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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[janet_fraiser]

"She probably thinks we're all kids," spits Janet. "Who believe that the teacher's not going to make a mistake because she's the teacher."

"The teacher's making a huge mistake. The sexual overtones, the power confusion, the public humiliation--this is all going to lead to some pretty spectacular blowups. Who at this school is good at actually following the rules?"

Janet frowned. "Unless she wants everyone to fail for some reason? Can't think what, though."

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

"Well, she's wrong," Sam stated. "She should have checked her roster more carefully. Hell, Cameron's really a teenager, and he knows that what she's saying is wrong."

"No one follows the rules. Or, everyone follows the rules they feel are important and worth following and uses the others to beat their enemies and rivals into submission. It's a disaster waiting to happen! How can something like this not carry over into everyday? People will be behaving, in some cases, completely contrary to their nature and morals, and doing it in front of their peers. There's no excuse for that!"

Sam frowned. "What's the logic in having everyone fail? Maybe she's looking to terrorize the class for some other purpose? She...she sounds worse than Crazy Squid Lady. How wrong is that?"

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"Well, I sure as hell won't. The rule say we don't have to, that if it's wrong or destructive, we can say no." Parker growls under her breath. "I already called Echolls on trying to give me an embarassing 'safeword'. Prick."

Parker grimaces. "I think she's trying to show that it's not a system that can be maintained indefinitely. That if you live in a free society, you are not subject to the same pressures that make people conform. I think she's overestimating high school students, though."

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

"If you live in a free society..." Sam shook her head in disgust. "No one really lives in a free society. There are always rules and mores that restrict the behavior of most of the residents."

[janet_fraiser]

"Well, maybe there's going to be an explanation of the lesson next week," says Janet. "I doubt I'll be there for it, though."

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

"I'm not sure I care what her explanation is," Sam said, glancing down at Liz. "No lesson is worth this."

[janet_fraiser]

"She's wrong," said Janet. "Whatever justification she gave for this lesson, could she possibly have thought first about the fact that this isn't a normal high school and that we're not all innocent kids?"