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

[stillamthenight.livejournal.com]

"Today, we're talking about city that rose from the ashes of a fire to become something more than t had been before," Bruce said, kicking things off with some powerful phoenix imagery. Which is why he was talking about, "Chicago, for three days in October, 1871, suffered from what became known as the Great Chicago Fire. By the time it ended, 3.3 square miles of the city had burned down, including most of the business district. As a comparison, Lexington Park here on the mainland is approximately 5.6 square miles. A fire the size of Chicago's would have consumed nearly TWO THIRDS of Lexington Park."

"A third of the population was left homeless. 120 bodies were found, but it's likely that 300 people died in the fire. But once the fire was out, a city that was already known for building quickly decided to rebuild just as fast, but with a greater purpose."
( You might think I came up with this class just to write about Chicago for several paragraphs. You might be correct. Apologies to all other cities I write about a bit less. )

"Next week we'll visit the Columbian Exposition. Report here first if you wish to wear era appropriate dress. Options will be available to you. Otherwise, we'll meet at the Causeway and be on our way at the start of class."

Business Sense 101 [Friday]

[teashopconman.livejournal.com]

It was back to the Danger Shop for class today. Hatter was at the front, as usual, looking relaxed. Once everyone had filed in, he started.

"Today, you're going to get to play boss!" he said excitedly. "Now, don't let all that power go to your head or anything. It's only temporary. Today, you're going to hire staff! When you start a business, you might be able to scrap by with one or two employees besides yourself but you'll need to grow eventually. And you'll need to be smart about hiring too. At first, you'll want to go with someone who's probably inexperienced as you'll be able to pay them less then you would someone with a lot of experience. You can move up to those types of employees."

He got the simulation started. It was a simple office environment where the students would get to chat with potential employees.

"But, you also want to be careful about hiring less experienced people because they might be a bad fit for business. They might be lazy or have criminal records or a plethora of other things. It's up to you to try and discern these things during their interview. That's what you'll be doing today. You'll be talking to prospective employees from all walks of life. You have to hire at least one of them and hope for the best! Get to work!"

And then he set the students off to their task.

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

[angelo_wings]

Today’s class was going to be a bit lopsided. Unlike last week, both teachers were present -- Rinoa, sitting nervously on the desk, and Jono, arms folded in the chair behind it -- but this class was Rinoa’s idea, so she was going to be doing most of the talking.

( Don't Forget to Trust )