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Diplomacy, Relationships, & Tactics: The Art of War, Week 10 [Wednesday, Period 2]
"We discussed accounting for different kinds of terrain previously," said Tahiri, "and now we'll be going into that in a little more depth. More specifically, in this chapter Sun Tzu's talking about how to move your army over different kinds of terrain. How do you make your current set of circumstances work to your advantage, or at the very least, how do you minimize whatever disadvantages you might have in those circumstances?"
"Terrain can be mental as well as physical," Ghanima pointed out. "A rushing river may be the tide of public opinion. A steep cliff in front of you may be your own fears and insecurities, or perhaps simply inexperience that can be cured by training and hard work."
"Or a load of embarrassing, labeled luggage when Fandom has one of those days," Tahiri added dryly. "But here's hoping you never have to deal with the mental terrain becoming physical."
Because that had been ridiculous.
"You'll note," Tahiri continued, "that Sun Tzu never says anything about completely mastering rough terrain or adverse conditions, only dealing with them in the most effective way. Keep that in mind. We can't always fix everything perfectly . . . Which doesn't stop some of us from trying anyway."
"It doesn't stop the majority of you from trying anyway," Ghanima agreed dryly. Because Jedi, and she loves you, Tahiri, but really. "All you can do when faced with less-than-ideal terrain is make the best of it, and to maintain a high level of situational awareness. You need to know if there's whispering in the ranks, if you are near an embankment, where the sun is in the sky... even as you subconsciously process this information, you'll be improving your chances for what you want to accomplish."
"Which leads us to your assignment." Ghanima, it was not at all reassuring to students when you looked that calm and tranquil. "As a practice in situational awareness and manipulation of terrain, you must face the greatest enemy many of you will ever have to encounter: your peer group."
"Over the next week, your assignment is to convince someone to either make you dinner or take you out to eat. Without outright informing them, by word, deed, written missive, telepathy, or other that it is an assignment from your commanding officers. Consider it a trial-run for asking someone to Prom."
"Also a reminder in case you forgot that was coming up," Tahiri said, because she couldn't help herself. "Though you get the rest of the class period to come up with some creative ideas, maybe help each other out with them, or practice if you think you need to. Good luck."
"Terrain can be mental as well as physical," Ghanima pointed out. "A rushing river may be the tide of public opinion. A steep cliff in front of you may be your own fears and insecurities, or perhaps simply inexperience that can be cured by training and hard work."
"Or a load of embarrassing, labeled luggage when Fandom has one of those days," Tahiri added dryly. "But here's hoping you never have to deal with the mental terrain becoming physical."
Because that had been ridiculous.
"You'll note," Tahiri continued, "that Sun Tzu never says anything about completely mastering rough terrain or adverse conditions, only dealing with them in the most effective way. Keep that in mind. We can't always fix everything perfectly . . . Which doesn't stop some of us from trying anyway."
"It doesn't stop the majority of you from trying anyway," Ghanima agreed dryly. Because Jedi, and she loves you, Tahiri, but really. "All you can do when faced with less-than-ideal terrain is make the best of it, and to maintain a high level of situational awareness. You need to know if there's whispering in the ranks, if you are near an embankment, where the sun is in the sky... even as you subconsciously process this information, you'll be improving your chances for what you want to accomplish."
"Which leads us to your assignment." Ghanima, it was not at all reassuring to students when you looked that calm and tranquil. "As a practice in situational awareness and manipulation of terrain, you must face the greatest enemy many of you will ever have to encounter: your peer group."
"Over the next week, your assignment is to convince someone to either make you dinner or take you out to eat. Without outright informing them, by word, deed, written missive, telepathy, or other that it is an assignment from your commanding officers. Consider it a trial-run for asking someone to Prom."
"Also a reminder in case you forgot that was coming up," Tahiri said, because she couldn't help herself. "Though you get the rest of the class period to come up with some creative ideas, maybe help each other out with them, or practice if you think you need to. Good luck."
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"I am not so lucky," Lucille replied, not entirely pleased. "Perhaps I will just accept failure. It's not that important, after all."
It was a silly assignment.
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