fandomhigh | Civics, 1st Period

Today the class met in the Danger Shop, which had been programmed to look like the floor of the US House of Representatives, complete with some seriously '70s looking leather chairs. The place was empty other than some simulated tourists up in the balcony and the presiding officer--a hapless junior Republican Congressman signing photos of himself with a group of school kids who visited from his district.

"Today you're going to pretend that you're all at least 25 and are thus duly elected members of the House of Representatives," Steve began.

Tony raised his eyebrows at the class like he was urging them to consider this cool. "And the topic of discussion will be Internet privacy, as a very recent vote occurred repealing the protections granted to people in regards to what their Internet service providers are allowed to store, use, and sell concerning your information and browsing habits."

Which was only a lot dystopian sounding.

"It's even worse than it sounds," he added cheerfully.

"And it sounds pretty bad," Steve said. "There is a tradition in the House of the one minute speech at the end of legislative business of the day. Members can talk about anything, although the parties send out suggestions, and today we're giving you the topic of internet privacy. You get a half hour to research the topic since you don't have staff that already did that part for you, and then you get exactly 60 seconds to make your case in front of God, country, and the fourteen people watching on C-SPAN."

"Half of them are asleep, so don't be too nervous," Tony assured the class.

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There were tablets at your disposal to look into the subject. Or to just play Candy Crush.

You could... do that. Sure.

It's just a little public speaking. No big.

Who were sitting in some deeply uncomfortable chairs here.

Damn this realism!

"Have you ever sat in here for real?" Steve asked.

"Once, but it was pretty long ago." And he honestly would have thought things would be updated by now. But noooo. "You?"

"Never," Steve said. "I've been to the White House, though."

"Photo opp?" Tony guessed.

"Couple of times," Steve said, nodding.

"Maybe we can take the class there," Tony suggested. "Go on the tour."

"That could be fun," Steve agreed, smiling.

"I can't even remember if I've been on that tour myself," he said after a moment of thought before his expression turned delighted. "We could do the full tourist thing."

"How full are we talking?" Steve asked, looking wary.

"Souvenirs are a must here," Tony replied solemnly.

Steve snickered. "If you come back with a Make America Great Again hat, I'm locking you out."

Tony looked utterly scandalized by that before hoarsely whispering, "But her emails."

"Locked. Out.," Steve repeated.

"I will program the television to only play Fox News for you," Tony replied.

Because he was a cruel, evil man. And this was the best argument ever.

"You wouldn't!" Steve gasped. He'd break the tv ten minutes into the first Bill O'Reilly rant.

He was growing as a person if he managed ten minutes. Awwww.

"We could always find out."

That was just tempting fate on being locked out.

"You wouldn't dare," Steve said, narrowing his eyes.

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