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Class Sign-Ups: Summer 2010, Session 2!

With new characters announced, it's time for that other pile of nutty, overly-complicated fun: signing up for Summer Session 2 Workshops! These sign ups are for both NEW and RETURNING students!

Please read the following before you start sifting through the humongous (seriously - we went to a seventh class period this time) array of workshop choices:

Teacher and Student Workshop Expectations. The all important guideline for what is expected of the players in Fandom High Summer Camp. Please give it a once-over even if you've seen it in some form or other before - a refresher never hurts!

Japanese characters, please sign up in the Western style - given name then family name - to make our alphabetical OCDing easier.

"PC" classes are those taught by a teacher character, the things you're signing up for here, as opposed to the new "NPC" classes, which are discussed in their own thread towards the end of this post.

The IMPORTANT stuff, now with NEW PROCEDURES:

For all days of sign-ups EXCEPT the last day:

1) Each student character MUST sign up for at least 2 PC classes. Each player may only sign up for a MAXIMUM of 8 PC classes, spread among your student characters in any way you choose, as long as each has the minimum of 2. (Yes, this means that if you only have one student, you could sign him up for 8 classes. Just think carefully about whether you have the availability to handle that.)

2) The maximum number of students for each class is 20, plus up to two pre-arranged TA's. For any classes that exceed their maximum numbers:

If you have two characters signed up for the same class, one will be ousted (so make a note in your sign-up of which you'd prefer get the spot if this happens).

b. Student characters played by the teacher of the class will also get ousted.

Students who have already taken the same class from the same teacher will also be eliminated, so please note in your sign-up if you're repeating the course.

If the class still has too many, the Random Number Generator (RNG) will be used to determine the roster from the remaining sign-ups. 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. It will count towards your minimum 2 / maximum 8 courses (unless your character is a graduate TA). Please note TA-ship in the sign-up, so your character won't be counted towards the class-maximum of 20 students.

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 In-Game paperwork mishap.

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. Tracy thinks I'm going to leave that bit in here from last time about having a crush on Dimitri, but she's wrong; mine is on Mitchell.

7) Sign-ups are not first-come, first-serve, to be fair to people in all timezones. Excess numbers in classes will be whittled down with the handy-dandy Random Number Generator, as mentioned earlier.

For the LAST day of sign-ups (July 1st) only

Everything above still applies, EXCEPT:

A) Sign-ups will be frozen for any classes that are already at or over their maximum. (This means that if you want your character to have a chance to be RNG'd into one of the classes that's looking super-popular, get that sign-up in by June 30th.)

B) For classes that have 10 or more students signed up but aren't already full: sign-ups proceed as normal.

C) For classes that have FEWER than 10 students signed up: players who are at their maximum of 8 classes already may add up to 2 more, for a total of 10, ONLY from these classes. Once a class reaches 10 students, it's no longer available for this option. If your sign-up is class #9 or #10 for you, please indicate that in your comment!

This is a new option we're trying out, in order to help out those teachers who might otherwise end up with very small class sizes.

Behooooooooooold!

Your Summer 2010 Session 2 Class Schedule!

Class sign-ups close at 11:59 PM PST on Thursday, July 1st (that's 2:59 a.m. on July 2nd for EST people and 6:59 AM on July 2nd for GMT/UTC). No late sign-ups are allowed without extenuating circumstances or proper arrangements (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.

GENERAL FYI: It's totally fine to make changes to your class choices so long as you do it before the deadline. If it's July 1st and you'd like to un-sign from a class that's been frozen, just ping in the questions thread and let us know; we'll delete your sign-up for you.

Questions or difficulties, please email us - administration(@)fandomhigh.net - or drop a question in the Questions thread down below. All questions about things not related to class will, however, incur a cookie, pie, or nudity fee for answering.

[OOC: Kidnapped and edited from many who have gone before, most recently

decoder_rings. OPEN! Have at it! FISHHOOKS for Bobby "Beartalky" McCute.]

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In seven weeks, we will cover cover a variety of terrain, and ways of maintaining mobility and surviving them. The types examined will include rainforests, tundra, mountains, desert, and many others.

Edited 2010-06-24 05:26 (UTC)

It's all over. Everything around you has fallen apart, and the future looks bleak. Why? Because you've faced down the so-called end of the world, and for one reason or another, you're still here. Maybe it was skill that kept you alive this long, maybe it was incredible dumb luck, but whatever the case might be, you have a long, difficult road ahead of you. What next? This course will take you through a handful of post-apocalyptic scenarios, and will attempt to lay out strategies to help ensure not only your survival, but also the framework for what might be the most difficult challenge of all: Picking up the pieces again.

Edited 2010-06-24 05:26 (UTC)

Adventure Games will combine physical challenges with group initiative, trust activities, psychological challenge, and risk taking. In normal people terms, the students are going to be climbing things they shouldn't be climbing and jumping off of things they shouldn't jump off of, among other things.

Edited 2010-06-24 05:26 (UTC)

Interested in becoming a private detective? This course will draw heavily upon personal experience to give students an insight into the world of gumshoeing that you just can't get in a regular classroom. Like the benefits and proper execution of a good barrel roll.

Edited 2010-06-24 05:26 (UTC)

Second verse, same as the first! Aquaman would like to invite a new bunch of students to come explore the wonderful world of domestication with the King of Atlantis himself! Aquaman is excited to teach all the young lads and lasses of Fandom Island how to cook (have a conversation with that sea bass you're just about to fry!), clean (with environmentally friendly detergents, as it's important to keep our Mother Earth as clean as our clothing and dishes!), and underwater basket weaving (a truly outrageous given!).

Edited 2010-06-24 05:25 (UTC)

'Adapt or Die' the mantra goes, in Art of Adaptation students will learn a range of skills necessary to not only adapt but thrive in situations that require subterfuge and a subtle hand.

Edited 2010-06-24 05:25 (UTC)

Sometimes you can't just solve a problem by falling through the ceiling and lightsabering everything in sight. There needs to be subtlety. Finesse. Advanced sneakiness. Over seven weeks, you'll learn how to stow away on ships, cross a room without being seen, and look awesome wearing a cloak.

Edited 2010-06-24 05:24 (UTC)

Summer is the time for fun and games! Play camp classics with a surrealist twist, and be prepared to get SILLY!

Edited 2010-06-24 05:24 (UTC)

Sometimes, more often for some than others, you find yourself in a situation where you have minimal resources and only your wits about you. Sometimes, still more often than not, these situations involve getting into trouble and having to get out of trouble and sometimes even save the day. The class is all about using your own mind and special skills (and maybe a little team work) to deal with a variety of situations where you're in trouble and probably going to have your face chewed off by someone if you don't do something about it.

Edited 2010-06-24 05:23 (UTC)

The Mathematics of Quantum Neutrino Fields is a complex study of the diverse mathematical principals that dictate the physics and philosophy of quantum neutrino fields. This course will investigate the specifications of these highly specialized phenomena on an intensive theoretical and practical basis. But, as Deepak Chopra taught us, Quantum Physics means anything can happen at any time for no reason. Also, eat plenty of oatmeal and animals never had a war. Who's the real animals?

Edited 2010-06-24 05:23 (UTC)

This workshop will focus on various plants and animals that call the ocean home. The sessions will touch on coral reefs, tidal pools and other plants and animals that need the ocean to survive.