Slacking - Second Meeting [Friday, Period 1]

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Once again Max showed up early just so he could prop his feet up on his desk, put on his sunglasses, and pretend to be napping. He was idly wondering how long it would take before someone figure out it was all an act. He was also idly wondering how long it would be before he was actually sleeping since this class met way too early in the morning for his taste.

This time, though, he sat up just as class was scheduled to begin. "Welcome back to slacking. For those who slept through it last week, I'm not going to introduce myself again, so learn one of the first tricks of a good slacker and make friends with someone who actually pays attention." He flashed a look at Marco assuming he was there.

"Being the perceptive sort of person that I am, I noticed last week that some of you seemed unconvinced of the usefulness of proper slacking. Today's exercise is intended to cure you of that innocent misconception." The grin that slipped across his face probably wasn't very comforting.

"You might have noticed the four boxes I have here," he waved at his desk. "Each one contains a fascinating item called a 'jig-saw puzzle'. You will organize yourselves into four groups and each group will select a puzzle to work on. You may leave as soon as you are finished. I, as your ever-helpful teacher in these matters, will move between the groups and provide helpful instructions that will assist you in accomplishing your task. If you finish early, then you're welcome to leave early, or join another group, or take a nap. If your group fails to complete the puzzle before the end of the period, make sure you see me afterward. You'll be getting some extra homework."

"Go ahead and select your groups. I'll be up here if you have any questions."

Comments

Sign in

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Resignedly

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Fiona Post

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Hannibal King

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Effy Stonem

During the lecture

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He doesn't mind if you sleep, you'll still be responsible for the work

Re: During the lecture

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Fiona was wondering what the fascination with puzzles was at this place. At least she could still talk about this one.

Re: During the lecture

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Hannibal didn't sleep but he did laze. Well, he had to laze considering it was painful to move around and he was hating life this morning. Stupid fight.

Re: During the lecture

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Effy was feeling surprisingly unaffected by last night's activities, and was actually paying some attention this time around.

Didn't mean she wasn't slouched back in her chair as she listened, though.

Re: During the lecture

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Edward kept his head lowered, and wished to everything holier than the sweet sweet sound of a lovely voice lifted in song, that this class would end quickly.

Stupid fight.

The Assignent

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Each of the four puzzles has it's own heading, feel free to pick whichever you like and Max will wander around and give you extremely unhelpful direction. These puzzles are big enough that you can work on one side without interacting too much with people on the other side, so feel free to have multiple sub-threads on a puzzle.

The Assignment: The Dancing Lesson

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If you end up working on The Dancing Lesson (http://www.puzzlehouse.com/thedancinglesson.htm) you will finish early. You're welcome to play out your mad puzzle skills, but if you just want to use a ping here to mod your early success that's fine too.

Re: The Assignment: The Dancing Lesson

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Ah, look, he finished early. That would mean he didn't have to stick around and suffer. His head and nose were killing him.

Re: The Assignment: The Dancing Lesson

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Helen thought this looked the least annoying and settled in to work on it.

The Assignment: Venus of Urbino

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If you end up working on Venus of Urbino (http://www.puzzlehouse.com/venusofurbino.htm) you will finish just as class ends. Feel free to play out the harrowing experience, or just ping in if you want to mod barely scraping by.

Re: The Assignment: Venus of Urbino

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Hannibal took a seat to try the indicated puzzle but the mun can't play at work woe filters. He was used to five piece puzzles, not things like this.

The Assignment: Ballerina

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If you end up working on Ballerina (http://www.puzzlehouse.com/ballerina1000nagr.htm) you will fail to finish before class ends. I'd love to see people play out the disaster, but if you want the extra homework you can just ping in. The homework in question isn't too bad. Max will give you a copy of the puzzle and you'll be required to come back next week with it completed (Max won't mind if you pay someone else to do it, in fact he'd probably applaud it).

Re: The Assignment: Ballerina

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Claire sat down at the table for Ballerina and started working on the puzzle.

The Assignment: Amore and Psyche

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If you end up working on Amore and Psyche (http://www.puzzlehouse.com/amoreandpsyche.htm) the success or failure of your group is for you to decide together. If you want to play out the entire thing you're welcome to do so here. Just remember that if you decide you fail, talk to Max after it's over.

Re: The Assignment: Amore and Psyche

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Since her instructor gave no instructions specific to her, she took to the last puzzle of the lot, opening the box and starting to find the corners first.

Talk to the TA

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If you know who she is considering that Max totally failed to mention her status. (Once she pings in.)

Re: Talk to the TA

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Fiona gave her professor a Look as he started. One of these mornings, perhaps next class, she was going to knock his feet off the desk as she walked in.

That said, she was around.

Talk to Max

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If you've got questions or comments or if you failed to complete the puzzle on time.

OOC

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Wow... apparently I write an insanely complicated class activity... I hope it's as fun to do as it was to write!

Re: OOC

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Max was too lazy to come up with something for her to do this week, so a group it is :)