Canada Is Not That Strange And Other Biases | Wednesday | Period 2

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A new term meant a new class and a new challenge for Fraser. He was fairly confident he would rise to the challenge but new things always brought nerves. He was waiting in the classroom for the students to arrive, fully uniformed and posture perfect.

"Good morning," he greeted them all once everyone had assembled and settled down, "and welcome to Canada Is Not That Strange and Other Biases. For those that don't know me, I am Constable Benton Fraser, a native of Canada, so you can rest assured I am qualified to teach this course."

His posture relaxed and he smiled. "As the title of the course says, this is going to be a class on learning and possibly refuting the many, many biases, myths and urban legends that are a part of our different cultures. And, while I don't know everything about every culture, I am fairly confident in saying all cultures have myths, urban legends or biases."

Of course, teaching this class would probably help him learn about different cultures and Fraser was pleased with that. "The definitions for these words are similar but not entirely true. A myth is typically a traditional story usually concerning a hero or an event without any determinable basis of fact or explanation. A bias is a particular tendency that prevents unprejudiced consideration of a question. An urban legend is a modern story of obscure origin and with little or no supporting evidence that spreads spontaneously in varying forms and often has elements of humor, moralizing, or horror. The similarities are there but the differences are as well. In this class, we're going to be looking at examples of each of these, talking about them, examining them and then deciding if they have any merit at all. This class will be both silly and serious, confusing and easy. And I hope it's interesting."

With that said, Fraser clasped his hands in front of him. "Of course, the first week is almost always for introductions and I think that's a good idea with some new faces. So please, tell me your name and your age and one myth, bias or urban legend you might want to discuss. Let's get started."

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Sign In [Canada 09/01]

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With an icon that shows what you think of Canada!

Re: Sign In [Canada 09/01]

[wwiii]

Warren Worthington III Who is aware of Canada as America's hat.

Re: Sign In [Canada 09/01]

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Princess Ariel

During the Lecture [Canada 09/01]

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Take notes, talk to each other, daydream, think about Canada, whatever!

Re: During the Lecture [Canada 09/01]

[rilla-myrilla.livejournal.com]

Rilla was trying not to look too starry-eyed at the very handsome professor.

There was something about a man in uniform, even if she didn't recognize it after checking Wiki to be sure. Sigh.

Re: During the Lecture [Canada 09/01]

[shes-got-legs.livejournal.com]

Ariel was definitely ready to take any notes that she might find important, listening carefully on things that might be important to remember. Of course, it was the first class, so the likelihood of there being too much was slim, but she'd be prepared for it all the same.

Re: During the Lecture [Canada 09/01]

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Leda signed a greeting to Ariel.

Class Activity | Introductions [Canada 09/01]

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First class means introductions which means name, age and one myth, bias or urban legend you'd like to discuss!

Re: Class Activity | Introductions [Canada 09/01]

[wwiii]

"I'm Warren Worthington," and he was even going to leave out the 'third' today, which he thought was something of an accomplishment, "and I'm eighteen years old." He chewed his lip for a moment. "And I don't know of many really specific myths or urban legends, but I do know that people as a whole tend to be biased toward fearing or outright disliking anybody that strikes them immediately as being different from themselves."

It was difficult to be subtle about things like this with a set of wings folded at his back, but Warren was making his best effort, here.

Re: Class Activity | Introductions [Canada 09/01]

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"Good morning, Warren," Fraser said, already nodding at his selected bias. "I can definitely understand that. It's not quite so bad on this island, is it? I've found that people here are a lot more accepting."

Re: Class Activity | Introductions [Canada 09/01]

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"I am Hinata Hyuuga," she said, looking thoughtful. "And I am sixteen years old."

Hinata paused for a moment before saying apologetically, "I d-do not think I know enough of this world's myths to offer one to discuss...?"

Re: Class Activity | Introductions [Canada 09/01]

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"It's quite all right," Fraser said easily. "What about one of your world's myths? I might not know about it but I'd be interested to hear."

Re: Class Activity | Introductions [Canada 09/01]

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"Hello!" Ariel chirped brightly. "My name is Ariel, I'm sixteen years old, and I actually don't know much about Canada, except that my very good friend Rilla is from there, and so it must be a very good country."

Re: Class Activity | Introductions [Canada 09/01]

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"I'm Rilla Blythe," she said shyly, blushing. "I'm fourteen." She dimpled as she smiled at the teacher, "and I believe the title of the courthe is part of a biath I've run into. Canada is not that shrange."

Then she blushed harder. Lisping was so humiliating.

Re: Class Activity | Introductions [Canada 09/01]

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"Diana, seventeen, I'm actually from Canada." Diana tacked that on there casually. "And apparently, everyone thinks the country is over run by moose."

Re: Class Activity | Introductions [Canada 09/01]

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"Sara Stanley, sixteen, and for my part I don't think the States are quite as dreadful as most of the folks I knew back in Carlisle seem to think they are," declared the owner of that name with only a very slightly haughty air. "And although I should like to see Europe some day, I am rather biased toward Canada in that I happen to think it's only the best country in the world."

Re: Class Activity | Introductions [Canada 09/01]

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"Hi, I'm Leda, I'm, I think 17 or 18. And I'd like to say that some of the things people believe about Elves is absolutely moronic."

Re: Class Activity | Introductions [Canada 09/01]

[life_inshadow]

"Hi, I'm Tara and I'll be 17 next month." So her birthday wasn't for six weeks. She was getting used to it early. "One myth that kind of bugs me is when people think witches are ugly old women with warts."

Re: Class Activity | Introductions [Canada 09/01]

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"I'm Sookie," she said with a little wave. "I'm seventeen, and one myth I'd like to disprove is that people from the South -- the American South, I mean -- are stupid."

Thanks, Sookie. Sure he couldn't have figured out where you meant based on your accent.

Re: Class Activity | Introductions [Canada 09/01]

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Jane loved the first week, save for all the public speaking. "My name's Jane, I'm seventeen, and I haven't heard you say 'eh' yet."

Re: Class Activity | Introductions [Canada 09/01]

[glacial_queen]

"I'm Karla, I'm 16, and I'm getting really tired of people of people asking me if I flew around on a broom when I mentioned being a witch," Karla sighed. "Or if I ate little kids, turned princes into frogs, or lived in a house made from candy."

Okay, the candy thing actually seemed a little cool.

Re: Class Activity | Introductions [Canada 09/01]

[eyebrowgoesup]

"I am Spock," Spock said, "and I am sixteen Standard years old. I am not aware of any myths or urban legends I would care to discuss." They didn't have them on Vulcan. They were illogical. "In fact, I am not sure why I am in this class."

Fraser [Canada 09/01]

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He's around (and still Canadian) if needed!

OOC [Canada 09/01]

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Yay first class!

Re: OOC [Canada 09/01]

[faithandscience.livejournal.com]

*eyes roster in all its adorably-Canadian-ness* still kicking myself for not signing my boy up. WAH.