meme: one word!

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I am working a weird, short day, people are still recovering from SDCC, and we haven't done my favorite meme since January. Lots and lots of stuff has happened since then, and loads of new characters and new relationships!

Describe me in one word - just one single word. Positive or negative.

Leave your word in a comment, before looking at what words others have used.

Yes, this is all IC. Comment with your journal, and people will ping off you to describe you! Wheee!

(You guys, reading back over the last time this was posted, we were still writing out 'all in one due to work.' Awww! Nostalgia!)

Big Siblings and Teaching Buddies

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Nom nom copypasta!

Big Sibling Program

New students need old volunteers to help them get settled in, right? Right. We need IC student volunteers to pair up with incoming students and help them adjust to Fandom's little quirks. (And by 'little quirks' we clearly mean 'their fellow students turning into monsters' and so forth.) The idea behind this pairing is for the new student to have at least one person they can go to if they're not settling in too well and to ask questions and generally get answers that don't suck. OOCly-speaking, the big sibling's player should be available to help out the little sibling's player. Sometimes minimal help is needed as the little sibling will be a current player (or super duper fast at getting into the flow of FH) but if the player is new, you will act as their liaison and mentor while they get settled into the game. You need to be available OOCly to answer their questions, guide them in the right direction while they get used to the game, and hold their hand so they're not overwhelmed. Not literally, unless you have USB hands, which would be kind of awesome, actually.

Buddy System

This is the teacher version of the big sibling program. The idea is that you currently play a teacher or administrator, and your character is willing to show a new teacher/faculty member the ropes of living and teaching in Fandom. ICly your character will be there to answer any questions and take the poor teacher drinking after their first week (knowing these classes, the students might need it more). OOCly, if the player is new (or new to teaching) then you'll be on hand to provide answers to their questions, help them out and generally guide them while they get used to the game and/or RP teaching.

Please volunteer if you fit the following:

• Your character won't be antagonistic about helping out someone (ICly, your character can be signed up against their will, but, please don't sign up if they're not going to be helpful to a new student or teacher)
  
  
• You have the time to field questions from a newbie, and your character will be around consistently for the first few weeks of the second summer semester (for the record, newbies arrive Saturday, August 23rd)
  
  
• You're genuinely willing to help. This game is big. It can be intimidating at first. Having someone who's a friendly face in the crowd helps new players out a heck of a lot, but being assigned to someone who disappears or isn't willing to help takes a lot of the fun out of starting up
  

So, after reading all that, if you think you're up to the job and you think your character will be helpful to a new student character, use the OCD threads below to sign up for the appropriate job! Please sign up in the appropriate thread of this post by 11:59 p.m. Pacific, Wednesday August 13th if you're interested!

As always, if you have any questions you don't want to ask in the post, please contact the admins via administration@fandomhigh.net and we'll get back to you as speedily as possible!

Call for Classes - Fall 2014 Edition

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It's that time of year again! Yes, already!

Do YOU Need This Form?

• If you are a current teacher and would like to continue teaching, just read the next sections and fill out the form below.


• If you are a) a current teacher wanting to move to townie status, b) a townie who has never taught before but would like to now, or c) an alum/expat who would be returning to the island to teach, go here to fill out a mini-app for the transfer.
  
  If you are a townie who has previously taught student classes and you want to teach again, however, you don't need to fill out a character application. Just submit the class form in this post like a current teacher, but write "Townie to teacher" in the "Anything else?" box.


• New teacher characters should fill out the regular application and ignore this post entirely.

What If I Want To Teach Adults At The Community Center?

Community center classes, much like FH classes, can be whatever the teacher wants them to be. If you want to teach a craft or life skill, or hold weekly lectures on why your character is the most awesome ever, that is your choice. The key is getting other players (and their characters) interested enough to show up each week. The difference between community center classes and FH classes is that while we would require someone teaching a course as their job to post weekly, there is no requirement for a class to show up.

Any adult can teach a community center course just for fun, too, in addition to their regular job. Again, just fill out the form here and let us know so we can put it on a little schedule, so players can know in advance that there will be a class available in which to participate.

What's Needed For a Class?

• The ability to come up with 17 weeks worth of classes (16 + 1 exam).
• The ability to post each class by noon Pacific or 3pm Eastern the day it's scheduled (you can also post the night before).
• The ability to interact with your students (slow play is fine, you don't need to be around all the time).

The Form
[b]Character Name:[/b] [b]Class Name:[/b] [b]Fandom High School or Community Center class? (FH or CC):[/b] [b]Class Synopsis (for public use in FH class sign-ups/CC class information):[/b] [b]Further Details on the Class(A description including any ideas you  have for individual classes so far. If this is a community center class, let us know if it will be an AM or PM class.):[/b] [b]Preferred Days (2):[/b] [b]Anything Else?[/b]

Remember, not hearing from us right away is good - we will e-mail current/returning teachers to let them know their workshop works for us around the same time we send out final decisions on character applications.

Your teacher character's form will need to be in these comments by Sunday, August 10th for great scheduling justice!