Beginning Gourmet Cooking Techniques | Tuesday, 1st Period

[sharp_as_knives]

Hannibal had the students beginning gathered around the stove at the front of the class this week.

"Last week we attempted the mother sauces; unfortunately, it seems ( I may have overestimated the simplicity of the task. )

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

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Today, class was meeting in the Danger Shop. Riley just hoped his bad luck with electronics didn't extend over to this place because he really couldn't afford to pay to fix technology like this.

"Today, we're going to talk about the Boston Molasses Disaster. Sounds funny, doesn't it?" Riley asked, looking around. "You might be surprised once I finish up telling you about it. In 1919, molasses was the primary household sweetener and was also fermented to produce ethyl alcohol which was used in manufacturing. Basically, what happened was that Purity Distilling Company had a 2,300,000 tank full of molasses and one day, the tank burst. The cause was chalked up to shoddy building and changing temperatures. So, that mechanical malfunction sent an eight foot wave of molasses crashing down the street at thirty five miles per hours."

He paused to let people imagine that scene and then held up an image so they could take a look at the aftermath. It seemed to be straight out of a cartoon but the results were really pretty awful. "That much molasses was enough to knock people into buildings, send houses off foundations and push an elevated train off its girders. There were deaths, unfortunately. The harbor was stained brown until summer. It took two weeks to clean the whole thing up and the only good that seemed to come from it was that it led to increased government oversight of businesses and industry. It also led to some of of the very first class action lawsuits in Massachusetts as well."

Finished with the serious parts of the lecture, Riley perked up. "But, let me tell you, Boston recovered well from that and today, we're gonna see one of the better parts of Boston. I don't want to send you out of this class on a sad note and I definitely don't want to bring your days down. Today, you're gonna get to visit Robin's Candy. This place is filled with candy and I'm letting you loose inside of it today. Enjoy Boston and enjoy some candy. "

He started to get the simulation going before he stopped again. "Oh, and one last thing, if anyone knows how individual electronics devices can get fried without any wiring going bad, can you let me know? Happened to me and I've got no clue. It seemed like whatever happened was focused solely on random things of mine. Some got fried, others didn't. Okay, anyway, go get some candy."

With that, he got the simulation going and sent the kids off to get some candy.

Library, Tuesday

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While it was true that even in William's time, Guy Fawkes Day had lost much of the anti-Catholic sentiment it had once held, it still wasn't his favourite holiday. So shortly before entering the library, he'd taken a moment to steel himself for what was surely a raucous celebration happening inside. With a deep breath, he pushed open the door...

only to find that instead of bonfires and fireworks, there was instead softly-falling snow. Which disappeared before it actually hit any surface, thankfully. William didn't necessarily want to deal with moisture-damaged books, or having to shovel snow.

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

[jaegerbombdad]

"I thought it would be nice to do something a little different today," Herc said, which was not at all code for 'he's still not used to this teaching thing and forgot to prepare a class,' no, why would you think that? "We're going to watch a film, so you can all get a bit of a break and watch some of these techniques in action. Enjoy."

Ethics [Tuesday, November 5, 2013]

[sith_happened]

"Good morning," Anakin said as he strode into the Danger Shop, which has been set up to look like an arena, complete with a cheering, weirdly insectile, crowd.

Anakin drew from what he knew and the last arena he'd been in had been full of Geonosians trying to kill him. Ahem.

"There is a story on Earth called the Lady or the Tiger," Anakin said, "where a princess had been conducting an affair with someone far below her station and her father, the king, found out. Being a slightly sadistic man, his version of justice involved an arena like this and two doors like those." He pointed to the giant doors. "Today, you're the unlucky sap caught with the princess. Behind one door is a woman more suited to your position in life: not ugly, but not a princess either. If you open that door, you get to marry her immediately and are not horribly eaten in front of a cheering crowd. Because behind the second door is a hungry tiger, which will try to horribly eat you."

Anakin shrugged. "Well, try to. This is the Danger Shop and I'm not allowed to actually get you horribly eaten."

There'd be paperwork.

"Your task is to, based on the sort of person you'd date, decide if you're about to be married or tiger chow, get directions about which door to open from the princes--" who looked weirdly like Anakin's first wife, but never you mind that, "then open the door and find out if you're right."

He smiled fiendishly. "This should be interesting."

Possibly only for Anakin...

Sports and Stuff [after classes]

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Cade was set up in the gym but it wasn't like any of them were going to be doing heavy lifting this week, judging by the pyramids of red Solo cups he'd set up on either side of a long table.

"Today we're playing beer pong."

He explained the rules, then divvied up the group and held onto the pingpong ball up. "Get ready to drink up, losers."

He sighed. "Since we're on school property, it's not really beer."

Probably.