Tao of a Silly Old Bear, Monday, Period Two

[uncertain_dume]

For a guy teaching a class about Tao, Kanan looked maybe more than a little harried this morning. Of course, he was soaked up past his knees and his copy of the book he was teaching from didn't seem to be faring any better.

"So, I went to bed Friday night, woke up to squirrels telling me I'm late for my Monday radio shift, and nearly had to swim to work today," he drawled. "Apologies if this isn't the most put-together of classes. I'd had a plan for this one, it had involved the park, but the park is currently underwater, so we're going to just sit here on the school lawn and... contemplate the water or..."

He looked out at the town, flooded as it was.

"... Or something."

Sigh.

"This week's lesson," he added, "is a simple one, at least. It's about the value of learning, of putting one's faith entirely in study, versus learning from life experience." He shrugged. "Basically, don't put all of your faith in what you've been taught. Having faith in what you've learned for yourself is important, too."

A pause.

"Here is where I'd have some activity about 'Twosday,' spelled with a two, or the letter A, but my book is too soggy to open for reference," sigh, "so let's..." He waved a hand vaguely toward the water. "Talk about this. Talk about how research from books might help a non-aquatic person to adapt to a largely amphibious lifestyle, versus lessons that you might have learned for yourself this morning since waking up to it." He paused, and then added, "And if anybody has any suggestions for taking my dog for a walk while the island's flooded like this, I'm all ears."

Priorities.

[OOC: Open.]

Philosophy of Food | Monday, 4th period

[sharp_man]

Hannibal welcomed everyone to class just a little more studiously calm than usual. And with wet hair. Swimming to school had not been in his plans. Still, he was determined to fulfill his obligation.


"Good afternoon. I hope you made it here without too much problem. Today we continue our discussion of what is and isn't food, and how our preferences are formed."

He waved toward the table behind him, which held pairs of dishes this time. "We've got an assortment of foods and beverages today. You may choose only one from each pair - you cannot have both. You may choose neither, if you prefer. But in any case, you must explain your choice. Why do you prefer the option you've chosen - taste? Nostalgia? Curiosity? Feel free to debate with each other as well, and ask each other or me questions. Remember, there are no wrong answers - it's reasoning and thought we're looking for."

Working Together: How Not to be an A-Hole - Monday - Third Period

[biotic_psychotic]

Getting to the school had been an adventure. Jack had slung her boots over her shoulder, rolled up her cargo pants, and stomped through the water. Gondoliers had tried to offer help. One of them got too close and made the mistake of touching her arm and Jack had punched him right out of his own boat. What's the saying? Those that can't do, teach? Right.

She made it to the Danger Shop and got it set up. Once again with the confidence course down the middle. One of the side walls had been covered with paper. There was a pile of drawing material - everything from chalk and charcoal to scented markers - in front of it.

Down one side was a list:
Coatimundi
Giraffe
Alpaca

As the students filed in, Jack began. "Welcome back. So far we've had Lana and Prompto as captains so they're off the list, and you've bypassed the course and thrown it out of the way, so bypassing or destroying the course are also off the list. Good job last week getting your team to kick video game ass, Prompto.

Once your team has figured out the confidence course and all members are accounted for, the next task is drawing the animals on the list. The captain will be the person to draw. However, what the captain draws is what you tell the captain to draw. You may not use devices to look up the animals. You may consult among yourselves. Every member of the team must participate in describing every animal.

There's also a discussion point when you're done: What have you learned about your teammates so far? How will what you've learned help you in the next few classes?"

She waved an idle hand at the confidence course. "Have at."

[OCD is up!]

Cutthroat Games, Monday, May 20, 1st period

[sith_happened]

"So...there's a lot of water outside," Anakin said. And if it disappeared by someone defeating a giant Krackel Bar again, he was leaving Fandom and never coming back. "So we decided upon water sports as our theme
today!"

...and no, Anakin didn't know that might mean something other than games played in a pool. Shhhh, he wasn't from around here. "That's why we're in a pool."

"This is a game called water polo," said Aeryn. "You'll have two teams. You'll race to the center of the pool to get the ball, and then try to get it in the other team's net, while the other team tries to prevent you from doing just that. No drowning," she added quickly.

"Which is why everyone not Sidon gets some water wings," Anakin agreed. Yes, with crabs on them. Yes, you have to wear them.

Even you, Aeryn. "This sport involves a lot of endurance and treading water and we'd rather not have to fish you out of the bottom."

Aeryn had not agreed to crabs and she'd fight you.

"First to five points wins," she said. "Anakin will referee, so if you try to get away with anything illegal… it's up to him."

"No sitting on each other's heads," Anakin said.

Aeryn frowned, and paused, and thought he was weird, and said, "You heard the man."

Library, Monday

[intotheout]

Everyone was going to have to pardon Tip, today. She was having flashbacks to her first summer with J.Lo, when the Gorg ship had screwed with the local weather patterns and hit them with a rogue hurricane outside of Happy Mouse Kingdom. That was the last time she'd seen flooding quite like all of this.

And she didn't even have a flying car or an amphibious best friend to make it all a little easier to deal with.

Tip was at the library for her shift today, slightly damp from taking a raft into town in an attempt to get bagels (the octopus at JGOB had been helpful, but Tip was not so interested in soggy pastries) and looking up alternative systems for water transportation.

Also dehumidifiers. Between the jungle damp last week and the active wetness of this one, Fandom was likely to start developing mold issues.

[open!]