101 Ways To Survive In The Field, Tuesday

[suitably_heroic]

"So last week, I set you loose in the forest to find something edible," Atton said. He gestured towards the doors of the simulated classroom. "This week, it's Choose Your Own Adventure Week. I want you all to do some research on edible plants in different environments - and how to keep them from killing you. You have twenty minutes to do this. After that..."

He sat back.

"You go through that door," he said, "And you deal with whatever the sim throws at you. Go."

Subcultures 101, Tuesday

[suitably_heroic]

"Your teacher can't be here today," Atton said, stepping up to the front of the class.

He'd brought a stack of CDs. In fact, one was playing already, filling the air with roaring guitars. "So I don't actually know much about most Earth subcultures," he shared. "But one thing I do know: Metallica. Born out of the 80s heavy metal scene, their take on metal - along with their contemporaries, Anthrax, Megadeth and Slayer - combined punk influences with the operatic stuff of what had come before them to create thrash metal, a ridiculously aggressive style of rock."

Yes, Atton was hijacking this class to talk about his favorite band. Deal with it.

He nodded along to the music. "It was also a reaction to glam metal, which was all about make-up and trying to sound poppy or whatever." Try and keep your opinions out of it, Atton, please. "Metallica produced nine albums, they're still plugging. They also used to have the greatest bassist your planet has ever produced, Cliff Burton."

He sighed. "I mean, Kirk Hammett's okay, but nobody matches up to Burton-- anyway. "They streamlined their music to be more poppy over the years, leading eventually to the album St. Anger, which is stupid and if you see it in stores I need you to buy it and then burn it. 'I'm madly in anger with you'? What does that even mean?" ... Focus. "But before that time, they produced many classic albums, such as Master of Puppets, ...And Justice For All, and the Black Album. They were aggressive, they were in your face, they... kinda picked a few stupid battles with file sharers in the early 00s, but who cares?"

He reached behind the desk and pulled out a thing that looked like a plastic guitar. "Today, you're going to play either One or Enter Sandman on this thing. The computer will rate you."

And by 'computer' he meant 'the PlayStation connected to that screen over there'. "You can do it solo, or you can recruit your classmates to fill up a full band, I don't really care."

Beginning Gourmet Cooking Techniques | Tuesday, period 1

[sharp_as_knives]

Hannibal was not late to class, but only by the barest of margins. He nodded to the students and suppressed a sigh.

"I apologize to you all, but there has, regrettably, been some problem with today's lesson. So instead, I offer you the traditional replacement of a film."

Don't worry; there was food to go along with it.