Pop Culture: Everything I Ever Needed To Know I Learnt From... [Thurs, 1st Period]

[thefearwasreal]

Oz was sitting behind his desk, looking extremely cheerful today. That could only mean good things, right.

"Welcome back, kids. Now you all had an essay due before the break, but since I'm such a nice guy, I decided you could have some extra time." And not because he'd forgotten to ask for them last class. Nope. Oz never forgot anything. "So I hope you remembered to bring them today. Especially since you'll be doing the second part of the assignment."

"See, the first part of the assignment was to write about an aspect of pop culture you enjoy. The second half is to talk about it. You're each going to give a short presentation on the topic you wrote you essay about. Tell us why you like it, sell us on it, answer questions from the class. You'll have about a quarter of an hour to prepare then we'll start with you." He pointed to a random student.

Improving Your Skills [Friday, 3rd Period]

[so_hawkward]

When the students arrived at the Danger Shop today, they'd find it set up with the targets, training dummies, and moddable weapons again.

It was possible Clint was growing more fond of his students, and wanted them all to live long lives. Well done, teenagers.

"Hey guys. I hope you all enjoyed your break. I don't want anything you've been working on to get rusty, so we're back here today. Same rules as usual, I want you all to get more comfortable being able to defend yourselves. This time, if any of you are feeling really good, you can challenge me." He'd be careful, really.

Student Council [Friday, Lunchtime]

[bigdamnprincipal]

Today, when the student council members arrived, they'd find sandwiches and salads waiting for them, as well as a few packages of cookies: chocolate-chip and some accidental but surprisingly tasty-looking sugar-free peanut butter.

"Good afternoon. We've reached a very boring time of the semester," she said with a laugh. "By which I mean there's nothing on the horizon in terms of family members to be entertained or dances to be planned. If anyone has suggestions for things to take on in the near future, feel free to speak up." Or they could just pat themselves on the back for maintaining order and proper glitter use thus far.

Fandom Invasions: A Survival Guide- Friday, Period One

[furnaceface]

"Once upon a time, the students of the island realized that when the worst happens, they were all just as likely to be the ones stepping up to fight as the teachers charged with their safety. I'm none too thrilled about the trend myself, but when I was a student here, good luck to anybody thinking they'd stand a chance at keeping me out of the thick of the worst of it, when the island was falling apart around us. And, with that in mind, a group of students got together and created the three reserves groups, a sort of casual militia that met once a week to discuss strategies in case all hell broke loose. There was one for those students who tended toward physical fighting, toward battling off threats using weapons and strategy. There was one for people with powers, the ones who could fly or teleport or throw fire from their faces." Guess which one Jono had joined, kids! "And there was one for the students who weren't fighters in either regard, for the ones who wanted to volunteer their time as support for the island's student soldiers," his nose wrinkled a little at that term, "providing food, first-aid, or any other assistance they could provide."

It was a subject near and dear to Jono's heart, but speaking as someone whose job it was, now, to doing his damnedest to keep his students safe, it was probably no surprise which of the three groups he chose to elaborate on first, today.

"We'll be doing a bit of work reminiscent of the support reserves today," he shared. "Putting together lists of things that will come in handy during invasions for fighters and non-fighters alike, from first-aid kids to non-perishable foods to bottles of water and maps and some way to re-charge a phone should the power go out and we find ourselves in need of making emergency calls. I'll get you to all discuss it as a group, and then next week, I'll give you each a kit containing whatever it was you came up with. The challenge is to come up with things that are easy to carry around, easy to get your hands on, and that will last long enough to see an invasion in the first place. Around here, that could be tomorrow, or it could be months from now."

He contemplated stressing 'cheap,' too, as these things were coming out of his pocket. He refrained all the same. You're welcome, class.

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