Big Siblings/Teaching Buddies

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Joining the parade of new-semester-related OOC posts, it's time for siblings and buddies sign up!

Big Sibling Program

New students need old volunteers to help them get settled in, right? Right. So, 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 semester (for the record, newbies arrive Saturday, August 25th).

You're genuinely willing to help. This game is still pretty 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, Monday August 20th if you're interested!

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

Roommates!!

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And one more OOC housekeeping post, this time just for the student characters! Yes, that's right, it's time to request a new roommate if your old roomie has graduated/been eaten by Locker 327/etc.

Dorm roommates may be taken from the incoming batch of characters or from other current characters who want a roommate. No requests for specific newbies, please. If you want your character to move in with someone specific who's already at the school, that can be done anytime through fh_office; this post is just for those who want a surprise! Also be aware that commenting doesn't guarantee you'll get someone, but we'll see what we can do.

Comments are screened for your pleasure, but check in with your character's current roommate before signing up for a new one. Also, for those of you with characters who are taking off and leaving someone roommate-less, be sure to give them a heads up so they can throw their name in for a new roommate if they'd like!

Anyway, get your roommate requests in by Wednesday, August 22 please and thanks!

Call for Classes for Fall 2018!

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It's time for teachers to come up with new classes! Or old classes with a shiny new title!

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 townie who has previously taught classes, 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, YAY. You, as of the October 2015 policy changes, just need to drop us a line (at fandomhighadmins@iambicnut.com) to let us know you're coming back, then mosey on down to fill out the class proposal!
  
  If you are a current teacher wanting to move to townie status, also drop us a line and don't worry about filling out the class proposal part. Obviously.


• 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 19 for great scheduling justice!

MEME: Oh crud, I need a class idea!

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ENTIRELY UNRELATED TO MY LAST POST, cough, sometimes we start running out of ideas for what our characters could teach! Or have a great idea for an adult to play but...come up short on a class idea.

Thus, a crowd sourcing meme! You can either put your current adult character down and have people chuck ideas of classes at them (ie: "Anakin Skywalker should absolutely teach a class on making friends and influencing people because he clearly HAS NO IDEA HOW TO DO EITHER THING and it would be hilarious," or "Steve Rogers should teach a class about stage makeup and stunt work because of his time on the USO circuit."); ideas for amazing tag-teacher mashups; teachers you wish someone would apply; or adults you want to apply and need a class idea for!

Let's get some ideas going! :D