http://puppywithatutu.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] puppywithatutu.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] fandomhigh_ooc2011-05-31 06:47 am
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Big Siblings/Teaching Buddies

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 'giant and terrifying ideas like the island moving around all summer, omg!' 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 really long arms or a teleportation device, which also means you have a new best friend in me.

Buddy System

Hush, the name has been around forever. Or, at least as long as I've been in the game, omg. 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.

What we need from you

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 summer semester (for the record, newbies arrive Saturday, July 2nd)

  • 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! If we have more volunteers than new people, we'll pick as many as we need out of the volunteers using our handy RNG. Please sign up in the appropriate thread of this post by midnight pacific time Sunday, June 19th 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!
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Re: I Want To Be A Big Sibling!

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Karla
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Re: I Want To Be A Big Sibling!

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Jeremy Darling

Re: I Want To Be A Big Sibling!

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Bruce Wayne
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Billy Kaplan

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Wesley Wyndam-Pryce

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Jack McCallister

Re: I Want To Be A Big Sibling!

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Annie Edison! Who cares not if she's newish!

Re: I Want To Be A Teaching Buddy!

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Cindy
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Re: I Want To Be A Teaching Buddy!

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Zoe Winchester

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Dick Grayson

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Hermione Granger
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Re: OOC | Siblings

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GOOD LUCK! *PRAYS FOR YOUR SANITY* *\O/*

Re: OOC | Siblings

[identity profile] notlikebobby.livejournal.com 2011-05-31 01:05 pm (UTC)(link)
I'll just leave this here.