fandomhigh | So You Say You Want a Revolution: Week 2, Period 3

"You all found your way back," Aly said with a teasing smile as the bell rang for the class to begin. "I'd be impressed, but I've met Fandom students before."

"Before we start, I'd like to introduce my TAs for this term - Ino Yamanaka, Rinoa Heartilly, Percy Jackson, and Nico di Angelo. Four isn't usual, I know, but we're trying something new this time around. I'd like each of the TAs to head up a small group of their classmates. When we work in teams or have small discussions, that's the group you'll be with."

She went to flip over the whiteboard to show the groups she'd set up.

*Percy Jackson
Cally
Faramir
Jason Todd
Makita

*Rinoa Heartilly
Cara
Kyle Reese
Leda
Proto

*Ino Yamanaka
Cloud Strife
Karla
Leia Organa
Shira

*Nico di Angelo
Elphaba Thropp
Katniss Everdeen
Luke Castellan

Aly glanced at the groups then back at the class. "If you hate who you're with, talk to me and - yeah, never mind. If you hate who you're with, deal with it. You don't always get to work with your friends when planning a revolution. Pull your desks together, and spend some time getting to know each other if you don't already.

"Last week we talked about the reasons why you personally would rebel against a government. What I'd like you to do today is to stay in the small groups and talk about why you - as a group - would rebel against something. You can look at it seriously or rebel against mandatory cheerleading uniforms for the whole school, but remember, revolutions aren't put together by one person. It's always a group effort. So today, let's start with that."

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He wasn't napping, was he?

Makita dragged her seat over to her group leader, and flipped it around so she straddled the chair backwards. "Why wouldn't people rebel?" she asked, kicking her legs out. "If they don't listen when you ask nicely, sometimes you have to get loud."

Percy wasn't napping (though that did sound like a good idea) so he picked his head up when Makita said something. "Get loud without any planning at all?"

Percy was pretty much in agreement with her but he just wanted to see how spontaneous and aggressive she was.

"People might not rebel out out of fear," Cally suggested, taking the girl's question at face value. Why not; it was worth considering, and certainly something she'd asked before, if not in the same words. "The inability to even contemplate it because obedience is conditioned into them." Or drugged, if certain rumours were true. "Or deliberate obliviousness to anything that isn't threatening them directly."

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