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Bringing Literature To Life--Through Violence! [Tuesday, Second Period]

"Glad to see you all survived Parent's Weekend," Cindy said. "Considering how stressful dealing with family and friends can be, I've decided to let you guys have an easy week this week."

You all know what that meant, right? Movie day! Complete with coffee, small bowls of buttery popcorn, and those fun little shakers of popcorn flavourings.

"The Battle of Thermopylae is a historical battle, though most of what we know about it comes from the account written by Herodotus. Today, we'll be watching a movie that was more 'inspired by' the legend than actually based upon it. More than anything else, I'd like you to pay attention to the scene in which the last 300 take a stand against the invading army."

Sitting back at her own desk, Cindy grabbed a bowl of popcorn and hit play.

[So many apologies for the lateness! I crashed like a crashing thing! Final link goes to Youtube, so both sound & video]

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Like it's a movie day!

Gabrielle

Alex Aaron

Kenzi

Marshall Wheeler

Rinoa Heartilly

Kate Daniels

Chloe Saunders

While making yourself comfortable and grabbing some refreshments

Cindy won't mind if you talk through it.

. . . Gabrielle did not have positive experiences with the Persian army. Possibly that had something to do with having a Persian spy win her sympathy by pretending to be a wounded Spartan, then stabbing her with a poisoned dagger so she nearly died in an out-of-the-way barn that ended up besieged by his fellows, and it was just lucky for them that it had been stockpiled with an inexplicably large and convenient number of weapons, hadn't it?

She tried not to hold that against the movie, though; in fact, she got fairly into the movie, even though it gave her a headache.

"Wait a second . . . weren't we defending that pass?" she muttered under her breath. "And it was three hundred Persians against us . . ."

Very Special Greece, people. Sigh.

Alex actually hadn't seen this movie before, because there was bad blood between his dad and Sparta (largely because they thought it was cute to keep a statue of him chained up). He was pretty glad of it, now. "This is stupid," he said suddenly, and out loud. "Where's their armor?"

"Hellooooo, hotties."

Yes, Kenzi had a shallow appreciation of literature. Deal.

When they ping in

Cindy kind of adored this movie. When she didn't want to shoot it in the face, of course.

"Ms. Perrault?" Alex said as he approached Cindy after class. "I want to apologize for my dad." He didn't know what his dad had or hadn't done, but apologizing for him was never a bad guess.

"No reason to apologize, Alex," Cindy said, giving him an understanding smile. "Other than a lot of quality looming, your dad mostly wanted to check in on your progress and see what you were learning about."

She regarded him for a moment before adding, "He was also worried that you might have some issues with a bit of the syllabus."

Cindy didn't want to pry, but she wanted to give Alex the chance to talk about it--if he wanted to, that was.

"He's good at looming," Alex agreed, then looked confused. "Is this about Achilles? Because I'm not mad at him, and he's not mad at me, because it totally wasn't my fault about his face."

"In a few weeks, we'll be reading about the 47 Ronin," Cindy said, her eyes gentle but her voice business-like. She didn't know what happened, but she didn't want him to think she was pitying him for it. "Your father was concerned."

"...oh." So definitely not about Achilles, then. Excuse Alex if he looked a little bit like a puppy now. "Oh. Yeah. That was, um. That was a thing. I'd rather not talk about it? But it's fine."

He really did look like a puppy. Cindy kind of wanted to cuddle him. Hmm, you probably weren't supposed to cuddle students. Or tiny gods of fear.

"You don't have to," she assured him. "I'm not going to pry. But your father thought it might be enough of a thing to warrant mention. Should you get uncomfortable in class, you can leave and we'll figure out a makeup assignment later. Otherwise, as far as I'm concerned, this conversation is the last time we need to visit the subject, unless and until you decide otherwise. Sound fair?"

Huh. Those guys looked a bit too well-put-together to be actual soldiers.

Which wasn't going to stop Max from appreciating the scenery.

*Flops*

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