Phys Ed; Friday, Third Period [01/13].

[sword_chocobro]

Hopefully, everyone came into the gym that day dressed and ready for gym class, because Gladio planned to launch right into it.

"Today," he said, "now that we've got a little more time and the whole class period without me having to rush off somewhere else, we're going to cover some basics. First off, and most importantly, is stretching. You should always take the time to stretch, even if only a little bit, before doing any physical activity, and it's also a good idea to stretch afterwards, too. A little warm-up, and then a cool-down, to keep your muscles in the best shape without straining them too much. Then, after we stretch, we're just going to do a few basic exercises, so I can get a good idea on where you guys are at and what we can be working on. Most classes probably aren't going to be this intensive. Some classes will be. But after today, you'll also know some basic exercises that you can do practically anywhere in your own free time, as well, to keep it up through the week. We're going to cover," his hand went out to tick off the exercises by lifting a finger as he listed them, "jumping jacks, push ups, sit up, chin ups, lunges, sprints, and a rope climb. It might sound like a lot....and it probably will be...but it's just a little of each, so hopefully, it won't be too bad.

"Besides," he cracked a grin, "you'll have the whole week to recover, right? Anyway." He clapped his hands together. "Let's get started."

Musical Theater! [Friday, Period Two]

[ohvalleyofpenis]

Class was meeting in the auditorium again, something about creative juices, which if you asked Cara they'd be more likely to find in a bar.

Which was true, but slightly less academic thsm the auditorium.

"A subject for our great music is one that deserves immense thought behind it," Jaskier said. "It can't just be, say, a collection of poems about cats or something. It had to mean something."

"Or you could just take an already popular story and shove songs in it." Cara, ever the theatre critic.

"I mean, yes. I suppose you could. A historical event. Or perhaps a romance," he added. Putting a lot of spaghetti on the wall there, guys.

"Or the vendetta the gremlins have against the Dean and his family." Why would you put that out in the universe, Cara?

"Oh, now there's an idea!" Jaskier, no.

"I guess that's what we'll use if no one can come up with anything better." Cara, no.

An Introduction to Zoology - Friday, 1st Period

[itsananomaly]

“This week we’re going to start looking into what the animal kingdom is and how it is classified,” Cutter began that week’s lecture, he handed out quite a few detailed sets of notes and then once that was done he stood at the front of the classroom, “all animals are members of the Kingdom Animalia, also called Metazoa and they are classified according to what characteristics they have, what distinguishes these animals from the Kingdom Monera, which includes bacteria and algae among its members, is that animals are multicellular and they rely, whether directly or indirectly on other animals for their nourishment,”

“These classifications for animals,” Cutter continued, “include whether they have a backbone or they don’t, or if they are cold or warm blooded,” he added, “there are seven major groups overall in the classification system, Kingdom, Phylum or division, Class, Order, Family, Genus and species,”

“For our class next week, I would like you to prepare a report on an animal, using the above classification system,”

Practical Engineering - Friday, 4th Period

[notagoose]

“Good afternoon,” Goose nodded once it was time to begin the class, “this week we’re going to cover the six simple machines used in engineering - these are the wedge, wheel and axel, lever, inclined plane and pulley,”

“The wedge can be used to separate two portions of an object and examples of these included a shovel, a knife or an axe,” he continued, “the wheel and axel is a type of machine that operates by using mechanical advantage to make tasks easier, examples of the wheel and axel include the bicycle, a windmill and an analog clock,”

“The lever is a rigid body that is capable of rotating on a point on intensely and examples of this include a seesaw, pliers and a hammer,” he went on, “the inclined plane consists of a sloping surface and is used for raising heavy bodies such as a staircase or a sloping ramp, the screw is an inclined plane around a cylinder and finally the pulley is a wheel that is carried by a flexible rope,” he concluded.

“This week we’re going to be experimenting with pulleys,” Goose told them, “and we’ll have a look at building our own pulley,”

Library - Friday

[onlyajones]

Despite the lack of post last week, Jo was now starting to get used to her library shift starting a bit later once her zoology class was over for the morning.

She found she did have quite a few books to reshelve that morning, so that was keeping her busy for a while and then once everything had been put away, she sat down at the front desk to begin work on her report for class.