Reclaiming Your Childhood, Tuesday, Period 1 [9/16]

[atreideslioness]

Students had been handwavily told today to pack their towels and swimsuits, and they would find Ghanima and Trebor waiting at the door to the school with a large tote filled with extra towels.

"Today, we're going to the phenomena known as a 'water park,'" Ghanima informed everyone cheerfully. "As a creature from a desert planet, I loathe the idea of a precious resource being used this way, but I am told it is something many children do, so we are going to give it a try!"

"In this case, we are going to a state called Wisconsin, to the Kalahari Water Park. Don't worry, for those of you whom discover you despise the experience, the Kalahari also offers an adventure park, or even spa services." Which is exactly where Ghanima would be, once Trebor tired of the experience.

She held-up gift-cards as the portal appeared next to her. "I have covered a meal for everyone," she continued, "--and again, the portal is time-locked so you can spend as long as you like at the park, and still make it back in time for second-period." Ghanima smiled brightly. "I'll be doing that for most of the semester, so you can make the most of your time."

"Now, let's play!"

Diplomacy, Tuesday, September 16, 2025 [2nd period]

[sith_happened]

"Well, I couldn't very well ask to borrow Threepio from Luke, could I?" Anakin muttered to Ahsoka as the students came in. "Threepio would never stop talking. Ever."

"I guess whoever programmed him forgot a sense of discretion," Ahsoka replied, in a similarly low, but innocent and angelic tone.

"You're hilarious," Anakin said in a tone that said otherwise.

"I like to think so," Ahsoka said cheerfully.

Anakin finally remembered they had a class to teach. "Right. An important part of diplomacy is making sure everyone understands everyone else. In our galaxy, we use droids, but we couldn't bring one here to show you."

Mostly because Anakin didn't want to.

"So instead we'll be exploring the importance of well-trained or programmed translators by closely examining the work of bad ones." Yes, it was a movie day.

"We'll be using an instructional video." Sure, Anakin.

"There may be a quiz later."

There would definitely be a quiz later. Probably next week. "Don't drool too obviously on the desks if you do take a nap," Anakin concluded.

Dealing With Other People's Trauma, Tuesday 9/16

[stykera]

“Apologies,” Stark said once everyone had arrived. “Not from me. I don’t think I need to apologize to any of you yet…but we’re going to talk about apologies today. It’s a very important subject. A difficult one, sometimes, but important.”

Was Ignis twitching slightly somewhere else on the island?

“Sometimes…sometimes you need to apologize. Sometimes it’s the only thing you can> do. Even if you don’t want to, or if you’ve done it wrong before, or if you think it might not be useful. You still should try.”

He was talking to himself here, too. Definitely.

“There are lots of reasons to apologize. Countless reasons. You may have done something purposefully that hurt someone else, you may have done something unintentionally, you may have not done something…big things, small things…so many things that are deserving of apologies and yet so many things are never apologized for.”

Stark's voice trailed off for a moment then he shook his head and continued.

“It helps though, apologizing. It might not fix everything but it helps and sometimes a little improvement can be everything. Sometimes an apology means the world to someone. Sometimes it means very little. But you should still try. It's better for everyone if you do, usually.”

Oh no, he was looking extra sincere right now. Followed by looking concerned.

“of course, if you never know that someone was hurt you'll never know to apologize. Sometimes you may just need to pay close attention to reactions to things, from people. If you can tell someone that they've hurt you then they'll hopefully know not to do the same thing again. Hopefully. So…let's talk about apologies?”