Slacking - Fifth Meeting [Friday, Period 1]

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As if there had been no interruption the previous week, Max had his feet up on his desk and was leaned back in his chair with his sunglasses on. It was a tremendous relief to have whatever had been going on behind him since he was pretty sure that not teaching class wouldn't fly for too long. Besides, while Fiona wasn't bad, she didn't have nearly his depth of experience when it came to the subject, and Max tended to think that the most qualified available person should teach a subject.

And who was more qualified than himself when it came to slacking?

Once everyone had arrived he sat up abruptly and looked around. "Good to see you all survived my absence last week. As well as whatever weirdness was going on."

"Slacking is, as I hope you've come to realize, one of those subjects which is best learned through experience. No lecture can really impart the knowledge you need to do it effectively." The fact that Max was just plain awful at giving lectures (or staying awake for them, for that matter) had nothing to do with it. Really.

"With that in mind, today's assignment is actually fairly easy. You will get in troups of two or three and come up with a goal. You need to come up with something that you really do want to accomplish, and it needs to be something that will take some effort. This could be cleaning your room, or cleaning your instructor's room, or it could be taking a vacation somewhere nice. The important parts are that it's something you care about and it's something that requires work to do. So find yourselves partners or groups and come up with your goal. Once you come to me and tell me who's in your group and what you want to accomplish you're free to go."

Max paused just long enough that it might seem he was done talking before he spoke up again. "Oh, and while you're planning you should keep one important thing in mind. Whatever your goal, I'll take on the role of supervisor for it. You'll have to use the things we've discussed and practiced here in class in order to accomplish your goal. And pass." He grinned broadly. "Now get to it."

[I'm out of pocket for most of the weekend, but I'll try to answer questions if anyone has any. It's important that everyone work out their team and their goal by next week's class meeting. More on that in the OCD.]

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Sign in

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Like you missed Max. (And you'll learn to aim better for next time, we're sure.)

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Hannibal King

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Helen Haras-Uquara

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Valentine Wiggin

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Claire Bennet Butler

During the lecture

[furious-maximus.livejournal.com]

Talk or sleep or do whatever. Max doesn't much care as long as you get your assignment done when the time comes.

Do the assignment

[furious-maximus.livejournal.com]

Find a partner (or larger group if you want). This group will matter for the rest of the classes, so pick someone you can play with. Find a goal, then go talk to Max. This is a major assignment, and it's one you need to do IC. If you've got OOC reasons that you need to hand-wave this over the next couple of weeks or why you can't work with a partner/group (hey, we all know how weird schedules can be) then let me know in the OOC section.

Re: Do the assignment

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While Hannibal waited for some people to work with, he thought about a goal he wanted to accomplish and ways to said goal.

Re: Do the assignment

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Claire was trying not to yawn when she made eye contact with the cute boy. Cute boys made everything better.

"Wanna team up?"

Re: Do the assignment

[decoder-rings.livejournal.com]

"Hey, sure," he said, smiling up at Claire. "Hannibal King. I don't think we've had the pleasure."

Re: Do the assignment

[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

Effy slouched in her desk, keeping an eye out for someone might have some bright ideas for this assignment.

Re: Do the assignment

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Valentine was pretty sure that Effy was on her floor, which might make organizing things easier, plus the girl seemed to just have the exact kind of attitude that would fit her idea of the assignment, so she thought she'd give it a try pairing with her. "So," she said by way of greeting, "what do you suppose the actual definition of 'work' would be in this case?"

Re: Do the assignment

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"Depends," Effy decided after a moment of thought. "Could be anything, depending on the task. Preferably something involving as little effort as possible."

Re: Do the assignment

[cutsthestrings.livejournal.com]

Fiona figured she'd work with whoever needed a partner and hadn't found one yet.

Re: Do the assignment

[elephantgadget.livejournal.com]

That... would probably be Helen.

Re: Do the assignment

[cutsthestrings.livejournal.com]

She didn't know the girl, but she figured that didn't matter much.

"Fiona," she started off with a nod.

"Care to work together?"

Re: Do the assignment

[defeats-buses.livejournal.com]

Edward wondered what he was going to do, and with whom.

There wasn't much thinking involved, unfortunately.

Talk to the TA

[furious-maximus.livejournal.com]

When she pings in.

Re: Talk to the TA

[cutsthestrings.livejournal.com]

Fiona was going to kick his feet off the desk at some point. Some time. One week.

Talk to Max

[furious-maximus.livejournal.com]

Seriously. Do the assignment and let Max know what you've decided or he's going to find you later.

Re: Talk to Max

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Hannibal approached Max and said, "Me and Claire are in a group together. We're setting the goal of a road trip to New York without getting thrown off a train or anything else bad happening."

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Max nodded in approval. "That sounds like an excellent plan. You don't have to make all your plans immediately, but do be thinking about what you'll need to do between now and next class meeting."

Re: Talk to Max

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"Effy and I have decided that we'll be throwing a beach party," Valentine reported.

Re: Talk to Max

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"Excellent," Max nodded in approval. "While you don't have to begin planning now, do be thinking about what will be necessary for such an endeavor."

He chuckled to himself as he glanced from Valentine to Effy and back again. He was pretty sure that these two had some sort of interesting plan that ended up avoiding work. And he approved.

OOC

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As mentioned above: 1) I'm going to be mostly away for the weekend, but I'll try to check in for question answering and such. 2) Seriously. Do the assignment. If you've got reasons you want/need to handwave it just let me know, otherwise I expect to hear what your characters are planning.