U.S. History, Thursday, Period 2

[tyler_gone]

Tyler was feeling lazy this week. Lazy, lazy, lazy. "The Great Depression," he began, without preamble. "A lot like what we have now, except people couldn't write blogs about how much being laid off sucked and there were more soup lines. Lasted from the stock market crash of 1929 until World War II. Here's a handout about the whole thing, and we're going to watch a movie. It's set in Mississippi during the Great Depression."

This totally made it educational. He poked at the DVD player, cuing up "My Friend, Whither Dost Thou Go?"

When the movie ended, Algren stood, nodding to the class. If he seemed somewhat skeptical about the educational content in the movie, he kept that mostly to himself.

"Your homework this week," he intoned, "is to economize in some way and tell us what you did next week. Did you switch to the cheaper store-brand food? Did you skip out on seeing a movie you wanted to see on opening night in favor of the matinee? It doesn't have to be much, but it does have to be something."

Comments

Sign in [3/19]

[tyler_gone]

Cheaply!

Re: Sign in [3/19]

[not-a-mused.livejournal.com]

Cal McStephanides

Re: Sign in [3/19]

[intraspective]

Yamanaka Ino

Re: Sign in [3/19]

[thismaskiwear.livejournal.com]

Katina Choovanski

Re: Sign in [3/19]

[carsexual]

Sam Witwicky

Re: Sign in [3/19]

[iruinenglish.livejournal.com]

Buffy Summers

Re: Sign in [3/19]

[sixstandingby.livejournal.com]

Gavin Darklighter

Re: Sign in [3/19]

[likethegun]

Sam Winchester

General Class Stuff [3/19]

[tyler_gone]

Listen to the lecture, if you can call it that, then watch the movie. There's no popcorn because your teachers are cheap bastards.

Re: General Class Stuff [3/19]

[not-a-mused.livejournal.com]

Cal could be okay with a movie day, but he seemed distracted and rubbing his chin a lot.

Smooth as a baby's bottom again.

Le sigh.

Re: General Class Stuff [3/19]

[carsexual]

Sam watched part of the movie. Then he fell asleep. Shhh, he was economizing energy.

Re: General Class Stuff [3/19]

[sixstandingby.livejournal.com]

Gavin half focused on the movie, half daydreamed about other things. He was productive.

Re: General Class Stuff [3/19]

[likethegun]

Sam always felt a little weird not taking notes during movies, but he was pretty sure that was a level of dorkiness to which he did not need to aspire.

Re: General Class Stuff [3/19]

[absolutesnark]

Summer was so okay with movie day, though she was only sort of paying attention.

Re: General Class Stuff [3/19]

[death-of-hope.livejournal.com]

Movie day was fine with Anemone, and she spent most of it doodling in her notebook.

She wasn't really sure how she was going to economize, since she didn't go out much in the first place, but she could always make something up if she had to.

Re: General Class Stuff [3/19]

[notyourpawn.livejournal.com]

Alice was quite familiar with economizing; she had, after all, arrived in Fandom with little more than a suitcase.

The movie was interesting, however, and she let her mind wander as she watched.

Talk to the TA [3/19]

[tyler_gone]

If she is there.

Re: Talk to the TA [3/19]

[intraspective]

She was there, and being a terrible example for the rest of the class as she paid attention long enough to under that they were watching a movie, and promptly dug out one of her notebooks instead and started writing in that rather than paying attention.

Ino did remember to make note of the assignment though.

Re: Talk to the TA [3/19]

[not-a-mused.livejournal.com]

"Iiino," Cal greeted, after the movie was finished, still rubbing underneath his chin a little with the sad regret of the beard having disappeared, along with his swelling pride for Merlin's sexuality.

Re: Talk to the TA [3/19]

[intraspective]

She finished the line she was on in her notebook, and looked up, wrinkling her nose cheerfully. "Caaaaal."

Re: Talk to the TA [3/19]

[not-a-mused.livejournal.com]

"How's it going?" Cal asked. "What'cha writing?"

Re: Talk to the TA [3/19]

[intraspective]

Er.

Ino inched her notebook a bit away from him. "...stuff. About the week. It's been a weird one."

It was totally her diary, not that she called it that out loud. A beat.

"What's been up with you?"

Re: Talk to the TA [3/19]

[not-a-mused.livejournal.com]

"I was Irish and had a beard yesterday," said Cal, "and couldn't stop talking about Merlin being a gay man. I even made a sign. So, yeah. It's been a weird week."

Talk to the Teachers [3/19]

[tyler_gone]

They're definitely there, and congratulating themselves on filling class without having to do actual work.

OOC [3/19]

[tyler_gone]

Eaaaaasy class this week. But you got homework!