Beginning Gourmet Cooking Techniques | Tuesday, 1st Period

[sharp_as_knives]

They were back in the classroom again this week. ( There were fire extinguishers strategically placed by every setup. )

Library, Tuesday

[faithandscience.livejournal.com]

When William arrived in the library Tuesday morning, he didn't even have time to remove his hat before... something... in the library had the courtesy of doing it for him, a bright green beam of light knocking it from his head.

As he got further into the library, specifically the science fiction and fantasy section, he discovered the source of the problem: the Space Battles Expanded Universe and Galaxy Quest tie-ins were at it again. Every once and a while it seemed they liked to have a battle in an attempt to determine which was the superior series. It usually ended in a draw. Thankfully, the 'laser' blasts only consisted of a mild concussive force, so while one might get knocked off-balance, actual injury was unlikely.

History: An Exploration of Overlooked Historical Events ; Tuesday ; Period 3

[1stinkinpercent.livejournal.com]

Today, class was meeting in the Danger Shop. That meant Riley had gotten there early just to try and figure out how the dang thing worked so he wouldn't blow anyone up or trap them all in a simulation. And, of course, sending pictures of the whole thing to Ben just to rub in the cool tech he got to play with. Ben started going into a lecture about the inventor of computers and Riley turned his phone off just as the students started filing in.

"Hey guys, welcome to class," Riley said, looking a little strange in his huge coat. But, the reason for that would be made clear soon. "Before we get started, there's coats and gloves up here for you guys. You're gonna need them because today, we're going to the Helike and the winters are brutal."

He waited for everyone to get geared up before he got the simulation going and then it was pretty cold. "Helike is sometimes called a real life Atlantis. The city was founded during the Bronze Age and Poseidon was their patron, meaning he was pretty much the guy they worshiped and prayed to. They were a huge player when it came to monuments of religious importance. Helike was a bustling metropolis, almost like a New York for the ancient times until disaster struck. An earthquake destroyed large swaths of the city and was followed up by a tsunami that pretty much drowned everything. The city lay in ruins and, over the years, silt covered the ruins until everything eventually disappeared. The disaster was blamed on the inhabitants of the city pissing of Poseidon and when you scorn a God, you tend to get pretty messed up."

They weren't going to witness the earthquake or tsunami though. He didn't need to see that or experience it.

"With no sign of the city, people began to think Helike was a myth, not real. But, Helike was real. It wasn't rediscovered until 2001, though. The ruins of this great city lay untouched and buried and forgotten for that long and yet, there were still people interested enough and who had enough belief to keep looking and they found it! Today, we're here in Helike before the disaster. Take a look around, walk the streets, enjoy the ancient times and imagine how people could lose an entire city."

With that, Riley set them off towards the city.

Hand-to-Hand Combat & Self-Defense, Tuesday, Period 4

[jaegerbombdad]

"First off, I want to apologize for my absence last week," Herc said at the beginning of this week's class. "I was unavoidably called away." To shout at members of the UN about how they couldn't rule out the possibility of a repeat threat just yet, so shuttering the Jaeger program would still be a very bad idea. Honestly, he would have rather been here. He didn't have the temperament for politics. "This week we're going to practice a simple kata, or form. The idea is to practice a series of movements until they're so ingrained in your muscle memory that you don't have to think about them, so that if you have to use them in a real fight your body will act without your brain really engaging. Your TAs will handwavily demonstrate, then I want you to pair up and critique each other. Let's get started."

Ethics [Tuesday, September 17, 2013]

[sith_happened]

"Ethical choices aren't always highly charged situations where souls are on the line in a split second," Anakin announced from where he'd met his class in front of a grocery store across the causeway.

It had taken Anakin years to realize that, but he was a naturally overdramatic overdramatic person. "The choices you make in everyday life will affect the choices you make in highly charged situations. If you are morally ambiguous on the small stuff...well, it's hard to break that habit on the big things."

"You will each face a different scenario inside the store that I've pre-arranged," he said, "and then we'll discuss what you did and why you chose that."