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fandomhigh2011-10-26 08:43 am
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Tricks, Cons and Bamboozles | Wednesday | Period 1
"Hey, guys," Neal greeted the students as they entered the room. Today it was set up to resemble an actual classroom, with desks and chairs set up and a projector in the front of the room clicking through slides.
"So today we're going to talk about image," he said. "It's important to have one. A lot of the time, you'll need to blend in to get away with stuff, and other times it's a better strategy to deliberately stand out. Now, I was going to have you guys just try on clothes and stuff, but I decided to make it a short class today, so let's just discuss." He clicked through his slideshow, showing slides ofmoddable public figures in various stages of put-together-ness, many of them taken during scandals involving the figure in question. "Tell me who you guys think has a good image, who's handled it badly, and anything else that comes to mind."
A beat.
"Also," he said, gesturing to the enormous buckets ofmoddable colorful paint stashed by the door, "if anyone wants to grab one of those and head over to Madrox's room after this, you get an A."
"So today we're going to talk about image," he said. "It's important to have one. A lot of the time, you'll need to blend in to get away with stuff, and other times it's a better strategy to deliberately stand out. Now, I was going to have you guys just try on clothes and stuff, but I decided to make it a short class today, so let's just discuss." He clicked through his slideshow, showing slides of
A beat.
"Also," he said, gesturing to the enormous buckets of