Squirrel! Period one

[intheeyeofthebeholding]

Today, class would find a paper taped to the classroom door like it was the 20th century: Squirrel class: Meet in the library. - Jonathan Sims

When they got there, they would find Jon looking slightly disheveled and very sheepish.

"So I...um. Well, I got distracted last night and forgot where I put the notes for class, and I couldn't find them this morning, either." You would think an entity of knowledge would be helpful here, but the Eye just seemed to be enjoying Jon's mortification.

"Fortunately, that is more or less on-brand for this class, so we'll call it a learning experience - it's best to keep things in specific places rather than putting them down...somewhere. And today will be a study period. We've got books, computers, CDs, and videos here. Learn something new and come back and tell us at the end of class. Even if all you learn is how they organize the library."

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Class activity

[intheeyeofthebeholding]

Learn something! Then tell the class what it is.

"I learned a truly horrific amount - 'horrific' very much being the operative word - about the East India Company. They were responsible for an amazing amount of trade during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and an even more amazing amount of atrocities, as well as spurring the British crown to additional ones, not that it needed much help. There is an entire series of wars they entered into - the company itself and its own armies - against people whose goods it felt entitled to."

He shook his head. "I'll forego any more, not wanting to make you as depressed about tea as I am."

Re: Class activity

[afraid_of_marshmallows]

"I learned about Imbolc, which is the halfway point between the Winter Solstice and the Vernal Equinox," Arden said. "Supposedly, it's the turning point for when the weather starts to warm up, but we'll see if that happens."