Faculty Meeting (Friday after classes)

[bigdamnprincipal]

With the semester in full swing, Zoe thought there might be a need for the teachers and administration to talk to each other. Or maybe it was just Friday and Fridays deserved to be celebrated. Either way, a handwavy message had gone out to the staff to meet in the student council room for an informal faculty meeting. Zoe had set up coffee, cold drinks, donuts, and pastries; there was nothing alcoholic yet, but it was still early in the semester.

"Good afternoon," she said once it looked like everyone was there. "I wanted to give everyone a chance to get together now that we're past the introduction phase with the students. Feel free to take some food and talk to each other about whatever you need to." Whether they talked about students or things that actually interested them was up to them.

[Hey, look what RTM reminded me to do this week! Open to all staff and OCD free.]

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[throughaphase]

"Eek," Kitty frowned. "I'd say that's an acceptable kind of crying. I'd cry."

[raspberryturk]

"Yeah, I figured," Reno agreed. "I had one student the other week who looked like she really friggin' needed to, even took her aside and told her it was okay if that's how hard it was hittin' her, and then spent the next ten minutes telling her that crying wasn't useless and self-indulgent. People do it for a reason, right?"

He wrinkled his nose a little.

"I just don't have a friggin' clue what else I should be doin' about it. Try to shelter them from the worst of it? Let 'em turn on the waterworks and leave 'em be, or... fuck, I dunno. I'm not the feelings guy, here. I'm the 'hit it with a stick until it stops tryin' to kill me' guy."

[throughaphase]

"I figure people are going to be upset. Don't shelter them, but make sure they know they're allowed to be upset and it's normal," Kitty said. "And if you're any good at hugs, that might help, too."

[raspberryturk]

Reno was... dubious at best about his hugging skills. Sure, he was at least decent enough that Rikku hadn't left him yet, but that was different.

"Upset is normal," he echoed, nodding. "Anyway, a lot of what they're gonna see was in the class description, and if they didn't know to expect it from that, the first class probably gave 'em a better idea. It ain't gonna be all full of happy experiences, but at least they shouldn't get blindsided by it between now and the end of the semester, yo."