Bluffing: Can't Read My... [Period 5, Wed]

[doubleohblonde]

Bond's students were again in the casino sim this week, but instead of the table, there was a lounge with multiple seats and couches and a screen taking up most of a wall. Bond also handed each student a stack of leaflets.

Once everyone had found a seat to their liking, Bond began. "Now last week I explained a bit about the how of the class, this week, I thought I'd give you a small demonstration of why, by playing you a film in which the outcome hinges how the lead's ability to bluff and notice tells both within and outside the context of a card tournament."

"However before I start the film, I'd just like to explain these." He held up the leaflets. "They're simply primers on poker, which is the main game we'll be using in the class, I'll go into more detail when we actually start a match, but they'll give you a place to start, especially if you chose to practice outside the class, which I do recommend, as the best way to learn is to play."

[Class Roster]

Live Entertainment Appreciation, Thursday, Period 5

[furnaceface]

"Once upon a time," Jonothon said, having instructed his class to once again meet him on the Causeway, "In London, going to the theatre to see a play was a very valid source of entertainment not only for the upper class citizens, but also for the lowest common denominator. A good many members of the audience were just people who wandered in off the street, who could wander out again at any time they pleased, because they'd rather be at the pub, or perhaps taking in the bear-baiting across the road."

( Wasn't education fun, kids? )

[OOC: Open!]

Current Affairs [Thursday, September 12]

[professor-lyman.livejournal.com]

Josh was back on his iPad today, this time with a cup of coffee. Would you like a cup of coffee too?

Well, you should have had one before you came to class. Duh.

"Hey, everyone," Josh said with a tiny smile. "It's been an interesting week in the news, huh? Yesterday was September 11, a date that is weighed down with tragedy for at least a few of the dimensions I'm familiar with. Fortunately it hasn't yet spawned Memorial Day-esque shopping holidays because the first time that happens, I'm not going to be able to control my reaction or the arrest that will inevitably follow."

He passed out the sheet of ten things to know for the week. "There's also been some progress made in Syria, though it's probaly to soon to get overly optimistic, the Tea Party is holding their breath like a three year old who doesn't want to eat brocolli because threatening another government shutdown is totally like governing EXCEPT NOT--"

And then Josh went off on a fifteen minute rant about the Republican party and the Tea Party wing of it in particular that, while factual, was also, frankly speaking, kind of mean. Josh had Issues with the Republicans.

"We'll skip past Zimmerman because my amount of give a damn on that story has long since dried up," he concluded, "and as a Mets fan, I mock the Yankees' pain, but let's not talk about Jeter either." He leaned back against his desk. "Right then. What have you read about this week in that newspaper or blog you've totally been following now because of course you do your homework that you want to discuss today?"