fandomhigh | Monday, January 23rd, 2012

Monday, January 23rd, 2012

iwishiwasbig.livejournal.com

As the new staff of the Fandom High Times walked into the Journalism Room after classes, they would find pastries, an ungodly amount of coffee, and Dave, who was drinking an amount of coffee that was only slightly more coffee.

"Hey, everyone. Welcome to the newspaper. If you don't know me, or at least haven't formally met me, I'm Dave Nelson. I'll be your editor, but don't worry, I'll be a fair boss. And if you need anything, anything at all, feel free to come to me. Please don't bother Jaye Tyler, our faculty sponsor. I promised her she wouldn't have to do anything, and I intend to keep that promise."

"As for regular business, I'll keep this short and sweet today. Anyone know what specifically they want to work on for next Monday's paper? If not, I'm sure we can figure something out."

"In the meantime, help yourself to food and coffee. They'll be a weekly staple to keep you coming back," Dave said. He wasn't really joking.

halfman-lion.livejournal.com

As the students took their seats, they would each find a book being rather firmly placed on their desks.

"Books," Tyrion informed them, once he'd finished the process of handing them out, "are the greatest tool there is in sharpening a mind. You may not think you need a sharp mind; perhaps you can get by on charging at things with a sword. And certainly that will work for some of you some of the time. For the rest of the time -- and especially for ensuring you have a properly full mind in a time of crisis -- there's nothing like reading."

"I am aware that there are other ways to obtain and store information on the island, but from what I can tell plain words on paper retain some popularity. Let's stick to those for the day."

"Your assignment is a simple one. Take the book I've handed you at random. Read as much as you can from it in the next half-hour. Then turn to the person next to you and have a discussion about what you read, and how you can see using the information in the future. And, sometime over the next week, pick out a book from the library or bookstore that talks about something you know nothing about, and be prepared to explain it to me when we next meet."

"Blysse, please see me for an alternate assignment."

faithandscience.livejournal.com

Some days it was out of place objects appearing in the library, others it was books getting in to arguments with each other, still others it was books who refused to stay where they were put.

Today, it was that third one. No matter how many times he put away the strange-looking book called The Battle of Sancre Tor, it kept reappearing on the circulation desk.

At this point, he was refusing to actually read it just out of spite.

furious-maximus.livejournal.com

"We've talked about fight or flight responses, and I mentioned that one of the things we'll want to do is begin to adjust your instinctive reactions so that those automatic responses don't get you into trouble if you need to defend yourself. Today we'll be taking the first step with that."

Max grinned and looked around the room at his students. "Today's lesson is that sometimes the 'fight or flight' response is actually the wrong approach. In fact, in a lot of cases, you actually want some combination of the two. Stomp someone's foot, and then run; or running until you find a better position to fight from. After all, there are plenty of situations where just running, or just fighting, are not optimal. I mean, chances are you couldn't outrun a tiger chasing you, and you certainly don't want to fight one in the open."

"Today's exercise is pretty simple. Everyone's going to get some distance from each other, and then the Danger Shop is going to begin cycling through localized scenarios. They'll all be still scenes, so you have as much time to think about your responses as you need. You can even get a bit of practice in with your proposed solution, though since everything will be frozen it won't be all that realistic. Still, I'm hoping it'll help you think about some of this stuff in advance."

"Well, that's it. Let's get to it." He paused. "Oh, and Surreal, I'd like to speak to you after class, if you have a moment."

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