Slacking - Sixth Meeting [Friday, Period 1]

[furious-maximus.livejournal.com]

Max felt that as long as he had a nice tradition going he might as well keep it up, so he had his feet propped up on the desk as everyone arrived. He even threw in a fake snore or two. They weren't especially convincing, but they did amuse him so he didn't really mind. Again he waited until everyone had arrived and was seated and ready, and then a few minutes more just to watch them and see if they'd squirm, before sitting up abruptly and pulling of his sunglasses.

"Okay," he announced briskly. "Get back into the groups you were working in last week. Today you will begin planning your projects seriously. I'll be stopping by each group and getting you to explain what you're doing and I'll provide interference helpful suggestions. While you are free to leave after you've spoken to me, you should bear in mind that this will be your final project and you must complete the planning phase by next week's class meeting. So I strongly encourage you to get a good start on it now." Max grinned. Considering the level of harassment he intended to bring to bear on his students he suspected that leaving early to work on the assignment somewhere else would end up being significantly more productive than sticking around.

"Next week you will be presenting your projects and the plans you have made, including the modifications I will assign you today. That presentation will determine your final marks in this course." Which wasn't actually true. Max was far too lazy to actually evaluate any of his students with any sort of formal system. But none of them needed to know that.

"Now go ahead and get into your groups so I can harass assist you." Max was already privately congratulating himself on the brilliance of a project that took three weeks to complete. It meant he didn't actually have to do much planning or preparing for class. This was definitely a technique he was going to have to remember.

Comments

Re: Explain your project

[elephantgadget.livejournal.com]

"I do as well," Helen said. "The priests at least made sure I had a more than generous allotment of money - only fair since they were basically exiling me."

She nodded. "Let's do that.

Re: Explain your project

[furious-maximus.livejournal.com]

Almost as if he'd been listening in, Max picked that precise moment to arrive. "So what are you two doing?"

Re: Explain your project

[elephantgadget.livejournal.com]

"We will be organizing a beach party," Helen told him without preamble. "We have a number of ideas and plans already in place."

Re: Explain your project

[cutsthestrings.livejournal.com]

"Neither of us have done anything like that before," she continued, "so we figure it's a manageable, but not easy, goal."

Re: Explain your project

[furious-maximus.livejournal.com]

"So what's your first step?" Max asked.

Re: Explain your project

[cutsthestrings.livejournal.com]

"Finding out what would be the basics for a party," she said after a moment, "research."