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It's entirely possible that Daniel is looking a wee bit jetlagged at the front of the class and is clutching at a cup of coffee like it's a lifeline.

He smiles as the class files in, leaning against his desk. Once they're all seated, he begins.

"Good afternoon and welcome to World History in a Nutshell. I'm Dr. Jackson, and I'll be taking you through this whirlwind tour of the history of Earth. On your desks is a copy of the tentative syllabus

First of all today, I'd like to go around the room and have everyone do a quick introduction so I can put names to faces."

After that was done, Daniel dimmed the lights.

"We're going to start off with an easy class on prehistory today. I have a documentary, which is about human evolution.

Once that's finished, I'm happy to take any questions and then you can take the Caveman Challenge. I'll be interested to see what percentage you'll get at the end."

[[ooc: Crashing soon and thus will pick up tags when I awaken again. Will also be working from ~2.30- ~10.00 EST]]

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Play the game! ~~Worship the BBC~~ There's also other games and puzzles listed on their prehistoric site involving primates and dinosaurs and sea monsters -- oh my!

Cameron got 95%. He was on the home straight to Homo Sapiens. Good to know.

Blair did excellent ~~even though his mun refused to make the poor caveman eat the termites~~.

Sam was a little disappointed that he only got an 80%. Stupid animals not being scared by his fire.

Hermione is deeply upset that she only gets a 90%. So she looks around, sees that everyone else is still busy, and tries again until she gets 100%.

Evie couldn't figure out how to move the mouse and work the site right away, until she leaned over and watched Broots and then Cameron. So she ended up getting a 54% and looking like she was going to cry. "Dr. Jackson? I, I'm afraid this is the first time I've used a computer. I don't want to make excuses, but could I possibly do some extra credit?"

Daniel looked stricken over at Evie. "I'm so sorry, I didn't think about people not knowing how to work computers," he said. "Don't worry about it; this game is only for fun really. If you wanted to come and see me after class, or during my office hours I could give you some basic help with computers? We're going to be using them a fair amount this semester with more games."

"Oh," Evie gave a breath of relief, and beamed at him. "Oh, thank you so much, yes, please. I should have asked about this before, I suppose, but everything is very new to me here. I'll stop by after class, then."

Daniel smiled back. "It's not a problem," he said. "Are you one of the students who's from a different time?"

Evie turned bright red, and suddenly didn't know what to do with her hands. "Umm, yes. 1916. I'm going to catch up very quickly!" she hastily added. "Only, I'm afraid I might have to ask for extra notes, so I don't assume what I know about history is still accepted as fact."

Daniel nodded. "I see," he said. "Well, the last five weeks of the syllabus will be very new to you. I'll be happy to help you in my office hours, or if you wanted to set up any other revision session. The important thing is that you understand the material."

Oh, he's so *nice*. Evie bounced a little in her seat, and beamed at him, nodding. "That would be very much appreciated, Dr. Jackson. I do so want to do well here."

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Molly was very happy with her 90% considering how badly she'd done in certain parts of the game.

Dean laughed at his horrifying mishap with the tools part, considering tools were probably the thing he knew most about. He still managed a 94%, though, and was on the road to Homo Sapiens. Right.

Daniel smiled across at the laughter. "Okay there, Dean?" he asked.

"Just barely. All the sharp rocks looked the same, but apparently, they weren't," he said, turning to Dr. Jackson with a smile. "I got it eventually, though."

Daniel laughed. "They do look the same on the computer screen, don't they," he agreed. "I should have bought in some replicas; you'd be able to see the difference much more clearly then."

"Hey," Sam said as he glanced over at Dean. "I was wondering if we'd be in any of the same classes."

"Hey," Dean said with a quick smile. "Me too. I'm guessing we'll have to get used to being mixed up at least occasionally by teachers."

"I'm used to being called Dean by people who don't know my family well enough to tell my brother and I apart, so that won't be a problem for me," Sam said, smirking.

"Good point! Well, I'll have to get used to it, then. Or just write DEAN on my forehead or something," he said with a shrug.

"We need name tags, I think. Just until people get used to the difference. Marker on your forehead is a bit drastic."

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Lyra is just as confused as Evie, but watches over Blair's shoulder, and plays until she gets the hang of it. Her first try was abysmal, but she figured that one didn't count. On her second go, she scored a 93%.

Broots was very proud of his 85% in the game. And his 100% in the 'Get the astronauts to Mars' game as well.

Chad had gotten a 72%. He would have thought he'd score much lower on the evolutionary scale, and then pondered deeply the irony of using a computer to simulatate and guage cavemen knowledge.

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