Great Roller Coasters of the World ; Tuesday ; Period 1

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Class was in the Danger Shop today. Riley was at the front of the room, waiting for the small group of students to arrive and checking his phone for pictures Ben was sending him of the Washington Monument's grand re-opening. Riley was pretty amazed that his friend had managed to stop talking long enough to take pictures.

"Morning everyone," Riley said, putting his phone away. "Today, we're going to be heading all the way to Nagashima Spa Land amusement park in Mie Prefecture, Japan. We're going to be enjoying the thrills and chills of Steel Dragon 2000 today."

Riley got the sim started while he finished up his short lecture. "It holds the record for longest track length at 8,133 feet 2 inches. The coaster is the second fastest coaster in Japan and the six fastest coaster in the world. Enjoy your ride and feel free to enjoy the park after you're done riding."

With that, the sim was started and Riley set everyone loose on the park.

Practical Mechanics [Tuesday, May 13, 2014]

[momslilassassin]

"Hello again," Ben said, waving from the front of the Danger Shop that had been turned into a metalworking shop. "Today we're going to play with stuff that gets really, really hot, so eyewear, a leather apron, and gloves are not an option. It's much better to look kind of stupid while you're working with metal than to be that guy with the burned face and only one hand. When you know how to weld, you can fix all kinds of stuff: cars, starships, droids--" he glanced at some of the students from less technologically advanced worlds, "--fences," he added a bit stupidly. "At its most basic, welding joins two pieces of metal using melted steel as the glue. Today we'll be doing that process with a flux-cored wire-feed welder. When the powdered flux inside the wire melts, it emits a gas that condenses to form a thin shell of slag. This protective layer prevents contaminants in the air from polluting the cooling molten metal and reducing the strength of the weld."

Just nod and pretend you understand what he's talking about, class.

"Most projects require five steps: prepare the metal; clamp the pieces in position; tack them together with blobs of metal; finish-weld the parts; and clean up the assembly. Get that down and you can handle a project: I've put two out. For people who haven't welded before, I've put out instructions on how to build a windchime.. For those of you with more experience, you can try to build a pulse jet engine. Don't set yourself or anyone else on fire, okay?"

Music Appreciation, Tuesday period 2

[sharp_as_knives]

Hannibal nodded at the students once they were seated. "Today we will begin with a bit of opera. For those of you who may not be aware," he nodded at the students from other worlds, "opera is a musical form of drama. It tells a story in song, accompanied generally by an orchestra."

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How to Be Awesome, Tuesday, Period 3

[vanillajello]

Kate waved at the students once everyone had made their way into the classroom and taken their seats. She herself was of course sitting on her desk. Because sitting behind it was just... not for her. "Hi! Before we get started on today's actual topic, just some quick administrative stuff." Because she was a grown-up and was organized like that. Or something. At least she was faliling internally less this week. "First off, Ichabod is my new TA for this workshop. Secondly, my office is number twenty six, and I'm trying to get into the habit of being there on Wednesdays, if you have stuff you want to ask or talk about outside of class. Or if you just wanna bring me decent coffee."

Hint, hint.

"So, anyway. Um, last week, we did the ever popular intros thing and kinda scratched the surface of what makes you awesome. Starting next week, we're gonna start covering more specific situations and like, areas of life and whatever and how you can be awesome in those, but for today... We're still gonna stay on a more general level. Like, being awesome is all about the stuff that makes you feel good about yourself. Like, if you think back to last week, I asked you what you think is awesome about you, and most of you named a skill you have. Soooo, that's one thing. Or it can be how you look, or how you treat other people, or it can be just... a totally random thing you just did. Like, 'hey, I really worked my eyeliner perfectly this morning, rock on, I'm awesome!'"

That was an real life example. If anyone else wanted to compliment her on her eyeliner skills today, she was more than willing to listen.

"So, today, that kind of thing is our topic. I want us to talk about the stuff that makes you feel good about yourself. And because that's way vague and I know vagueness is hard sometimes, I'mma narrow it down for you: let's come up with things you can do today to feel awesome about, here on this island of Fandom on May... whatever the hell today's date is." Like she looked at calendars. "2014, anyway. Or, if you don't want to talk about yourself, just think about something a hypothetical person could do today to feel awesome. That's the starting point for this session, but we can totally meander. And totally don't be afraid to comment on each other's stuff. As long as you're polite."

The Day After Doomsday: Getting By In a Post-Apocalyptic World, Wednesday, Period 4

[raspberryturk]

When the students stepped into the Danger Shop for Reno's class today, they'd find themselves stepping into the lobby of the dormitory all over again, with a few pointed differences. There seemed to be a barricade built against the boarded-up windows, consisting of a good deal of the furniture that had clearly been dragged down from the floors above them. The power to the simulated building had been cut off completely, which meant that they were sitting in near-absolute darkness, because naturally Reno was going to be an ass and set this scenario for the dead of night.

( It wasn't pretty. )

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