Class Sign-Ups! For Spring 2009!

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HOLD YOUR HORSES! If you comment before I finish the OCD, I WILL SHANK YOU OCD IS A GO-GO. Please read the following while you wait patiently for my slow butt:

Teacher and student expectations: The all important guideline for what is expected of the players in Fandom High. Even if you've seen these things fifty gazillion times, a refresher scan never hurts.

Japanese characters, please sign up in the Western style - first name then last name - to make our alphabetical OCDing easier. Even if it does sometimes lead to problems like everyone thinking Chad's name is basically Chad Chad. *cough*

The boring but important stuff:

1) Students must sign up for at least 2 classes and may sign up for as many as 4. Additionally, no player may sign up for more than 8 classes in total (so if you have 4 students, they can have 2 classes each. 3 or 2 students, any combination of up to 8 overall, with no more than 4 per character).

2) For any classes that exceed their maximum numbers:
a. If you have two characters signed up for one class, one will be ousted (so make a note of which you'd prefer get in should this happen, if you have a preference).
b. Student characters played by the teacher of the class will also get ousted.
c. If the class still has too many, it will be RNG'd; if you have been RNG'd out, we will let you know as soon as possible, so you can choose a second alternative.

3) If you're a TA for a class, you need to sign up for that class, and it will count towards your maximum of 4/minimum of 2, but the TA is not counted when determining if the class is full (full class = 20+TA). Also, your student character cannot be the TA for your teacher character. That's just silly.

4) If it's OOC for your character to take the workshop but you really want to take it anyway, just sign them up and we'll pretend it was an IG paperwork mishap. And blame the moose.

5) If you sign up, you need to show up. Class attendance is how we keep track of your character's activity. If you repeatedly fail to at least sign in to classes, we'll have to contact you about it, and you could be asked to leave the game.

6) Class descriptions are subject to change at the teacher's discretion. Teacher's shape is subject to change according to Fandom weirdness. These are just facts of life.

7) Sign-ups are most certainly not first-come, first-serve. As mentioned, excess numbers in classes will be whittled down randomly. Still, anyone has the green light to start signing up for character, newly coming in and old students alike.

And now we get to the good stuff! Remember, your class schedule can be found here.

Class sign-ups close at midnight PST on January 03, 2009. No late sign-ups are allowed without extenuating circumstances (so sign up early in case something comes up). If you don't sign up on time, you'll have to wait for the next Semester to play, and that's a long wait.

Questions or problems, email us - administration(@)fandomhigh.net - or drop a question in the Questions thread down below. Please remember that the cake, pie, or nakedness fee for unrelated questions still applies.

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Monday Period One -- Business 101 -- Beaubier.

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Business 101: This class will teach students how to survive the exciting world of making (and losing) money. Class topics will include the basics of the economy and the business world. By the end of the class students should not completely embarrass themselves once they enter the workforce.

Re: Monday Period One -- Business 101 -- Beaubier.

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Blair Waldorf

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Jeff Murdock

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Joan Girardi

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Harvey Dent

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Jack Burton

Monday Period Two -- So You Want to Make a TV Show -- Whitaker.

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So You Want to Make a TV Show: An intensive class in which students will end up learning how to write, direct, and speak on a might-as-well-be-real sports show. You don't have to know anything about sports, just be willing to go with it. And learn to talk really fast.

Re: Monday Period Two -- So You Want to Make a TV Show -- Whitaker.

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Hannibal King

Monday Period Three -- Sex Education -- Rogers.

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Sex Education: A comprehensive overview of reproductive health and responsible sexual behavior, so that the students can make informed and responsible decisions with regards to interpersonal relationships.

Re: Monday Period Three -- Sex Education -- Rogers.

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Edmund Pevensie

Monday Period Four -- Mad Kings and Queens 2.0 -- Atreides.

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Mad Kings and Queens 2.0: For both new and returning students alike, Lady Ghanima has brought back her history class on the madness and depravity of the ruling elite. We will be covering entirely new material (with the exception of Vlad. Ghani likes Vlad), so there should not be too much overlap for anyone who took her earlier class. Pointers on how to survive a mad dictator will be covered, as well as the various methods of ousting insanity from office.

Re: Monday Period Four -- Mad Kings and Queens 2.0 -- Atreides.

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Aravis

Tuesday Period One -- Child Development -- Aldrin.

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Child Development: A class focusing on the physical, emotional and social development of children between birth and 13 years of age. They will cover subjects such as birth order, nature vs. nurture, and psychology. Classes will have lectures and discussions, along with more hands-on activities such and potential extra credit out the wazoo.

Re: Tuesday Period One -- Child Development -- Aldrin.

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Kaylee Frye

Tuesday Period Two -- Ethics -- Skywalker.

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Ethics: Anakin Skywalker explains why choices you'll make in your life will lead to someone dying horribly. There are a lot of tough choices in life. This class will let you face them in the hypothetical before you end up getting secretly married, overthrowing the wrong government, or destroying your entire dimension. Now with added Ewoks!

Re: Tuesday Period Two -- Ethics -- Skywalker.

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Leto Atreides II

Tuesday Period Three -- Food Appreciation -- Eriksen.

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Food Appreciation: Exactly what it sounds like. Each week Marshall will introduce a type of meal (bar food, foods to eat when you're sick, holiday food, foods typically eaten during finals week) and go over what is typically served and what foods you should/shouldn't avoid. And then people get to eat omg.

Re: Tuesday Period Three -- Food Appreciation -- Eriksen.

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Amber Atkins

Tuesday Period Four -- Management Theory -- Yzma.

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Management Theory: How to run a country while some teenaged twerp goes around having his own theme song designed, delegating to minions (ahem. Staff. She means staff), fashion choices for various terrains (why high heels in the jungle are bad, for instance), how to accessorize properly using weapons, how to poison people effectively, how to pretend to care what peasants think…you know, the normal stuff involved in being a manager.

Re: Tuesday Period Four -- Management Theory -- Yzma.

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Edmund Pevensie

Wednesday Period One -- Leadership -- Petrelli.

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Leadership: The Art of Telling People What to Do: Anyone can carry the title of leader. It takes talent and skill to deserve it. Using role playing exercises this class will teach students how to make decisions and motivate others to follow them. Time permitting, the class will also cover day to day details such as proper dress and ways to avoid being killed by constituents
who don't want to wait long enough to vote for the other guy.

Re: Wednesday Period One -- Leadership -- Petrelli.

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Lee Adama

Wednesday Period Two -- Heroing 101 -- Hammer.

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Heroing 101: Students will learn the basics of being a hero -- whether it be super, fairytale, or action variety. Class topics will include costumes, secret identities, nemeses, battlecries, powers, and of course, Saving the Day.

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Hannibal King

Wednesday Period Three -- Anthromorphic Anatomy -- Suresh.

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Anthromorphic Anatomy - Sum of all the parts: Man, however we define ourselves, is a searching creature? Constantly reaching - outward to the stars as well as deep within ourselves, questing for answers. Who are we? Where have we come from? And, most importantly, what happens next? Hopefully answering at least part of the first, this class, a hybrid of biology and scientific ethics, will cover the more nuts and bolts aspects of human biology (genetics, disease, circulatory/skeletal/digestive system) while considering the issues arising from the science (transplantation, experimentation) Discussion/activity based depending on topic and no prior human creation skills necessary.

Re: Wednesday Period Three -- Anthromorphic Anatomy -- Suresh.

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Andrew Wiggin

Thursday Period One -- Thaumaturgy 101 -- Garrett.

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Thaumaturgy 101 - Magical Theory: This class would go over the many basics of magical theory, from correspondences to herbal work to symbology to magical alphabets to astrology and their uses in the art. There is no 'practice' involved: this is all theory and learning, with a focus on the fundamentals of thaumaturgy as a science.

Re: Thursday Period One -- Thaumaturgy 101 -- Garrett.

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Savannah Levine

Thursday Period Two -- American History -- Algren and Durden.

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American History: This course will teach key points throughout the history of the United States of America, with each class focusing on one of the important events which have made America into the nation it is today. The two teachers will divvy up these historical landmarks between them, with Algren covering events prior to America's centennial, and Durden taking up the post from that point in history right on up to the present day.

Possible class topics might include the Battle of Bunker Hill, the creation of the American Constitution, and the Assassination of John F. Kennedy.

Re: Thursday Period Two -- American History -- Algren and Durden.

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Gavin Darklighter

Thursday Period Three -- Literature -- Bennet.

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Literature: The class is going to be discussing literature in many of its different forms -- plays, poetry prose -- and reacting to specific works, hopefully in ways that do not require the players to be familiar with all of the texts in question. They're going to be discussing authorial intent, ownership of the works, how the medium changes the message, and external factors that can shape a story. One focus on the class will be the idea that literature can inform you, it can move you, but its ultimate goal is to entertain you. Another will be the fact that today's pulp fiction might be tomorrow's dry, dusty classics, and how time lends an air of legitimacy to some works. And yet another will be getting students to identify why they read what they read -- identification? Escapism? Education? All of the above?

Re: Thursday Period Three -- Literature -- Bennet.

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Lee Adama

Thursday Period Four -- Journalism -- Jameson.

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Journalism: The print newspaper industry may be falling apart, so now's the perfect time to get in on the ground floor while there's still a ground floor to get in on. Learn everything you need to know - writing, interviewing, copy-editing, comic strip writing, etc - to make it in the business or whatever eventually replaces it, which won't happen until J. Jonah Jameson has anything to say about it!

Re: Thursday Period Four -- Journalism -- Jameson.

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Amber Atkins

Friday Period One -- Physical Education -- Dex.

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Physical Education: This course is what Ronon understands to be a typical Earth high school gym class. In reality, it's the warped version of gym class that Ronon has gleaned from his time with science geeks and military thugs. To include such topics as Rope Climb, Meditation, Dodgeball, etc.

Re: Friday Period One -- Physical Education -- Dex.

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Prince Edward!

Friday Period Two -- Care for Magical Creatures -- Minsc.

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Care for Magical Creatures: Magical Transformations: This semester's CfMC class will have a very specific focus, as Minsc has started to gain a very strong interest in the particular phenomenon of animal transformations. It is certainly a topic that will be very useful for the students of Fandom High! Examples of specific classes include (but are not excluded to): How to Tell Whether that Critter is your Friend or Not, Intentional Transformations, Unintentional Transformations, Magical Creatures with Transforming Abilities, What to Do When a Transformation Last Too Long, What to Do When a Transformation Only Goes Half Through, etc, etc.

Re: Friday Period Two -- Care for Magical Creatures -- Minsc.

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Leto Atreides II

Friday Period Three -- Movie Appreciation -- Dex.

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Movie Appreciation: Ronon will guide students through a variety of different film genres with assignments that can be performed in or out of class

Re: Friday Period Three -- Movie Appreciation -- Dex.

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Penelope Wilhern

Questions!

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The meaning of life, for the record, is giving Skylie coffee. In case you were wondering.

Re: Questions!

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Why can't Tony sign up for the awesome of his BFF-from-an-alternate-universe-when-no-one-is-insane-or-a-douchebag's claaaaaass?

HE WANTS TO WATCH THE LOLS.

OOC -- 12/28.

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Adah has all the pretty icons, and I never get to use them, so la.

Re: OOC -- 12/28.

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She has! Of course, I finally have plenty of (canonly!) shirtless icons, for which I am pleased.