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Polar Opposites, Tuesday
"Hello everyone, welcome back to our class on debating," Alistair said.
Yes, he'd just figured out that's what they were doing. Give him a gold star, everyone! "Like last week, we'll be debating another random topic from the jar... thing..."
"Yes, the 'jar thing,'" Morrigan replied dryly, holding it out for him to pick this time. "You students are to be congratulated on keeping it civilized so far."
Alistair gave her a foul look. "In spite of some of the terrible examples some of us have shown you," he said, then took out a note. "And we've got... 'classrooms: co-ed or same-sex'."
Beat. "Where did you find these..."
"In a book, at their library, on debate topics," Morrigan informed him. "I understand that wardens spend a great deal of time sharpening their swords-" totally dirty, "-but you really ought to visit their repository. 'Tis full of marvelous tomes."
"You have never been to our repository, because we don't let anybody in there," Alistair said. And by 'nobody' he also meant 'junior wardens', yes. "Well, if you're so clever, why don't you explain the topic?"
"'Their' meaning the school's library, Alistair," Morrigan replied patiently, as if she was talking to a particularly stupid cow. "Although my mother has a few choice words about the collections of both the wardens and the Circle. 'Short-sighted' is her favorite, along with 'dull' and 'lies,' although the last one is mostly reserved for the Circle."
"Same-gender classrooms are, as they sound, classes filled with all boys, or all girls. I am given to understand that co-ed is the set-up here, where males and females mingle freely," she continued. "There are a number of arguments for and against each model."
"And I," Alistair said, "Figured out your print-ahr so you can read them." So in your face, Morrigan.
And hey, he had! He had in fact printed out everything they'd ever need for this class, topic-explanation-wise. All in one afternoon, in fact!
... which made his learning curve from 'crumpled and in pink ink halfway on the page' to 'readable' more than a little obvious.
Yes, he'd just figured out that's what they were doing. Give him a gold star, everyone! "Like last week, we'll be debating another random topic from the jar... thing..."
"Yes, the 'jar thing,'" Morrigan replied dryly, holding it out for him to pick this time. "You students are to be congratulated on keeping it civilized so far."
Alistair gave her a foul look. "In spite of some of the terrible examples some of us have shown you," he said, then took out a note. "And we've got... 'classrooms: co-ed or same-sex'."
Beat. "Where did you find these..."
"In a book, at their library, on debate topics," Morrigan informed him. "I understand that wardens spend a great deal of time sharpening their swords-" totally dirty, "-but you really ought to visit their repository. 'Tis full of marvelous tomes."
"You have never been to our repository, because we don't let anybody in there," Alistair said. And by 'nobody' he also meant 'junior wardens', yes. "Well, if you're so clever, why don't you explain the topic?"
"'Their' meaning the school's library, Alistair," Morrigan replied patiently, as if she was talking to a particularly stupid cow. "Although my mother has a few choice words about the collections of both the wardens and the Circle. 'Short-sighted' is her favorite, along with 'dull' and 'lies,' although the last one is mostly reserved for the Circle."
"Same-gender classrooms are, as they sound, classes filled with all boys, or all girls. I am given to understand that co-ed is the set-up here, where males and females mingle freely," she continued. "There are a number of arguments for and against each model."
"And I," Alistair said, "Figured out your print-ahr so you can read them." So in your face, Morrigan.
And hey, he had! He had in fact printed out everything they'd ever need for this class, topic-explanation-wise. All in one afternoon, in fact!
... which made his learning curve from 'crumpled and in pink ink halfway on the page' to 'readable' more than a little obvious.
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