Journalistic Integrity (Wednesday, January 11 - 6th period)

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“Hello, duckies,” Rita smiled. “Sign in and take a handout as you enter.”


On the corner of the desk rested a small pile of what might appear to be very old paper, a slender piece of wood and an acid green feather.

"All right, boys and girls. This is Journalistic Integrity. This is where we’ll find out how far is too far. How much do people have a right to know?”

She folded her hands behind her back, tilting her head.

"We all have secrets that we’d prefer not to get out. But if someone is in the spotlight, do they still have a right to that secrecy? Does the public have a right to know the private affairs of their leaders?

These are the concepts we’ll cover this term. But for today, I want to learn about you. Introduce yourself, say your age and where you’re from, what you want to be when you grow up, and something that makes you absolutely unique. Something you’re good at, or that makes you distinctive. Perhaps, even - think of a quality that might make some consider you a celebrity? Why would someone want to write about you?”

“I’ll go first. I’m Rita Skeeter. You may call me Professor or Ms. Skeeter. I’m thirty-six, most lately of London. I’m a rather well-known journalist,” she laughed, “though I naturally wouldn’t expect many of you to know my work. Muggles usually don’t, unless they’ve been snooping where they oughtn’t - and I would highly encourage that, by the way. And as for my uniqueness...I can and will turn you all into toadstools if you misbehave in my class.”

She quirked her brows and smiled expectantly.

[ooc: OCD threads going are up!]

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Logan signed in and took a handout. He raised his eyebrows at some of the subjects on the syllabus. Should be an interesting semester.

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Krycek signed in, taking a seat with his copy of the syllabus.

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Barbossa signed in and picked up a syllabus.

His grin widened as he read the list of topics.

This would be fun.

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Chloe signed in and took a handout, grinning as she read some of the topics.

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Callisto signed in and took a handout. She looked so happy to be there.

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Janet signed in and totally planned on doing more when she got home from work.

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Veronica signed in and grabbed a copy of the syllabus.

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Alanna signed in.

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Kara signs in and picks up a syllabus.

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Jessica signs in.

Introductions

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Barbossa bounced up. "I be Barbossa," he said. "I be fifteen, near as can be reckoned, and be hailin' from the West Indies. When I grow up, assumin' I be not marooned before then, I want t'be the most feared pirate in the Caribbean."

He scratched at his beard. "As fer what be makin' me unique, I be fairly certain I be the only person from the 1750s who be runnin' a radio station." He sketched a quick bow at Professor Skeeter. "It be a pleasure t' make yer acquaintance."

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"Alex Krycek, just Krycek is fine though. Eighteen, originally from New York. At the moment I'm looking at journalism as a future career only because that's what I told you to get this job, and I speak fluent Russian." He sat back down, purposefully having not given any of the half dozen things that were actually interesting about him.

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"Logan Echolls, age seventeen," Logan said. "No idea what I want to do with I grow up. Maybe journalism. I took it last semester, too, and I did pretty well." He tapped his pen against the desk as he considered the last question. "I'm a pretty good surfer. Maybe I'll make the cover of Surfer Mag or something." He smiled at her.

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"Callisto. Seventeen. From Thrace. I lead an army."

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"I'm Veronica Mars, eighteen, from Neptune, California. I think I'd like to be a private investigator when I grow up and I'm a pretty good photographer."

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"Hi, I'm Alanna Trebond, seventeen. I'm from Trebond but more recently Chorus, the capital city of Tortall. I'm not exactly from around here." She smirked a little. "I'm Gifted, so I'm sort of a witch, especially in healing. Um, I'm unique because I have spent the past six years disguised as a boy to train to become a knight. I'm considered an expert fencer."

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Chloe mentions nothing about the deja-vu she's getting from doing this again.

"I'm Chloe Sullivan, and I just turned 18 a few months ago. I'm from Smallville, Kansas not Kentucky, and yes, it really is a small town. But we're near a big city, so it's okay. I want to be a reporter when I finish school, hence the involvement in Journalism classes," she says, smiling. "To be honest, I don't think there's anything unique about me that someone would want to write about. I'm usually the one writing about everyone else."

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"Kara Thrace, seventeen, from Caprica. I used to know what I was going to do, but not anymore," she says.

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"Jessica Atreides, 15 going on 16. From Caladan--that's a planet, by the way--and in a few years, I'll become a full Bene Gesserit. I also expect I'll be bearing a daughter for a duke of the Imperium soon."

Jessica looks sideways at Rita. She oozes unreliability, she thinks. I wonder how she expects to teach us anything about integrity.

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Janet stood to give her introduction. "My name is Janet Fraiser. I'm sixteen years old, and I transferred in last semester from Colorado Spring High School." She glanced around the room. Luckily, she was in an unfamiliar subject and therefore not prone to bouts of more knowledge than a teenager should have. She should probably still watch herself very carefully around this teacher. Who was certainly getting under Janet's skin already.

"After high school, I'll be getting an undergraduate degree, most likely in biochemistry, and then I'll go through med school and become a doctor. Again. As to what makes me unique?" She shrugged. "I'm not really sure. I'm one of the few library aides in the school, but I'm certainly not the only one."

She was probably also the shortest student in the school, excepting possibly a few of the new freshmen, but Janet wasn't planning on bringing that up.

After Class

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OOC

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Re: OOC

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Oooh, Janet is going to hate Rita soon. This should be fun!