Faculty Meeting, Wednesday (After Classes)

[bigdamnprincipal]

Putting together a faculty meeting, Zoe realized, wasn't that different from putting together a Student Council meeting. Today, she'd set things up in the faculty lounge; there was food - donuts, coffee, and cold drinks - and clean chairs and tables for people to sit at. Once most of the staff had arrived and gotten something to eat, she went to the front of the room.

"Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you all for coming," she said. "I'll admit, I don't really have any business to talk about. This is more of an opportunity for you all to have a chance to talk to each other about how things are going, or about the students, or anything you might need from me and the others. Does anyone have anything to bring up?"

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Re: Arrive/Mingle

[nookiepowered]

"How exactly do you teach being awesome?" Bo wanted to know. "I can kind of picture how you'd teach, say, How Not To Be A Douche -- Lesson 1 would be never start any reply to an internet comment with the word Um -- but how do you do the opposite?"

Re: Arrive/Mingle

[vanillajello]

Kate shrugged. "Mostly, I just try to teach the right kind of attitude," she said. She made a vague, unhelpful gesture with her hand. "Like this certain kind of positivity about yourself. That kind of thing."

Re: Arrive/Mingle

[nookiepowered]

"I'm good enough, I'm smart enough, and doggone it, people like me?" Public access cable with daily affirmations from Stuart Smalley had a lot to answer for in Bo's young life.

Re: Arrive/Mingle

[vanillajello]

"That about sums it up, yeah," Kate confirmed. If with a tiny snort. "Think I even have some students who really really actually need it. I wasn't expecting that."

Re: Arrive/Mingle

[nookiepowered]

"Some of them do come in that way." Bo nodded. Like a grownup who hadn't been just exactly as screwed-up and self-doubting as these kids, when she first hit the island. "Fandom tends to beat it out of them pretty quick, though."