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Shop Class #6

Apparently one of the emitters is the problem as he has it disassembled and the parts are scattered across the desk.

Mac looks up from his work with a sad look on his face.

"I know all of you have probably heard about Kitty Pryde. I don't know how well you all knew her or not, but Dean Bristow has asked all the faculty members to devote some class time to talk about her death with everyone in an open format. I'll leave that up to you on how much you want to participate."

"First let me tell you all how much I enjoyed your essays on duct tape. I like them so much I'm assigning another essay while I fix this emitter. The topic today is Swiss Army Knives, and their wonder ability to do almost anything. That will be a in-class 100 word essay due before the end of the period."

((OOC: I will be AFK until late tonight. Please don't blow anything up while I'm gone. Otherwise detention will be involved. Or worse.))

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Turn in your essay here...

((Or Not. Feel free to talk IC or OOC. Or just ignore this portion. Whatever feels good.))

Just to let everyone know, I've decided to have open shop during Tuesday afternoons as well. Double your shop time, double your fun.

Kiki comes into the class a few minutes after it begins. "I apologize for interrupting, professor," she says. "But I have a delivery for Alex Krycek. Actually, it's really for the whole class, in his honor."

Kiki sets down a large white cardstock box and pulls off the top, revealing several cupcakes (http://boogaloo.ca/Photostack/Rebel/cupcakes.jpg), and without further ado launches into "Happy birthday to you, Happy birthday to you, Happy birthday, dear Alllllleeeeeeex, Happy birthday to you!"

John turns in his essay.

John shows up to the shop pushing a dirtbike.

*turns in essay*

Swiss Army knives are good.

Firstly, because they are Swiss, which I have no historical background knowledge about, but they apparently also make cheese and chocolate, and anyplace that is famous for chocolate can’t possibly be bad.

Secondly, because they have different little bits to use, for whatever you need at the time. Need a knife? It is a knife! Etcetera, etcetera.

Thirdly, because if they weren’t so awesome, we wouldn’t be writing about them. We were assigned to write about Swiss Army knives because they are awesomer than the other things we could have been told to write about.

Rogue turns in her essay. It's surprisingly bad.

Swiss Army knives are the single most useful tool this backwater has come up with. They have numerous useful parts, although the scissors leave something to be desired when snipping bomb wires.

The big blade is the most commonly used, followed by the bottle-opener/can-opener. Then the scissors. I like the screwdriver and wire-stripper too, and the little light is nice. Not sure about the toothpick.

The class will undoubtedly be using both the saw blade and the other screwdriver blades as the year progresses. It’s a handy little gadget and I’m looking into one of my own for real use.

*turns in essay and a catalog (http://www.swissarmy.com/multitools/Category.htm?category=doityourself&)*

Swiss army knives provide proof that human beings are capable of advanced levels of abstract and pragmatic thought. Having one in your pocket ~~or other hidden places~~ means that you are never without resources, even if you happen to be locked in a cell ~~or trapped on an alien spaceship.~~ I have used them to get myself out of many situations I would have preferred not to have been in ~~and that I usually got into because Jack or Daniel said or did something stupid~~. Their usefulness is limited only by human creativity. ~~The new ones can help you hack into computers. Not that I would.~~

Sam walked over to the storage cabinet, unlocked it, and pulled out the Harley. Once it was in place, she began pulling off loose and torn hoses and cables. On the floor at her side was a spiral-bound notebook, in which she compiled an ongoing list of necessary parts.

It was a really long list.

Anders turns in his essay:

I have no idea why it's important that they're "Swiss" Army Knives, but it's kind of hard to go wrong with something that's shiny and red and can have so many different combinations of cool gadgets. It's hours of entertainment really. If you're bored, you can always play with the pieces and go, "Hey, I wonder if I'm ever going to be able to use that? And when?" Or you can find things to do with them.

Really, what it all comes down to is that they're red and shiny and that's just cool.

"I'm going to kill her. I don't care if she's immortal," Krycek mumbles, staring at the cupcakes. "And Jake, too."

Nevertheless, everyone's welcome to a cupcake. Krycek takes one, figuring it was almost as good as a real breakfast...

*somewhat annoyed, Shep hollers across the room*

Okay, guys, we need to blow off these essays... seriously... if we're going to get punished with more of them for doing well, then if we blow them off he should stop assigning them.

...right?

*realizes that Professor Mac probably heard that, he sits down sheepishly.*

*DEATH turns in an essay explaining how useful a Swiss Army knife would have been while he was still using skeletal horses for trasnportation. He pries a few metacarpals off and then reattaches them effieciently as demonstration. He is still wearing duct tape.*

Mac barely looks up from the work he's doing on the emitter. "Sorry you feel that way Shep. If you want to do an alternative to the essay and fabricate an item of your choice by next Monday you can."

Mac then gives Shep a disappointed look. "Keep in mind that this is my classroom. If you have a problem with an assignment, you can talk to me or Sam about it and we can work something out. However another outburst like that and you'll be facing detention. Understand?"

Sorry sir. I'm just... having a bad day. And I was really looking forward to this class because it's not your typical do-the-research-write-the-paper class. Usually...

*realizes he's probably making things worse by trying to explain, Shep pulls out paper*

"Swiss Army Knives are very handy because..."

Bridge signs in and writes his essay:

Swiss Army Knives are pretty cool. Even if the name is somewhat misleading. Is it a "Swiss army" knife, or a "Swiss" army knife? I'm not sure. For that matter, do the Swiss even have an army? Anyway, you can use them for all sorts of things, like opening bottles or magnifying things or cutting things. Sometimes there's even a nail file, which is handy for those times when you're hard at work and you break a nail, I guess. It's small and can be put in a pocket, which means it's always there when you need it. Like a good friend. A good, shiny, pocket-sized red friend with many different sharp implements.

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Shop Class #6

Class Assignment

Let's talk about Kitty Pryde...

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