Lying and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them, Class #1, Monday Afternoon, Park

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Jarod stood in front of the class, a little more nervous about teaching this particular subject. He handed out the syllabus, then some informational sheets, worksheets, and #2 pencils. "Good afternoon. I'm Jarod, and I'll be your instructor for the next seven weeks. Hopefully the class will be both fun and educational for everyone. In our first class, we'll be looking at who you are: If you're looking to play a role, you have to know yourself, to know which roles are best for you. If you're looking to catch a conman, you have to know how to get inside their head, which is generally called profiling and will be something that you'll have to get into with a different teacher."

"So, today, you'll be taking a personality profile. Once you have those results, check out
this guide of career choices based on that profile. It'll be easier for you to play a part if it's natural to you. If you're looking for a conman, it'll be easier to predict which careers he or she might gravitate towards."

"Have fun, and ask me any questions, but today's just a way to get started."

[ooc: Same as before, no Jarod interaction until tomorrow after 6 pm.]


D'anna Biers
Hamlet Dane Jr
Z Delgado
Tyler Durden
James Ford
Rory Gilmore
Jack Harkness
Joxer
Pippi Longstocking
Draco Malfoy
Cameron Mitchell
Briar Moss
M Parker
Peter Parker
Gwen Raiden
Nadia Santos
Ranma Saotome
Jaye Tyler
Elizabeth Weir


Syllabus:

Week 1: Choosing a Role: Know yourself, and learn what you can and can't pull off convincingly

Week 2: Learning the Lingo: Every profession has its own jargon. Class will be held in the Library.

Week 3: Lying without Lying: How to tell the truth. Just slightly shaded.

Week 4: The Bluff: Oops. You're clueless and stuck. Now what?

Week 5: Finding Confederates: Which friends do you want or need to make to help you?

Week 6: Dressing the Part: What you wear can support the lie and inspire trust. Class will hopefully be held at Stuff for Sale.

Week 7: Knowing When to Get Out: Someone's always on your tail or about to catch on. Learn the signals and how to trust your instincts.

Week 8: The Pretend Putting it all Together: See how you do. Class will hopefully be held in the Danger Shop.

Comments

Sign in

[jarodpretends.livejournal.com]

So the thread collapses, please.

Re: Sign in

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia signed in.

What do you hope to get out of this class?

[jarodpretends.livejournal.com]

Getting to know you...

Re: What do you hope to get out of this class?

[fates_jaye]

Jaye waves. "Hi. I'm Jaye. And I would like to know how to effectively lie my way through the next year would like to better learn how to hide the potential psychosis think it would be a useful skill."

Re: What do you hope to get out of this class?

[conathon.livejournal.com]

"I'm Sawyer. That's not my real name though, that's my confidence man name. My real name is James Ford. I'm a real life conman." Shrugging.

Re: What do you hope to get out of this class?

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"I'm Parker. I'm hoping to be able to spot liars and con artists," she shot Jarod a snarky glance, and cocked and eyebrow at him, "and maybe be able to put forward the kind of image I want, in different situations."

Re: What do you hope to get out of this class?

[pure-blooddraco.livejournal.com]

"Hey. I'm Draco. I've lied before and I'm probably going to do it again so I figure I might as well be good at it."

Re: What do you hope to get out of this class?

[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

"Yo. I'm Cam. I signed up because I want to be able to tell when people are lying to me. However, I'm also aware that in my future career I'll have to end up keeping secrets and I want to get better at that."

Re: What do you hope to get out of this class?

[nadiathesaint]

"I'm Nadia, and I think the ability to lie realistically and catch other people in lies at the same time is a very, very useful skill to have for just about anything, but especially what I think I want to do for the rest of my life."

Re: What do you hope to get out of this class?

[tyler-gone.livejournal.com]

"I'm Tyler," Tyler said, and wondered if that counted as his first lie. "I'm here because I like knowing when people aren't telling me the truth."

Re: What do you hope to get out of this class?

[greenmagebriar.livejournal.com]

"I'm Briar and I'm here because I think lying is a very useful skill to have."

Re: What do you hope to get out of this class?

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"I'm Jack. And I hope to learn to be a conman, since it's my destiny get everything I can out of this class."

Re: What do you hope to get out of this class?

[multiplez]

"I'm Z. And I'm going into law enforcement, so I thought it might be useful to know all I could about lies and lying liars."

Re: What do you hope to get out of this class?

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"Hi, I'm Rory, and I'm a horrible liar. I want to get better."

She shrugged. It was an easy enough answer.

Re: What do you hope to get out of this class?

[peter--parker.livejournal.com]

"I'm Ben and I actually have no interest in this class, I just randomly picked it," Peter said.

"Actually, I'm Peter and I'd like to get better at keeping my secret identity. Also, I'm a smartass, sorry."

Re: What do you hope to get out of this class?

[dbiers.livejournal.com]

"Hi, I'm D'anna. You have to think like a liar to catch one." D said.

Re: What do you hope to get out of this class?

[notcalledlizzie.livejournal.com]

"I'm Elizabeth and I've had to deal with liars in the past and I feel that knowing when someone is lying is always helpful, so I'd like to be able to spot it easier," said Elizabeth, shrugging slightly. "And improving my own skills at stretching the truth can't hurt either."

Take the Myers-Briggs Test and Discuss the Results

[jarodpretends.livejournal.com]

Getting to know all about you...

Re: Take the Myers-Briggs Test and Discuss the Results

[greenmagebriar.livejournal.com]

"Apparently, I'm an ESTP. Except I think that putting everyone into sixteen categories is a little silly and unrealistic."

Re: Take the Myers-Briggs Test and Discuss the Results

[tyler-gone.livejournal.com]

"INTJ," Tyler mumbled. "But I agree with Briar, it's bull."

Re: Take the Myers-Briggs Test and Discuss the Results

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Parker glared at her results. "ENTJ. Field Marshal.... and okay, nothing Sydney hasn't said to me before, but..." It was the trademark quote that was throwing her: "I'm really sorry you have to die."

Everything else was scarily accurate.

Try out a Role

[jarodpretends.livejournal.com]

Got one you like or want to try? Play a part and improv it!

Re: Try out a Role

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Parker made a face at the list of roles. "So, according to this, and my Meyers-Briggs, I'm going to be stuck playing the Queen of Air and Darkness or Lady MacBeth that one queen in the Scottish Play, or Clytemnestra.... Fabulous. There is no way that would ever work in a con."

Talk to each other

[jarodpretends.livejournal.com]

In case you didn't get enough of that already.

Talk to Jarod

[jarodpretends.livejournal.com]

But not until after 6, omg!

Re: Talk to Jarod

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"It was *not* a euphemism. And why were you offering to cook for Jaye?"

Lots of their conversations start in the middle like this.

OOC

[jarodpretends.livejournal.com]

To end the OCD, at least until Caritas.

Re: OOC

[ranma-sao.livejournal.com]

Hullo there teacher sir. Ranma's currently not himself and I don't wish to get him off on a really bad foot so I'll be in class next week but I was having him conviently miss it today. Sorry for that!