Modern American History- Monday- 2nd period

[throughaphase]

Thank god there was no sex pollen this week. Thank. God.

Because today the Danger Shop was programmed to look like where Anne Frank had lived. Yeah, you're thanking god now too, aren't you?

( lessons to be learned: never let kitty get started on this subject )

Care for Magical Creatures, Monday, 4th Period

[bigdamnprincipal]

When the students arrived in the Danger Shop today, they'd find it looking like a small movie theater, with comfy seats and popcorn and other snacks.

"Good afternoon," Zoe said. "For those of you I haven't had the pleasure of meeting, I'm Principal Winchester. Mr. Minsc is unavailable right now, so I'll be taking care of your class for the time being. I have to admit, this isn't my specific area of expertise, so for today, I thought we could all enjoy a little movie about faeries. It was approved by my daughter, so hopefully you'll all enjoy it too." If they had the attention span of a seven year old, maybe.

Anger Management and Emotional Control | Monday | Period 1

[justonecondition]

"Some ways to deal with emotions aren't necessarily the healthiest, but they can still be effective," Bruce began today. "For example, emotional shopping or eating comfort food are both ways that people sometimes choose to make themselves feel better when they're upset. The reason these approaches work is pretty clear, but with these examples, there's also a risk of feeling guilty afterwards if you overdo it."

Not that he knew very much about overdoing it with retail therapy. Shopping for pleasure wasn't really Bruce's style.

"Because of the risk of making yourself feel even worse, I don't recommend retail therapy as a valid means of anger management," he warned. "When done emotionally, shopping can become an addictive behavior, and it also means feeding into consumerism to a pretty large degree. Also, of course, the extent to which it works for a given person depends on their financial situation. So we're going to be exploring this method, but I'd recommend taking it with a grain of salt or five."

Sure, make it preachy, Banner.

"Today we're going to have the Danger Shop simulate a brand-new high-end outlet mall," he said. "You'll also each receive simulation credit cards, which obviously don't have any real money on them and won't work outside of the simulation, but you're welcome to try." And get nowhere. "Once we're inside, you can spend the next forty minutes however you'd like. You can window-shop, visit the food court, or actually buy things you'd like so we'll have something to talk about when we debrief today. At the end, we'll meet up at--" he grimaced-- "Starbucks and talk about how it went."

With that, he pushed open the door to the Danger Shop and let the students filter into the mall.

Teamwork, Monday, Period 2

[psychoticbiotic.livejournal.com]

"Hey," Jack greeted the students. "Your families have gone back where they came form and this is our last class before fall break. I say that makes it a perfect time for movie week. The movie we're watching is about hockey. Supposed to be all inspirational."

And then she hit the play button. Because sometimes, teaching was exactly that easy.