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fandomhigh2012-12-07 01:28 pm
not_a_whiner) wrote in fandomhigh2012-12-07 01:28 pm
Entry tags:
Astro Sciences, Friday
"Good morning, class," a terribly black-and-white Kaidan said, his brow curving slightly in a paternal frown. "Today, we will be learning about SPACE and the FUTURE."
Oh, and he was also holding a pointer stick. In front of a blackboard. Which was full of pictures. "Now you may have gotten the wrong idea from this kind of pulp literature. Space is not a place of adventure! But it is a place of discovery."
He let the pointer stick hit the board. "One day, mankind might travel past all the planets, from Mercury to Pluto," he said, "But that can't happen unless the next generation applies themselves. And no, reading Ruck Bodgers is not the same thing!"
He nodded sagely at Topher. "My assistant will distribute several sheets of paper," he said. "Based on the literature you have read--" Not that Kaidan had actually been in any state to tell them to read anything recently, "I want you to conceptualize the future! Realistically. Draw the men who will shape space in the name of Queen and country!" He cleared his throat. "The first to finish adequately will get an apple to take home, so show your best work, and we may just defeat the communists in the space race!"
Yes.
...
Yes.
Oh, and he was also holding a pointer stick. In front of a blackboard. Which was full of pictures. "Now you may have gotten the wrong idea from this kind of pulp literature. Space is not a place of adventure! But it is a place of discovery."
He let the pointer stick hit the board. "One day, mankind might travel past all the planets, from Mercury to Pluto," he said, "But that can't happen unless the next generation applies themselves. And no, reading Ruck Bodgers is not the same thing!"
He nodded sagely at Topher. "My assistant will distribute several sheets of paper," he said. "Based on the literature you have read--" Not that Kaidan had actually been in any state to tell them to read anything recently, "I want you to conceptualize the future! Realistically. Draw the men who will shape space in the name of Queen and country!" He cleared his throat. "The first to finish adequately will get an apple to take home, so show your best work, and we may just defeat the communists in the space race!"
Yes.
...
Yes.
Draw the Future of SPACE!
Draw something that can go IN SPACE! Draw the future OF SPACE! Draw it before the communists draw it!
Re: Draw the Future of SPACE!
Which is to say she would be over here happily doodling pictures that looked exactly like the pictures on the blackboard if they'd been doodled by a less talented artist. There were lots of tentacles.
There was also a stick-figure girl in a black bomber jacket riding a rocket and shouting "Geronimo!"