Powers, Identity, and The World; Embracing the Real You - Friday, Period One

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//Right, then.// Did Jono look a little bit awkward standing at the front of the class alone? Not much, thank goodness. This was hardly his first stint alone in front of a pack of students, after all. Hell, he was even properly wrapped up all over again, and leaning back against his desk as per usual, surveying the students in the room before he kicked into today's lecture. //You lucky lot get to deal with just me this week, so I'm going to try something a little different. Last week, we talked a bit about perspective, about how you present yourself and how people's perceptions of you are different from your own. This week, we're going to have a slightly more practical discussion about the same.//

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The Living City: Change and the Urban Environment, Friday, Period 3

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"It's a movie day today," Bruce said. "We'll be watching Megalopolis, a futuristic look at cities and class divide from 1927. In some ways, it was prescient about the issues of life in cities. In other ways - the robots - it's a little over the top."

"We'll be back with a regular lecture next week."

Business Sense 101 [Friday]

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The class was back in the Danger Shop today and Hatter was tossing his hat up into the air and letting it land on his head every so often. Anything to keep amused.

"Hello!" he boomed once everyone had filed in. "Welcome back! So, we've talked about naming and business ideas, we've talked about customer service and today, we're going to be talking about interior decoration! If you have a business, any business, you have to make your business look inviting. You can have the best idea, be the nicest person but if someone walks into your building and it's rotting and stinky and gross, they're going to walk right out. Ambiance is important. You want your decoration to match the type of business you're running but you don't want to drive anyone away."

Hatter started up the sim while you kept talking.

"For instance, if you're running a bar, you're not going to have immaculate table clothes, fine china, and goblets laying out. For an elegant dining experience, you're not going to use paper plates and plastic utensils. If you're selling clothing, you're not going to put sporting equipment all over the place. You just have to make sure you match the business idea and that you're not turning people away with your decor. It's important to keep an eye on these things. So today, you're going to design an interior for your business. Whatever business idea you have, you want to make sure you have things like wall coverings, painting, flowers, potted plants, furniture, electronics, the works. It can be garish and gaudy or sparse and utilitarian but it has to make people want to come in and stay and do business with you."

With the lecture done, he gestured to the sim. "I've set up small, two room buildings for each you. Go wild."