This Thing You Humans Call Love [Wednesday, 2nd Period]

[doubleohblonde]

There were no handouts this week, there was however a projector set up.

"Considering the weekend, I thought it might be best to have a film day," Bond said after greeting them. "The film we'll be watching is fictional, but deals with real world themes relevant to the class, and while it's a comedy certain elements are not as much of an exaggeration as one might hope."

[Class Roster]

Friendship is Always in Fashion, Thursday, period 1

[locointhecoco]

The classroom today looked like . . . well, like it had been decorated to reflect the personalities of the teachers, kind of. One half of the room was done up in bright, shiny colors, decorated with singing birds and happy foxes and mustaches. The other half was draped in dingy gray and flannel.

Guess who was on each side. Go on. Guess.

"Today's fashions are inspired by music," Derek told the class. Yes, he was wearing a pastel cardigan. No, he didn't want to talk about it.

Or music was inspired by them. One of the two.

"Ooo, ooo," Pinkie said. "I have samples!" She almost tripped over the edge of her saggy baggy dingy tshirt as she rushed over to the bright, happy phonograph in the corner. "It's over here, somewhere!" She dug through some records, tossing aside a surprising collection of trance, new wave, classic rock, big band. . . .

Derek casually leaned back to avoid being brained by one of the records. See how used to this he was getting? It could only end in tears.

Now, now, Derek, this wasn't a class on emo, after all. Save your Linkin Park love for another day.

"Twee," Pinkie said, holding up one of the albums triumphantly, "is all about being bright and happy and cheerful and fun! Grunge," she held up another, "is about being apathetic and cynical and kinda needing a bath. Most ponies will sometimes feel bright and happy and sometimes apathetic and cynical! But ponies who really really like the fashions like to look like they only ever feel one or the other."

Well, that was a vast over-simplification of complex subcultures.

As was to be expected in a class taught by a talking pony and the resident fail wolf. So.

"Both styles value dressing comfortably and expressing your emotions through your clothes," Derek added, wishing he was allowed to be showing off grunge. "We have a selection of clothing from each style for you guys to try on."

You could be apathetic twee! Didn't that sound fun?

Practical Etiquette [Thursday, August 1, 2nd period]

[professor-lyman.livejournal.com]

"Okay, so I spent my weekend on a bus to Albuquerque because apparently I wasn't hot enough to be on the island any more," Josh began, taking a sip from his cup of coffee, "so that was special. Because of that, we're avoiding dealing with internet trolls or going to conventions this week. No need to thank me."

He tilted his head and thought about that. "Actually, no, go ahead and thank me."

After waiting for the accolades that may or may not be coming, Josh gestured around the Danger Shop generated busy street they were near. "Today we talk about being polite in traffic. Granted, if you scream obscenities at the moron who cut you off, there's a good chance he'll never hear you, but once you get in that habit, there's a better than even chance you'll have a little kid in your car in fifteen years asking you, 'Daddy, is that an asshole?' And while it probably is, that's not the sort of stuff that gets you parent of the year awards."

Well, it was true.

"You'll either be in self-driving vehicles because this isn't drivers' ed or be innocent pedestrians. Don't kill anyone, okay? We'll meet at that fake coffee shop when you're done," he concluded, pointing it out.