Library Open (10/21)

[janet_fraiser]

Janet unlocked the library, slammed her bookbag on the floor behind the desk, and started making a list of overdue books.

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[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

"What the hell is going on around here?" Sam really, really wanted to shout, but didn't want to risk it.

[janet_fraiser]

"Who knows?" asked Janet. "And what you said before Angelus came into the library? That phrasing was completely manipulative. A paper to let her know when she 'asks too much of me.' She wants a psych profile on me! Mackenzie has one already, and he's one jerk too many."

Janet avoided the urge to kick something. "How is giving students blatant permission to humiliate another student any kind of learning experience? Because based on what Parker's going through, that's what's going to happen by and large."

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

Sam snorted. "Mackenzie doesn't have a full (or accurate) psych profile on you and you know it. But it's none of her business. She's your teacher, not your friend, your doctor, or your shrink."

"I have no idea how humiliation teaches you anything you couldn't learn somewhere else in high school. I mean, hello, high school. All this project teaches you is that here, the teachers condone that kind of behavior, and if you've got an in with them, you can get away with anything you want."

[janet_fraiser]

"Mackenzie has a full and accurate psych profile on no one," said Janet. "Especially none of us here."

"I can't believe Charlie is going along with this," said Janet. "He's her other TA."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Parker grimaced. "He's got too much faith in people following the rules, or working inside the system. I think he's *hoping* someone breaks them, and then reports it, so he can come down on their asses, actually. I'm kicking his butt if he knew about Logan's project, although I doubt he did." Parker rubbed at her pounding head. "Echolls isn't going to be *too* far gone, he knows I'm friends with Rory. But this, this is... Even with the restrictions I'm putting on it, I doubt I'll last 10 minutes. He said I can contradict later. But so what? That would still be me, on the record, even with the damn Slave button, saying I support vampires."

[janet_fraiser]

"They can do amazing things with photo editing these days," said Janet.

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"I know." Parker looked morose. "He said that if I don't do this, he'll think of something else. God, I don't want to know what."

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

"You could always go ask Angelus directly and avoid the middleman...but that would probably be too damn honest for him. Hey! Maybe he'd drop dead(er) of shock!" She smiled at Parker hopefully. "That could work, right?"

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Parker snorted, looking unconvinced. "Considering how goddamn coy he was the one time he even admitted he was up to something? The guy pretty much invented the nyah-nyah-boo-boo dance, as far as I can tell."

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

"He's what?" Sam asked, shocked. "Charlie? Our Charlie? Is going along with all of this? How is that possible?"

[janet_fraiser]

"He somehow seems to think it's a good idea," said Janet. "He was telling Liz that he thinks it will teach the kids in the class that slavery is worng."

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

"He was telling Liz about slavery? Hasn't she seen it firsthand? What the hell could this teach her about slavery that she doesn't already know? No, she's never been a slave (as far as I know), but that doesn't mean she doesn't have normal human empathy for the condition. I've never been hit by a truck, but I'm not going to run right out and do that just so I understand accident victims, am I?"

She began pacing and running a hand through her hair. "Charlie knows better," she muttered.

[janet_fraiser]

"Exactly!" exclaimed Janet. "Though I think, if anything, the teacher wants us to come to the conclusion that slavery's not necessarily bad. You should have heard some of the stuff she was arguing to Cameron with."

"I know." Janet collapsed into a seat and glared. "I think he's being an overenthused optimist here."

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

At this, Sam...well, Sam lost it and started yelling. The hell with Angelus. She lived with the Slayer. She almost hoped he heard her.

"Slavery's not necessarily BAD? It's slavery! There's nothing about that condition that is not evil! Tell that to the millions of Jaffa, and all the millions of people across the galaxy who were enslaved by the Goa'uld, completely unaware that there was another option!"