Beginning Gourmet Cooking Techniques | Tuesday, 1st Period

[sharp_as_knives]

The class was meeting at Portalocity again, this time to head out to a local butcher's shop.

"Now that we've discussed how to cut meat, we will go over the various types of meat you may encounter," Hannibal said once they were gathered. "Different cuts are useful for different things. The flavor and texture of meat on an animal varies depending upon where it comes from, as well as owing much to genetics and the way in which it's raised.

"I have arranged for the butchers to show you the various cuts of beef, pork, and lamb, and where on the carcass they come from. We'll then be bringing a number of cuts back with us, and I will demonstrate the different ways each of them cooks. You may count this all as a bit of early holiday, as we're unlikely to have time for you each to cook today as well." He knew that would come as a relief to some of them. "I would rather you pay close attention to the similarities and differences in the meat."

Things you will learn on this trip:
Cuts of beef
Cuts of pork
Cuts of lamb

Things you will not learn but might wonder

( And then before you leave... )

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

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The class was back in the Danger Shop and Riley was reading through a book as the students filed in. It was a book on writing structure and vocabulary use which was embarrassing but he didn't want his own book to sound dull.

When everyone had arrived, he shut the book and jumped into the topic. "Hey guys, glad you all survived your parents/guardians/siblings/other visitors and made it back. Hope you had fun. Today, we're going to talk about something called Rongorongo. Fun name to say, right? Okay, maybe it's just me."

It was probably just you, Riley.

"Rongorongo is considered the Easter Island Mystery. It's an indecipherable hieroglyphic script used by the region's early inhabitants. No other neighboring oceanic people possessed any sort of written language but Rongorongo appeared mysteriously in the 1700's which, when you think about it, was not that long ago in the grand scheme of things. But, guess what?"

Come on, just guess. What happens to all good history mysteries?

"The language was lost along with any hope for deciphering it after early European colonizers banished it because of its suspected pagan roots. But history never fades completely and two dozen weathered and burn wooden objections containting Rongorongo script were found and are now safely in museums across the world. None of them are still on Easter Island. They still haven't been deciphered though some have managed to work out some calendrical and genealogical information from the script."

So, not much at all. "Today, we're on Easter Island where I've set up the sim to actually have the Rongorongo markings still intact. What I want you guys to do is explore Easter Island and take a look at the different glyphs of script they used. See what you can decipher or what you think about the writings. See if you can crack the Rongorongo code."

And then he got the sim going and Easter Island appeared before them.

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

[jaegerbombdad]

"Guess what?" Herc asked, and then, in case everyone hadn't guessed yet, he held up his newly de-casted arm and wiggled his fingers for them. "Not going to pretend it's good as new yet, but it's serviceable. This week we're going to work on making do with what you've got. Sometimes you need a weapon, and sometimes, well, you don't exactly have a weapon. What you do have is what's to hand: a pen might not be all that sharp, but if you stab someone with enough force with it, in the right place, you can at least give them a hell of a bruise, and it might be enough to get them to let go of you. Or if you haven't got anything else, throw a handful of dirt in their face. There's almost always something you can use." Like an oil tanker as a Louisville Slugger. "So, we've got an assortment of objects here, and let's brainstorm. How could you use them in a fight?"

Library, Tuesday

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Upon entering the library today, William was greeted by a swarm of paper bats. Even though he knew the whole "bats in your hair" thing was a myth, he was exceedingly glad he had a hat on.

"Are you quite finished?" he asked the swarm, after a good thirty seconds had passed.

Apparently the answer was no, as he was swarmed again when he went to re-shelve some returns. It was going to be a long, batty sort of day.

Ethics [October 8, 2013]

[sith_happened]

"Your minds are either with your visitors from this weekend or focused on vacation this coming weekend," Anakin said, "but tough because you still have a week of classes to get through this week and last week's movie was the first one I've showed for a class in more than five years of teaching, so don't think you're getting off easy today."

Anakin was such a happy pushover of a teacher, huh class?

"One of the major religious sects on this planet, Christianity, lists out seven 'deadly sins': particular vices that encourage humans to veer off a more virtuous path of charity and grace. Those sins are: wrath, greed, sloth, pride, lust, envy, and gluttony. My questions to you today: which of those sins do you think pose your greatest challenge to overcome? Are there any on that list that you believe aren't all that bad a sin?"

Anakin leaned back against his desk. "Personally, I think my greatest flaw is pride. Wounded pride, in my experience, can lead to wrath, envy, greed and gluttony. Especially wrath."

Not that he'd be telling you about that particular part of his life.

"All right," he said, pointing to a student. "You first."

Sports and Stuff [Tuesday after classes]

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"Right, so I don't know how your weekends went, but I could hit some things," Cade said from where they were meeting in the Danger Shop so that team-based sports could work. "So let's play dodgeball. I watched a documentary about it--" with Ben Stiller, so be afraid, everyone, "--and if you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball, so we'll start with that."

Oh, Cade.

"Then we'll have snacks. Anyone bring something good?"