Conflict Management for Dummies, Thursday, Third Period

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Today, Oz had his class meet him in the computer lab.

"So, since so many of you are new to this business, before we get to the good stuff, I'm going to take this week to ease the newbies in with one of the easiest forms of conflict escalation known to modern times, online trolling."

Oz gestured to the computers. "These have been set up with their own dedicated forum. Each workstation is signed in to an existing account on this forum." With the ability to create more sockpuppets, but Oz wasn't going to mention that, let them figure it out. "Your job is to try to take a civil discussion to a disagreement, to an argument, to a full out flame-war, but try to be subtle about it, since hopefully by now the average web-user knows not to feed the trolls."

"One final thing to keep in mind, you mightn't be able to know who's posting what, but I will, the assignment is to start and escalate an argument, not abuse your classmates. You want to be an ass, not an asshole."

Monsters and Humans. Lecture: Vampires. Friday, Period 4

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Drac was already in the classroom when the students entered. As was a very excited black wolf pup with bright blue eyes. And fangs.

"Good even..." Drac rolled his eyes. " I mean, good afternoon. Welcome back to my class on Human and Monster relations."

He nodded to the wolf pup sniffing ANYONE who would let her until a whirl of purple mist lifted her into the air and brought her back to him. "This is Mavis, my daughter, for those who are curious. She is, ah, not herself."

By which he meant physically, since she was most definitely still herself in personality. Proved by her settling into the mist that was supporting her and grinning broadly at the class as if to say "hi humans!" all over again.

He sighed, adding a facepalm. "Puberty. Please let it be puberty," he muttered.

Drac shook himself and looked back up at the class. "This does, however lead me very well into my first real lecture of the class: Misconceptions about Vampires."

( Drac's eyeroll. Let me show you it! )

[Sorry for the delay!]