FALL 2011 CLASS SIGN-UPS

[bigdamnprincipal]

Good morning, folks! It's time once again to sign up for classes, for the fall semester of 2011! These sign-ups are for both NEW and RETURNING students!

Please read the following before you start signing up:

1) Teacher and Student Class Expectations! The all important guideline for what is expected of the players in Fandom High. Please give it a once-over even if you've seen it in some form or other before - consider it a good thing to click and read while we put up the OCD!

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

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

The Important Stuff About Signing Up For Classes

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 them up for 8 classes. Just think carefully about whether you have the availability to handle that.)

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 who you'd prefer to get the spot).

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

c. Students who have already taken the same class from the same teacher will also be eliminated, so please note in your ping if you're attempting to repeat the course.

d. 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. Please note TA-ship in the sign-up, so the character won't be counted towards the class-maximum of 20 students. Teachers: please refrain from having your own character act as the TA as it defeats the purpose of having a back-up player to post for you!

4) If it's OOC for your character to take a class but you really want to take it anyway, just sign them up and we'll pretend it was an IG 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 your 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.

7) To be fair to people in all time-zones, sign-ups are not first-come, first-serve. Excess numbers in classes will be whittled down with the handy-dandy Random Number Generator (RNG).

And now we get to what you really want to see!
The Fall 2011 Fandom High Class Schedule

FH class sign-ups will close at 11:59pm Eastern on August 25th, 2011. No late sign-ups will be 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, woe.

General FYI: Feel free to make changes to your class choices as long as you do it before the deadline. We use the final pings in each thread to make the class lists, not the email notifs. Questions or difficulties, please email us - administration(@)fandomhigh.net - or drop a question in the Questions thread down below.

YOU WILL WAIT FOR THE OCD OR I WILL TAKE US BACK TO THE AGE OF NO ELECTRICITY AND ONLY THE HISTORY MAJORS WILL KNOW HOW TO SURVIVE. OKAY, THE OCD IS UP, SO YOU MAY NOW COMMENT SAFELY.

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Monday : Period 1 : The Aethestics of Badassery : Bond

[bigdamnprincipal]

There is more to being a "bad-ass" than simple fighting skill, or attitude. There is a lifestyle, or at least the appearance of such. Over the course of the term, learn how you too can appear to be a badass.

Re: Monday : Period 1 : The Aethestics of Badassery : Bond

[stars_and_money]

Jeremy Darling

Re: Monday : Period 1 : The Aethestics of Badassery : Bond

[puppywithatutu.livejournal.com]

Caroline Forbes

Re: Monday : Period 1 : The Aethestics of Badassery : Bond

[aliceseesthings.livejournal.com]

Alice Cullen

Re: Monday : Period 1 : The Aethestics of Badassery : Bond

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

Jacob Black

Monday : Period 2 : Creative Arts : Rogers

[bigdamnprincipal]

Creative Arts will allow students to experiment with and explore various mediums and styles of artistic expression, such as painting, drawing, and sculpting. Making a giant mess while doing so is not encouraged, but it is expected. Art is rarely neat.

Re: Monday : Period 2 : Creative Arts : Rogers

[hoorayimrich.livejournal.com]

Tony Stark

Monday : Period 3 : Cultural Understanding : Alistair/Morrigan

[bigdamnprincipal]

It is often said that patience and understanding between cultures is the best way to promote harmony.

(Not that you would know anything about that, Morrigan.) But learning how to have patience and understanding can be a hard task in and of itself Morrigan.

Alistair, stop it, or I will set the parchment on fire. In 'understanding' of how hard it is for those who follow the Maker to compromise without resorting to violence.

Oh, I'm sorry, am I getting to you? That doesn't actually make you very qualified to teach, in my understanding of the situation. Through discussion and instruction, students will be encouraged to take an interest in each other's cultures as well as many others, in order to facilitate a dialogue.

This, coming from someone who seems quite hostile today? Is your armor chafing? Students will be asked to present upon their own homelands, and upon completion of the class, will be rewarded with a trip to Thedas if they can manage not to get tossed in the Denerim stocks.

Re: Monday : Period 3 : Cultural Understanding : Alistair/Morrigan

[trigons_child]

Raven

Monday : Period 4 : Basic Strategy: Making the Most of What You Have : Lannister

[bigdamnprincipal]

In this course, students will learn to use their native resources -- including things that might be seen as detriments -- to achieve their goals. The course will include frank discussion as well as practical exercises.

Re: Monday : Period 4 : Basic Strategy: Making the Most of What You Have : Lannister

[harpy-daughter.livejournal.com]

Surreal

Tuesday : Period 1 : Ethics : Skywalker

[bigdamnprincipal]

Anakin Skywalker explains how every choice you make will lead to disaster on a galactic level and everyone you love dying. Using a series of classes dealing with hypothetical situations and Danger Shop simulations that show what kind of real life consequences your choices might have, Ethics helps students decide what they believe before they graduate, go back to their home dimensions and get smacked hard in the face with reality. Or by Anakin, but he understands there's forms involved if he does that too often.

Re: Tuesday : Period 1 : Ethics : Skywalker

[lockestheway]

Peter Wiggin

Tuesday : Period 2 : Bringing Literature To Life--Through Violence! : Perrault/Maximus

[bigdamnprincipal]

Half-lecture, half-Danger Shop simulation, Professors Perrault and Maximus will heighten appreciation for some of the most famous battles in literary history by going over the texts one week and putting students in the middle of those battles the next.

Re: Tuesday : Period 2 : Bringing Literature To Life--Through Violence! : Perrault/Maximus

[awakestheghosts]

Chloe Saunders

Tuesday : Period 3 : Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse: Ohio

[bigdamnprincipal]

When the apocalypse comes and all your family and friends have been reduced to mindless flesh eating monsters, there are certain rules and techniques one person can use for survival. Every week the student will be learn how to survive zombie attacks and be graded on their ability to survive.

Twinkies will be provided for those students who go above and beyond.

Re: Tuesday : Period 3 : Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse: Ohio

[swordsandsoccer.livejournal.com]

Rudolf Wega

Wednesday : Period 1 : Tricks, Cons and Bamboozles : Caffrey

[bigdamnprincipal]

Don't know how to tell your parents you've spent all your money on vintage suits and hot dates? This class has you covered. You'll learn how to dress nicely, scam people out of a decent buck, run a heist without leaving a single print, use your smile and your words to get your way, and - I can't believe the FBI is making me write this – use those skills for the greater good. Unless we run out of time before I teach that part.

Re: Wednesday : Period 1 : Tricks, Cons and Bamboozles : Caffrey

[exactlyaverage.livejournal.com]

Jack Carter

Wednesday : Period 2 : The Art(s) of War and Peace : Atreides/Kyōraku

[bigdamnprincipal]

"The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting."

Using the classic text "The Art of War", we will focus on the different P'ien, and examine how they can relate to personal, professional, and tactical situations. No matter if the enemy is a business rival, a romantic conquest, or an invading army, the principles behind the analytical thinking of Sun Tsu remain the same, and can be applied to almost any situation. For almost all classes, an alternate viewpoint will be provided by one of the teachers.

Re: Wednesday : Period 2 : The Art(s) of War and Peace : Atreides/Kyōraku

[trigons_child]

Raven

Wednesday : Period 3 : Strange Creatures of the Deep : Pitt

[bigdamnprincipal]

Ever wonder what oddities the ocean has hiding in her depths? Then this class is for you. Come explore the ocean's depths and find the odd, the strange, and the unique creatures to be found beneath the waves.

Re: Wednesday : Period 3 : Strange Creatures of the Deep : Pitt

[andthemoralis.livejournal.com]

Stan Marsh

Wednesday : Period 4 : What was the school board thinking giving Jamie Madrox a teaching position?

[bigdamnprincipal]

Jamie will be teaching a course on completely random and insane topics that he deems appropriate for the kids of Fandom. The kids of Fandom as well as the faculty might think differently.

Re: Wednesday : Period 4 : What was the school board thinking giving Jamie Madrox a teaching positi

[whitequeensfire.livejournal.com]

Angelica Jones

Thursday : Period 1 : The Elements of Friendship : Pie

[bigdamnprincipal]

Friendship is magic! In this class, students will explore the different aspects and elements of friendship using real life scenarios such as facing down a raging manticore or a swarm of parasprites, or having to put on a fashion show for a famous pony with very distinguished tastes. Put your best hoof forward and prepare for adventure!

Re: Thursday : Period 1 : The Elements of Friendship : Pie

[endsthegame]

Andrew Wiggin

Thursday : Period 2 : Sensitivity Training : Gardner

[bigdamnprincipal]

How to react to your fellow man (or alien) with kindness and understanding in the face of adversity. Teaching techniques to smooth over the subtle differences that can snarl interactions. Otherwise known as: Kyle says hi, Guy!

Re: Thursday : Period 2 : Sensitivity Training : Gardner

[harpy-daughter.livejournal.com]

Surreal

Thursday : Period 3 : Tropes and Scope: How Fiction Imitates Life : Belle

[bigdamnprincipal]

An examination of common archetypes and tropes in fiction, mainly literature and film, and how real life presents examples of these patterns. Classes will focus on a popular trope every week, with students seeking examples of it from their own lives. (Meta? You betcha.)

Re: Thursday : Period 3 : Tropes and Scope: How Fiction Imitates Life : Belle

[andthemoralis.livejournal.com]

Stan Marsh

Friday : Period 1 : The 15 Labors of Fandom: Hercules

[bigdamnprincipal]

Toil and triumph through a series of tasks that will challenge you physically, mentally, and socially! Tasks worthy of true heroes and heroines, facing things of mythic proportions!

Re: Friday : Period 1 : The 15 Labors of Fandom: Hercules

[seaweed-demigod.livejournal.com]

Percy Jackson

Friday : Period 2 : Don't Be Evil : Oz

[bigdamnprincipal]

So you may have skills, powers, or abilities beyond the norm, and it may have occurred to you that you could use those powers to make a quick buck, to realise underhanded ambitions, or even overthrow the current order and install yourself as the head of your own country.

Well, you shouldn't. Instead 'Don't Be Evil' will teach you various ways of using your unique skills, powers, or abilities to work with society instead of against it, and to be all that you can be.

Re: Friday : Period 2 : Don't Be Evil : Oz

[hoorayimrich.livejournal.com]

Tony Stark

Friday : Period 3 : Fighting for Funsies : Deadpool

[bigdamnprincipal]

Sure, you could take a class about serious fighting where everything is life or death. Or you could take a class where it's still kinda life or death, but it's fun. So. Yeah. This class is for you.

Take it.

Re: Friday : Period 3 : Fighting for Funsies : Deadpool

[wrongkindofsith]

Cara

Friday : Period 4 : Well-Behaved Women Rarely Make History : Creed-Nast

[bigdamnprincipal]

Joan of Arc, Elizabeth I, Hatchepsut, Boudicca. What do these women have in common? Not one of them behaved as the norm for women in their society or even in other societies of the time. This class will focus on the women in history that changed things in the world because of the very things that they were condemned or persecuted for. Each class will focus on a different woman in history and her accomplishments.

Re: Friday : Period 4 : Well-Behaved Women Rarely Make History : Creed-Nast

[trigons_child]

Raven

NPC Class Requests

[bigdamnprincipal]

For those students in need of specific core content courses, NPC classes are handwavey, off-screen classes taken online at the student's own pace, and taught by our brilliant and not at all homicidal Danger Shop computer, HAL 9000. No sign-ups will be necessary, there is no minimum or maximum number of these classes your student can take, and they don't count towards or against the requirements for PC workshops.

We'll collect up your requests for class subjects, respond to anything that seems problematic, combine any duplicates, and make a list that will be posted along with the PC wokshop rosters once sign-ups are over. After that, any student may refer to that list when talking about additional classes they're taking!

So, in this thread, please request NPC classes of a normal high school nature that you'd like to be available for your characters to take. (List as many as you'd like in the same comment, but please keep them to classes you actually want, not general suggestions.)

Re: NPC Class Requests

[chief-cheerio.livejournal.com]

Trigonometry & Spanish 4 for Quinn, please!

Questions : Workshop Sign-Ups

[bigdamnprincipal]

All your questions about workshop sign-ups go here!

OOC : Class Sign-Ups

[bigdamnprincipal]

Okay, back in time we go, and if you have any questions, you have to ask whitequeensfire to guide you as punishment!

Re: OOC : Class Sign-Ups

[whitequeensfire.livejournal.com]

I AM SURE I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT.