Beginning Gourmet Cooking Techniques | Tuesday, 1st Period

[sharp_as_knives]

Class was meeting at Portalocity again today; once they were all there, Hannibal waved them through and they found themselves at ( Sur la Table )

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

[1stinkinpercent.livejournal.com]

Again, the class was meeting in the Danger Shop to try and give a more authentic feel to the historical events they were discussing. Riley had sent Ben an email about this the other night and there had been jealousy and smugness. It was good to have one up on Ben sometimes. Very, very good.

"Welcome back," Riley greeted. "Today, we're going to talk about one very specific rebellion. When you think of a rebellion during the time of slavery, you probably think of Nat Turner's rebellion, right? That's the big one all the history textbooks teach you about. Well, while that one is very important, there were many rebellions before it that set the stage for Nat Turner. In 1811, a slave by the name of Charles Deslondes led a group of between two hundred and five hundred slaves on a march towards the city of New Orleans. Their mission? They wanted to conquer New Orleans and establish a black republic on the Louisiana coast."

Riley paused for a paused to pass out a worksheet detailing the various facts about the rebellion they were talking about. "During their two day and twenty mile march, the slaves burned down plantation houses, destroyed crops, and killed two white men. They were only armed with hand tools. The New Orleans milita got word of the uprising and attacked, squelching the rebellion and killing Deslondes."

He wasn't going to go into gruesome details there. "So, why haven't we heard of him? The big thing is that, in the aftermath, New Orleans downplayed the entire incident. They called the slaves bandits and nothing more. Other outlets completely ignored the story all together, turning a blind eye to a huge rebellion. Today, there is one plaque to commemorate this rebellion. Just one. It's a sad thing. And if you look carefully, that plaque barely acknowledges the rebellion. It acknowledges the plantation. Seriously."

He held up a photo of the plaque before turning to the simulation. "Today, we're in New Orleans. No, I'm not going to be throwing you into the rebellion or anything like that. I don't want anyone using guns even if they're not really real. We are in New Orleans a few years after Charles Deslondes' rebellion. Slavery still persists though there are more rebellions occurring across the United States. Feel free to explore and get a feel for how different the US was and see if you can find anything that hasn't changed from then to now. I'll be around if you need me."

With that, he got the simulation started.

Library, Tuesday

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Fandom being Fandom, William was more or less always expecting some sort of strangeness when he stepped into the library. The fact that it was banned books week meant he had formulated some ideas as to what the books might get up to this time around.

He was not expecting the sudden swell of instrumental music as he stepped through the doors.

Further investigation (also accompanied by a soundtrack) revealed the source of the music to be the collection of joke and humour related books.

Because "band books", you see.

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

[jaegerbombdad]

"I hope you remember your kata from last week and have been practicing," Herc said, "because this week, you're going to do it again. Except you're going to do it with your partner. I want you to match each other move for move. Mess up, start over. Keep going until you get it right. This is about focus and control," he explained, and, okay, it was also about How to Pilot a Jaeger 101, but he knew at least one kid in this room was going to actually do that and who knew, some of the others might, too, in their universes. If they had Jaegers.

"If you haven't been practicing and need a refresher course--well, first off, I wish you would, this isn't the sort of course material you can just learn in class and then forget about until you need it, and second, I'm sure one of our TAs will be happy to demonstrate for you. So pair off, and let's get started."

Ethics [Tuesday, September 24, 2013]

[sith_happened]

"Good morning," Anakin said, sitting behind his desk once again. "School has been in session almost a month, which means that you've probably run across someone who has had a difference of opinion or ethics than you in at least one major way. When I was a student, I was an apprentice in an Order that forbade attachment--it meant that I wasn't allowed to date."

Anakin smiled a little ruefully. "I'm married with four children, so clearly that changed somewhere along the way. Today I want us to discuss differences you've encountered either with students, teachers or people in town. Was there something about you they found different? If so, do you think it's something you think will change over time or is it something that is linked permanently with how you see yourself?"