fandomhigh | Journalism Class - Friday October 21

The screen behind Spider is lit up with the following message:

Homework. Extra-credit. Attendance. All of these things will be evaluted this weekend. Some of you will be passing this class. Some of you will be failing. Attendance and Homework are both requirements (although Extra-credit can be used in place of homework if you mark it as such in the homework post). This week's Homework counts as your mid-term and will be a third of your final grade. I will be reviewing your progress over the course of the project when I go over my paperwork this weekend, and participation is a large part of your final grade.

Also, attendance in this class is lax... but I do require that you show up (ie post) within the same day that the class is held. If you cannot attend class, please bring a note for an excused absence. I cannot give you credit for showing up for class in the wrong time continuum.

Spider himself is sprawled out behind his desk, talking quietly but earnestly to the cat... who is ignoring him in favor of a cigarette.

Once there are sufficient people in the room, he addresses them. "Good morning class. We'll be having a guest next week in the form of Professor Dream, who will help me to demonstrate the basic unreliability of most eyewitnesses and we'll explore the various methods best used to determine which version of the events is likely to be the most accurate. Also, I will be absent next Thursday as the damn cat has an appointment with Professor Dream's class in turn and we'll have a guest speaker for the day. If I can swing it, we'll see if Professor Cregg will allow you to practice a press conference with her."

Giving up on the cat, he rose to his feet and made a sweeping gesture. "Today I want each of you to find a professor or other staff member here on campus and ask them a single question regarding their field of study or profession and why they chose it. I want each of you to chose a different professor, so announce your victim below and, when you're through, please post their answer verbatim. The trick here is to make the single question that you're allowed interesting enough to produce a useful answer."

He grinned at them. "Have at."

Edited: Edited to include any staff member.

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The invitation sent Chihaya into motion. This was a project that he firmly believed in which is why, maybe, he was spending more time on it than his other studies.

He dropped his bad on the floor and pulled up a chair to sit directly across from him. Animated in his hand gestures, Chihaya started.

"It's about the student council election. Well, really after the election. See. Something happens on this world that is really distressing after elections. The population sort of," his hands fluttered around in the air, "forgets. Maybe not even that. They expect the people they elect to do all their thinking, all their lawmaking and sometimes, all their living and that's just wrong!"

He scooted closer until his knees bumped the desk. "So our campaign is to bring the idea of a government for the people, in this case the students of Fandom High, back to the people. We want to raise activity awareness and coax them back into a more proactive role in the student council government. Just because we elected them doesn't mean we, the students, should just sit back now!" Quite animated and excited, Chihaya was practically beaming. "We need to stay on top of the issues. See how the student council will handle our concerns. Call them on inappropriate behavior or judgment, hold their feet to the fire and make them work for us like we elected them to, instead of taking a lackadaisical approach to government and letting them do as they please."

"Our slogan is Say Yes to Student Involvement in School Politics. Be informed. Stay informed." And with that, Chihaya finally took a breath.

Spider gave him an evil grin. "I should be delighted to endorse your project, Chihaya. Would you like a specific quote or simply something along the lines of, 'Spider Jerusalem says 'Yes' to student government accountability'?"

Chihaya was positively beaming when Professor Jerusalem said yes. "You would? That would be so great! Uh, let's get a quote from you and maybe I can work both in to what we are doing." He rummaged through his bag to find a his notebook and pen.

Waiting until Chihaya had his pen ready, Spider declared, "An elected leadership is responsible to the voters, but so are the voters responsible. Sed Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custudios? The answer to that question should be 'You'."

Writing very carefully so he got it right, Chihaya read it back to the Professor. He gathered up his bag. Excited now, he still had other things to do before tomorrow. "Thank you again, Professor Jerusalem. This is really great!"

"My pleasure," Spider assured him cheerfully. "I take politics very seriously."

"I do too, Professor." Chihaya's face grew solemn. "After the thing with the guns, it's bothered me. When I saw students elected that I didn't think were strong in the debates or their platforms steady..." his voice trailed off.

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