Learnin' with Mr. Peanutbutter, Thursday, period 1

[hollywoostar]

Every desk in the classroom today had a sewing machine on it. The type of sewing machine varied: there were fancy modern sewing machines with built in sergers that could do programmed embroidery. There were tiny little plastic sewing machines that couldn't actually handle doing more than sewing two pieces of jersey together (and couldn't actually do that very well). There were iron workhorse sewing machines from the '50s that weighed a ton and only did one stitch but would do that stitch forever. There was even a handcranked sewing machine for one lucky student, mostly because Mr. Peanutbutter was starting to think his show didn't have enough manufactured drama on it. Aren't you so glad you're in this class?

"Welcome back, kids," Mr. Peanutbutter greeted. "Today, what with the holiday coming up, I thought it'd be a good time to tackle one of the more esoteric high school classics: Home Economics."

It should be noted that Mr. Peanutbutter had never in his life taken a Home Ec class. Or any other class with "economics" in the title. Much to his accountant's dismay.

"Now, I never took Home Ec." At least he's honest? "But if I've learned anything from movies and television --" We all know by now that he hasn't, right? "-- it's that sewing useless crap is a big part of it. So today, we're going to follow a nice simple pattern to make ourselves our very own witch hats! Won't that be fun?"

It'd be reasonably fun for Mr. Peanutbutter. He was going to nap. The rest of you all had to do math. Involving pi.

Criminal Justice & You, Thursday, Second Period

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"So let's say you've committed a crime," Brian said. "Or you're a cop and you're after a guy who, I don't know, stole an apple. There are a couple of things you need to know that are going to shape your life for a few years. First, there's the statute of limitations, which rules how long after your crime you can be charged for it. Most places don't have a statute of limitations on major crimes like murder, but that apple, eh, no one's going to care after a while about petty theft. And, if you're a cop, that means if you see a guy who you know stole an apple twenty years ago, you can't tackle him yelling, 'Stop, thief!' That just makes you look crazy.

"Now, if you did commit a major crime, or you just really, really don't want to go to prison for five minutes for stealing that apple, you need to know your country's extradition agreements. Where can you go that won't send you back to face trial? Obviously this is going to take some extra money, so if you just stole an apple...might not be worth robbing a bank to get to Andorra. And if you're a cop and you're on vacation in Andorra and you see your notorious apple thief there...again, it's just not worth it.

"So, your assignment for today is to discuss under what circumstances it's even worth it to pursue someone for committing a crime. The justice system has one set of rules, but maybe you disagree."

Ethics [Thursday, October 27, 2016]

[sith_happened]

Today's Ethics class was outside. In the preserve, which was a huge step up from a desert, if you asked Anakin.

Yes, well. Which one of them had spent time in a desert lately? Either way, Obi-Wan was there, looking only... slightly tense. "We believed that perhaps it was time to remind ourselves of the spirit of charitable giving," he said, "Ethics, after all, is not simply about theory."

"And," said an unexpected addition to the teaching group today, "that's why I'm here today." Kanan grinned easily as he shrugged his shoulders. That jack-of-all-trades thing came in handy sometimes. "As you can probably tell from the chill that's starting to settle into the air, it's coming on wintertime, and some of the island's residents... frankly, are too dumb to come in from the cold. So-" he held up a handful of printouts of plans for simple livestock shelters, "we're going to build a bunch of smaller versions of these. And then we're going to wallpaper the insides with bad, preachy fanfiction from the internet. For the teal deer."

Apparently they liked that sort of thing? Kanan was just going to roll with it.

Anakin stared at Kanan. "The deer read fanfiction."

Kanan just shot Anakin a grin. "The deer like words. The fanfiction was just convenient."

"I do not," Obi-Wan said, "Want to know what manner of fanfiction it is."

He and Anakin had experiences. Experiences.

Anakin shuddered slightly. "Me either. Pair up, if you'd like, and build the teal deer some shelter. I recommend speaking briefly if you don't want them to harass you."

"Then I won't tell you," Kanan said cheerfully, and then he motioned to a pile of tools and building supplies. "Everything you need is over there. If you have any questions, I've built one or two of these things in my time. Or you can just enjoy the fine reading materials that have been provided, but we'll probably judge you for it."