Music Appreciation, Friday 1st period

[sharp_man]

Hannibal stood alone at the head of the class today. "My husband unfortunately had some things to take care of is his home dimension, so you have only me today. So, instead of surveying music on one subject across a large period of time, we will be looking at a number of different regional styles of music."

On the screen at the front, he pulled up a large map of the world, split into the current political lines. "Since I know we have at least one of you currently unfamiliar with the world, this is an illustration of some of the diversity of the world. Furthermore, most of these countries have more than one ethnic group within them. Some have very many more."

He let that sink in a bit. "So, we will hardly be covering every group here. That would take more than an entire year, and we have only one class. Instead, we will be covering the world from A to Z, with as wide a spread as we're able. He grinned. "By which I mean, we will be listening to a different group for each letter of the English alphabet. I have attempted to go with more traditional modes of music, rather than completely modern popular songs, and have used those with lyrics, so that you may hear a bit of the language of each. While exploring their cultures is beyond our scope, I encourage you to ask questions, and to explore them each to your own satisfaction later. To that end..."

He passed out a flyer with the information on ( each group )

Lies Your Other American History Teachers Told You, Friday

[imafuturist]

There was a movie queued up for class today. Because it was just one of those days where a movie seemed to be the best option.

"An easy day this week, don't worry, though. Next week we'll get back into the discussions," Tony promised.

"But for now, Tony and I are a little tired of listening to ourselves talk, and the Watergate scandal had a lot of names to keep track of," Steve said. "A movie makes it easier to understand." He frowned. "Though why no one noticed that naming something 'Committee to Re-elect the President' and not realizing it spelled out CREEP is beyond me."

"I maintain someone did realize and just went with it," Tony chimed in. Because c'mon. C'mon.

"Well, President Nixon did have a bit of an aura about him," Steve admitted, "and when you have to say 'I am not a crook,' the chances of that actually being true are...negligible."

Tony nodded along with that. "So, enjoy the movie. And if you want to get extra credit, try catching a showing of The Post this weekend."

"I'm really looking forward to seeing it," Steve said earnestly. "Now, more than ever, we need to be reminded that there are still good people doing their jobs."