Abridged Sex Ed, Thursday, Period Three

[magnusrushesin]

This week was normal. Mostly. Which was exciting a new for your teachers! Or would be if they hadn't failed some sort of constitution saving throw.

Magnus was sniffling with a summer cold, blanket thrown over his usual armor like this was totally normal. "Movie day," he croaked.

Cara, meanwhile, was perfectly fine, just ignore the hacking cough before she spoke. "It'll answer questions about the consequences of sex."

"I mean. Not the clap or anything," Magnus added.

"Babies," Cara muttered darkly, before going off into another coughing fit.

"I'm breaking out the Thera-Flu," Magnus said with another sniffle. "You kids enjoy the movie."

Retro Recipes: This Sh*t is Bananas; First Period [07/18].

[somethingwithturquoise]

"Hey, guys," Summer greeted her students with that usual smile that was half-apology, half-pure evil, once they were all gathered in the classroom and ready to be completely horrified, but at least this one would have no unfortunate sexually suggestive connotations?

Hopefully. If it did, Summer would be convinced that that said far more about you than it did the recipe itself.

"Today, we're making a dish that could have included a very useful thing, because I feel like hollandaise is the sort of sauce that any chef should know. And we could be doing something really cool and learning how to make our own, but that's not what the receipe calls for. I mean, why would you even want to make your own hollandaise when you've got these nice convenient little packets to make it from, hmm? And if you're familiar with hollandaise and feeling a little scared that it's being brought up in a class about bananas, GOOD. And if you don't know what it is, well, then, you're clearly in for a treat, because today, we're definitely making ham and banana hollandaise. Please note, there are napkins at all of your stations, since i can tell your mouths are already watering. Let's get started!"

[[ and the ocd is on the way! up and the thought of hollandaise only made me gag ONCE! ]]

Practical Philosophy, Thursday

[endsthegame]

Ender was back out on the lawn again with his blankets and his food and his water.

"It's been a trying summer," he said. "For some of you, at least. Since the island seems to be behaving--" He wasn't inclined to bring up his home life this week, thank you, "I feel this might be a good time to evaluate how we're all doing. Are you coping? Soaring? Have you found something positive in this constant upheaval, learned anything? Or has it all seemed like unnecessary sadism?"

He pushed the sandwiches forward.

"We spend a lot of time talking about these weeks, because they're hard to avoid," he said. "So this week I'd especially like to ask you all to bring up something else, anything else, that might be on your mind that's worth talking about. Or questions, if you have any for someone who spent many years on this island."