27/09]

[not_in_the_book]

"So we're packed," Ronan said, "we know where we're going and what we want to do while we're there. We have cheap places to stay. What do we do next?

"Figure out how we're getting there."

The computers were available again; Ronan waved at them while revealing a list of places on the board. "Your goal today," he explained, "is to start here, at Fandom -- or, rather, at the closest airport, so let's say BWI -- and get to any three of these places for the cheapest cost you can find. You've got all the internet to look for deals; let's say... you need to leave sometime between now and next Thursday, and arrive back on the island four weeks after you leave. You can spend however long you like in each place, though, so work with that; and you don't need to restrict yourself to air travel. If you're in Europe, think about the train -- it'll probably be a lot cheaper."

[Wait for OCD is up!]

Oppression, Resistance and Revolution: Friday

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Today the blackboard had a new word written on it. In nice big bold letters:

RESISTANCE

Magneto sat at the desk quietly as the students marched in. As soon as the bell rang he stood up and began to expound his lecture.

"We've covered topics of oppression. We've discussed what motivates us in those situations. Today we shall talk of resistance and what means are available to fight various types of oppression. A resistance is defined as a group or collection of individual groups who are dedicated to opposing a governing force. It may be an invader in an occupied country. It may be a policy enforced by a body of government. It may be a cultural norm enforced by the majority of a narrow minded society. For our purposes today we shall talk about non-violent resistance or civil resistance."

By this time Magneto had circled the room and was now standing in front of the classroom, looking down at them with a baleful look.

"This type of resistance attempts to achieve it's goals via symbolic protests, economic or political noncooperation or civil disobedience," he continued. "In some cases it was successful. The civil rights movements in the United States were famous for such resistance. Those involved used picketing, vigils, leafletting, community education and information warfare in an effort to raise the consciousness around them in an effort to make social change. This method however can only work in a society that allows free speech. For the most part."

"Your assignment today is to write a 100 word essay on an example of how one of these resistant options can be used in the place of a problem in your own life or world. Begin."