Creative Cooking With a Focus on Pudding - Thursday Third Period

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Today, Wonka is out sick, so some of the squirrels will merrily chatter and chitter and lecture on distinguishing good nuts from bad ones. Yes, their speech might be unintelligible to some of you, but they have drawn the most precise diagrams up on the board. Really remarkable.

Library, Thursday (April 6)

[wildandbrave]

There were a lot of books in the return bin this, for some reason (to be honest Cosette was never quite sure how many of them were there because people had actually returned them, and how many just took it upon themselves to hop in and get comfortable), but it was a good enough reason for Cosette to stay busy.

She was singing softly under her breath -- so she hadn't particularly noticed anything out of place yesterday -- as she worked.

[OOC: No OCD, open, and I'm home sick today so I'm actually around. Le gasp.]

Civics [Thursday, April 6, 2017]

[heroic_jawline]

"Some of you might be thinking of working in the government--either ours or one in your own dimension--after graduation," Steve said. "There are thousands of different jobs available in a wide range of fields...assuming you don't have a hiring freeze in your dimension."

Which. You know. Might be an across the board deal. "Because, hey, if a morally repugnant reality show 'star' can do it, anyone can." Tell us how you really feel, Tony.

"Well, for some jobs, your clearance will be more looked at than his," Steve said, also making a face. "Because standards and job experience are for other people."

"Some of those standards involve preventing nepotism," Tony added. "Which is when someone uses their power or position of authority to give jobs or sway to their family members. Such as letting your son-in-law act as your surrogate with the armed forces."

"And also point on Middle East peace, government reorganization and the opiate addiction epidemic," Steve said dryly. "Standards also prevent people in high security jobs from being compromised because of shady dealings with foreign countries, being associated with hate groups, or being up to your eyeballs in debt."

Tony gave him a wide eyed look. "Wow, those standards just sound great to me!"

Yes, this class had turned into constant dragging the current administration. What of it?

"Now 90 percent of federal jobs aren't in Washington, DC, so if you don't really like it here, that's not a dealbreaker," Steve said. "There are also hundreds of different departments and agencies to work for, and that's just for the federal government. There's also state-level government and local government."

"Our government works not because of the people at the top, but the people who do the day to day jobs," Tony said. "And it's not always a complete... mess. We promise. In fact, if you think it is a mess, running for public office might be the best way to fix that mess."