fandomhigh | Japanese Etiquette & Tradition, 1/4/10, Period 5

When the students filed into the classroom today, they would find the setup to be... sparse, at best. Algren had taken the time to push the desks to the side of the room, and to set out cushions to sit on. There was a mat at the door for students to leave their shoes on, and slippers nearby for them to wear instead. No, this wasn't the way that classrooms were set up in Japan. But Algren found it comfortable, and he could get away with doing this while teaching this particular course, and so the students were going to just have to suck it up.

Algren, who was clad in a traditional Japanese hakama today as opposed to his typical and very dated brown suit, was already seated, cross-legged, on the cushion farthest from the door.

"Hajimemashite," he said, speaking up as the last of the students settled in. "Algren desu. Doozo yoroshiku. Make yourselves comfortable. It's the first lesson of the year, so I'm going to actually take it easy on you, just this once."

How kind!

"Today, we'll be introducing ourselves. Hopefully the novelty of doing so hasn't been worn thin after a weekend of it. After all, you've still got another week of 'hello, my name is,' left to go. In front of you, you'll find your syllabus as well as a handout with the words I just said to you written on it, and a translation underneath. Introduce yourselves the way I just did, and then, please, share in English your grade, something random about yourself, and why you're taking this course."

Yes, 'paperwork error' is a completely acceptable answer. 'I enjoyed or missed out on laughing at you in Sex Thru The Ages' will probably result in detention.

"Miss Yamanaka, I would like to speak with you after class, if you don't mind. The rest of you? Introductions. Go."

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He did have impressive aim; Ino was going to admire that.

She grinned at him. "You shouldn't give me ideas," Ino noted, "as I'm tempted to ask for that now--but I suppose since you asked so nicely I could do without the wages worth of cupcakes and pudding for the power of being TA."

"Assistants get to point and laugh at the other students," Algren replied, with a knowing sort of smile. "I might consider cupcake and pudding-based compensation if we get through the semester mostly unscathed, though."

Because they had such a nice, normal-looking syllabus that something was probably going to go awry in there somewhere, right?

Absolutely!

"Does mostly unscathed include a clause for 'difficulties caused due to island'?" Ino inquired archly. "I don't think I ought to be penalized for that, you know."

Now, if she blew a cupcake up in his face, Ino would totally take the punishment as her due.

"Oh, come now, Miss Yamanaka. I expect all of my TAs to be able to predict entirely random setbacks caused by the island's mood swings so that they can prepare and counter any and all ill-effects that the strangeness might have on my lessons."

He was joking. You could tell by the grin.

"All I'm asking is some help with the cleanup after classes, if it doesn't conflict with any other commitments you might have, and for you to assist your fellow students in any areas that you can. For that, I can consider cupcakes."

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"Looks like clean up after class is my very important commitment now," she said, with a grin back at him. "And I can totally help out."

And tease and mock but well, as long as they took it in mostly good humour she guessed Algren-sensei wasn't going to say much about that.

"I can't actually predict stuff," Ino added, with a straight face and laughing eyes. "But I'll work on developing that skill just for you."

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