Sociology Classes Nov. 9th

[drgrissom.livejournal.com]

Death and Dying
"Hello, everyone. Please leave your coats and sweaters on, and leave your books and bags at your desks. If you would follow me outside, I have an experiment I would like you to observe."

Grissom steps outside, where he stands behind a large, dead pig wrapped in a blanket, with a fire extinguisher at his feet.

"I hope you read your materials on spontaneous combustion. Now, I am sure some of you still had your doubts, still believed there was a possibility of an unexplained phenomena at work."

Grissom then torches the pig, demonstrating the wick effect, as the pig burns body fat slowly and feeds the fire.

"Now, I have mainpulated the variables here a little for the purposes of a quick demonstration, but here is my question for you. Does this change how you feel about mysterious and unexplained deaths? Do you believe some cases will be later explained by science, or are there "paranormal" elements that can contribute to unusual deaths?"

"Also, before you leave, your homework for next week is to find an example of a death that you believe can not be explained by modern scientific analysis."

Sociology of Deviance
"Welcome, class. Before we begin, I'd like to mention to Bel that this week's Tentacle comes with ads for hentai, which we discussed earlier in regards to your project. You might want to take a look for research purposes."

"That being said, please have a seat and take your exam. You have an hour to complete it, then turn it in [and tell me your grade].

"For the rest of class, we are going next door to the A/V Lab. I have set up several stations with various video games for you to play. Spend time playing at least one game and observing the others as your classmates play them. Then discuss one thing that you believe could be perceived as deviant in one of the games, and why."

The set-up is of an Atari, a Nintendo NES, a Sega Genesis, Playstation 1 and 2, an X Box, and a computer station. There are many games to choose from. May I suggest Base Wars zomg.

"For homework, please read The Killing Game by Gary Webb.

Comments

Nov 9 : Death and Dying

[drgrissom.livejournal.com]

Please stand downwind from the burning pig.

Re: Nov 9 : Death and Dying

[conathon.livejournal.com]

Sawyer covers his nose and mouth as the pig is set on fire, the smell is..below wonderful.

Re: Nov 9 : Death and Dying

[drgrissom.livejournal.com]

"Oh, right, I did bring surgical masks if anyone wanted one. Just think of it as a luau?"

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[harried-potter.livejournal.com]

*doesn't know what to say*

*slightly shocked by burning pig*

Re: Nov 9 : Death and Dying

[drgrissom.livejournal.com]

"Harry, do you need to go back inside?" He looks confused as to how someone couldn't be intrigued by the experiment. "Are you a vegetarian?" he asks, because that's the only thing that jumps to mind.

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[marieann-d.livejournal.com]

"That's...disgustingly facisnatin', Grissom," Rogue says, her scarf over her mouth. "How does that happen?"

Re: Nov 9 : Death and Dying

[drgrissom.livejournal.com]

Grissom looks pleased Rogue has taken an interest. "It is quite like how a candle burns, as a matter of fact. If I hadn't juiced up the experiment a little, we could stand outside and watch the pig burn for hours without even truly noticing the burning. Human bones can withstand 1000C degrees, but this process can destroy them within hours. This pig acts as a stand-in because their body fat content is so close to our own. In fact, did you know there is a lot of research going on now into pig's organs being transplanted into humans? Pig brain cells implanted into a human suffering from Parkinson's has helped relieve the movements associated with the disease in trials in Massachusetts."

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[oatmanspatient.livejournal.com]

Marty watches the pig burning with a somewhat morbid interest.

"I guess there's always going to be a scientific explanation for almost any kind of death. My question to you though would be how does science explain the existence of Zombie Weekend?"

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[drgrissom.livejournal.com]

"I..."

Is Grissom turning a little pink?

"I didn't have any experience with the zombies firsthand, so I am unable to offer any explanations that would hold any weight... Basically, I didn't ventilate properly during an experiment that weekend, so I was pretty high, and Ms. Sidle kind of had to protect me. But if you have any samples or some firsthand experiences to share, I could always come up with a hypothesis or two."

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[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

Callisto watches the demonstration with an impassive expression, although an acute observer might notice her hands are clenched hard enough that blood is oozing though her knuckles.

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[drgrissom.livejournal.com]

Grissom doesn't pick up on her hands at first, but notices Callisto is not speaking, which is quite unusual for her in this class.

"Callisto, how are you today?"

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[allie-cameron.livejournal.com]

Allie leaves her books on her desk, but makes sure to carry her egg baby outside so she isn't accused of neglect. She wishes her brain would stop telling her to name the stupid thing Lola. She's still hurt by what happened last night.

"That was... really gross," she says after the experiment.

Re: Nov 9 : Death and Dying

[drgrissom.livejournal.com]

"True," Grissom admits. "Although, if you plan on going to med school, you'll see a few human beings in a similar state, I'm afraid."

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[stykera]

*Stark watches the pig burn. It was interesting, even if it did smell awful.*

I think there have to be other explanations for some deaths. Not everything is scientific, not everything can be easily explained.

Nov. 9 : Deviance

[drgrissom.livejournal.com]

I'll be playing Marble Madness while you take your tests.

Re: Nov. 9 : Deviance

[notstakedyet.livejournal.com]

As the test requires strict memorization, Angelus scores perfectly. When he hands the test up he smiles. "Hey teach, anything I need to do to make up for last week?"

Re: Nov. 9 : Deviance

[drgrissom.livejournal.com]

"No, thank you though Angelus, your absence was excused," Grissom gives him a half-smile. "Good work."

Re: Nov. 9 : Deviance

[addams-daughter.livejournal.com]

Wednesday shows up several minutes late, a black basket (http://www.livejournal.com/community/fandomhigh/338879.html?thread=16290495#t16290495) in one hand.

Displaying the baseket to Grissom, she offers, "Professor Grissom, my apologies for my tardiness, but I had to pick up Hyde from his babysitter after my Biology work."

Re: Nov. 9 : Deviance

[demonbelthazor]

Belthazor happily turned in a midterm with a score of 90%, then headed over to the A/V lab to play "Grand Theft Auto."

"This is pretty fun!"



[OOC: Hentai! *dies*]

Re: Nov. 9 : Deviance

[addams-daughter.livejournal.com]

Wednesday's test is a perfect 100%.




((OOC: ... wherein it helps that the player paid attention in college. Hooray!))

Re: Nov. 9 : Deviance

[addams-daughter.livejournal.com]

Taking Hyde and his basket over to the various game systems, Wednesday hesitated before choosing one. Carefully setting Hyde down, she let Silent Hill load as she carefully examined the directions.



((OOC: What? No PS2? Shame on you!))

Re: Nov. 9 : Deviance

[suzotchka.livejournal.com]

Ivanova hands in an exam with a rather disappointing score of 80% and resolves to study better. She heads for the video games and after mulling over the various options, she plunks down in front of Nintendo 64 for some old school Super Mario Bros. Which is in no way the only video game the mun can play.

Re: Nov. 9 : Deviance

[other-logan.livejournal.com]

Logan does A- work on his test, and definitely enjoys the video game portion of class more.

[equalsmcsquared.livejournal.com]

[ooc: *sporfle*]

*A note is taped to Grissom's door. He should recognize the handwriting.

This means war.

Despite the message, Sara truly is more amused than anything else.*

[drgrissom.livejournal.com]

Grissom looks at the note curiously, immediately recognizing the barely can even be called chicken-scratch handwriting. His lips quirk up in amusement, but he's a little concerned as to what she means by war, because frankly, Sara's a little scary and he's not to sure he wants to see her idea of retaliation. He considers booby-trapping his apartment.