fandomhigh | Monkey Business; Thursday, Period Two [ 07/07 ].

For all intents and purposes, Jane supposed she could have held the first class in a regular classroom, but what fun was that? She'd ensured that the news got to each of her students that they would be meeting in the danger shop, where they would find themselves stepping into a deep, think jungle of Africa, into a clearing set up like a camp and classroom combined, with just a few desks, since it was such a small class. And they were spared, so far, the threat of three blackboards; today, there was only one, and on it was written: MISS PORTER WELCOMES YOU TO MONKEY BUSINESS!

"Come in, come in!" Jane ushered them to their seats excitedly. "And welcome to Monkey Business. This will be our classroom for the few short weeks we'll be together;p a bit more interesting than a traditional classroom, I should hope! As you are all probably away, this class will be all about primates, and we will be looking at a different primate each week. Naturally, that means we'll only be skimming the top of a plethora of utterly fascinating and incredible creatures, but, if you aren't interested in primates already, you hopefully soon will be!

"Today, however, we're going to be learning about the primates known as Homo sapiens, or more commonly called human beings, in other words, ourselves." She did take a quick glance around to make sure all the students were humans, and, so far, so good! She knew by now that looks could be deceiving, but they appeared to be an incredibly normal trio of teens. "I'd like to get to know a little bit about you, and what brought you into this class, and what your favourite primate might be. For example, my name is Miss Porter, and I have been a budding primatologist since as long as I can remember. My father was a primatologist before me and my mother had a healthy appetite for knowledge and curiosity. I'm proud to say I've made many trips into the jungles in hopes to study and observe primates in their natural habitats. I'm also quite lucky to be a primatologist from the late nineteenth century, where many fascinating studies are being done on evolution and the relation between humans and other primates. They've gotten a bit further than all that in this day and age, but I still find it all terribly exciting.

"My favourite primate, though it is so terribly difficult to choose just one, has the rather unimpressive denotation of Gorilla gorilla, so I suppose you can guess which primate I mean! The Great Apes of the world are quite possibly our closest cousins in the primatology family, and I have spent a great deal of my life,"--she said it like someone who had lived a long life indeed, despite her clear youthfulness--"studying them and being fascinated by them. Naturally, since they're my favourite, we will be talking about them at more length later, so I will not bore you with all of that now, and I will turn the floor over to you.

"Who shall like to go first?"

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Monkeying around.

Chuck Bartowski

Jeremy Darling

Ryan Clark

Well, it's more of a babbling, rambling introduction than a lecture, but you can listen to it or not or ask questions if you shall like!

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Jane would love to know who you are, what made you interested in this class (or made you get stuck in it!), and what your favourite primate is.

Feel free to chat amongst each other for a good deal of the class, as well. There aren't many in the class, so it shouldn't take long, and Jane knew that any busy work she mind have tried to come up with would be a bit more than just busy work...

"I'm Chuck," he told her with a half a wave, "And mostly I thought it sounded interesting. I don't much, but... monkeys. Pretty awesome." He was easy to please, really. "Also looking like it wouldn't ask me to hit anything helped the decision."

"My favourite... I've never really thought about before? Maybe those howler monkeys? They seem pretty fun." He was a fan of the talkative.

Then Chuck was certainly in the right class.

"Ahhhhh, yes!" said Jane, looking quite pleased about Chuck's choice. "The alouatta Alouattinae, native to South and Central America! I have to admit that that's not one with which I have much personal experience , but they are a fascinating primate. Definitely one we'll be covering in class, as well, so that should give you something to look forward to, Mr. Bartowski. But I shan't tell you when that is we'll be cover it, lest any of you decide to cheat and bring in earplugs!"

Naturally, she chuckled, just a little. Primate humour was always good primate.

"Hi, I'm Jeremy Darling," Jeremy introduced himself with a nod. "And I'm here because I just thought it would be fun, you know? And my favorite primates are probably..."

He had no clue, so he had to pause.

"All the cute, small monkeys."

And that, Jeremy, was a very good answer, especially with this particular teacher. Jane laughed.

"Oh, it is impossible to pick just one cute, small monkey as a favourite, isn't it, Mr. Darling? Even if I must admit that I'm fond of the great, big, impressive and intimidating ones, it's difficult not to have a soft spot for all the cute, widdle," yes, widdle, it was a very technical, scientific term, "itty bitty primates like gibbons and lemurs and chimpanzees. They're almost guaranteed fun, and I do hope that the class meets your expectations on that level. Otherwise, what's even the point?"

"My name is Ryan, and I thought this class could be interesting since I grew up in a jungle that looks pretty similar to this one," she began. "My parents were missionaries. I don't really have a favorite primate, but I used to see a lot of small monkeys in the jungle."

Jane was a little surprised to discover that the Ryan Clark on her roster was actually a girl, but the surprised passed her soon enough; it was always good to have a bright and interesting girl in the class. She beamed. "Oh, how wonderful!" she said. "I like to say I practically grew up in and out of jungles myself, but in reality, I really didn't spend that much time when I was younger there. Mother didn't quite feel it was a safe place for a little girl. Now I simply must ask, what was your favourite part about living in the jungle?"

"I think I may agree with your mother on that, to a point. I saw so many little children who came down with treatable illnesses but had to suffer because there was no access to medical care," said Ryan. She had been one of those, but she was keeping that detail to herself for now.

"And my favorite part of living in the jungle was the beautiful scenery. You could hike into the rain forest and find all these little waterfalls with pools of water below them. They were great for cooling off on a hot day."

Naturally, she is available should anyone need to speak with her on a more private level.

I have nothing to type here except maybe to mention that, omg, I slept sooooooo well last night. It was amazering.

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