Fandom High OOC

Classes are a part of any high school experience, real or fictional. At Fandom High, classes are not intended to take up all of a player's game time, but are there to add a further dimension to the high school setting, to allow both students and teachers to have a little fun and to provide a setting for interaction outside of normal social interaction.

Expectations for Teachers

Teachers are expected to post their classes once a week. The classes must be posted by 3pm EST (12pm PST). You are welcome to, and encouraged to, post your classes the night before they are due.

Your role as a teacher is to provide your students with one class every week that allows the student's player to sign in and, if they choose, participate in an activity. All activity can be handwaved by the student if necessary, but the option should be there for those who want to play out the activity.

Teachers are permitted to give out homework and assignments, but should acknowledge that this is not a real school and therefore assignments should be interaction-based and hopefully fun. Homework and assignments can be handwaved by the student without penalty.

Teachers are required to continue their class for the entire semester and should plan to have 14 classes and one exam or end of semester project/presentation.

Teachers are allowed to have 1-2 teacher aides, but it's not compulsory. A teacher aide is a student enrolled in that class who assists with IC paperwork, can be approached by other students and can cover classes on occasion if the teacher is unable to be present.

Teachers are allowed to give detention to students. Please arrange this OOCly with the student's player first if possible and be willing to make alternative arrangements for punishment if it suits the players better.

Teachers are expected to provide student-teacher interaction in their classes when possible, but we understand that RL comes first.

Teachers should post an office hours post once a week to allow students to see the teachers out of class.

NOTES:
Classes should not take a lot of time to prepare. We don't want classes to suck up everyone's time. You don't need to spend time writing up a huge lecture. Linking to Wikipedia or somewhere else if you need to provide info is much better. The key to classes is setting up a scenario where the teacher and the students can interact and have fun. You are not expected to do a lot of work, so please don't expect your students to do a lot of work. It's a game and we're all here to have fun.


Expectations for Students

Students are expected to enroll in and attend 2 classes per semester.

Students are expected to at least sign in to each class. Participation beyond that is optional, but encouraged.

Students are expected to at least handwave any homework/assignments given to them, but are encouraged to play it out if they wish.

Students should inform their teachers if they are going to be absent. This applies to both OOC and IC (ie: if you know OOC that you're going away from class but the character doesn't know yet, let the teacher's player know).

Students can get detention for doing something wrong, not attending class regularly or not completing (stating that you've handwaved) homework . If you - the player - are unable to participate in detention on Saturdays (US time), please let your teacher know OOCly so a different punishment can be arranged.

NOTES:
Classes shouldn't take up all of your time. If you have to, just sign in and handwave any work, but please do try to keep up with your classes. Your teachers go to the trouble of preparing them for you, so if you can participate, jump on in and have a bit of fun. You are not expected to do a lot of work. It's a game and we're all here to have fun.

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SAMPLE CLASS


"Greetings, all-American and not so American students!" Professor Sam the Eagle said from where he was perched at the front of the class. "Today we are learning about the US government. Government is good! The government takes care of you. Trust in the government and its well-dressed lackeys! You won't regret it."

He ruffled his Muppety feathers.

"Today's task is simple. You are a US Senator. From the information on the hand-out I will give you, defend your state's interests. Bargain, make deals, defend the interests of your constituents!"

Comments:

Sign In
Sign in here.

Select a State
Pick your state here. One person per state. First come, first served.

Bargain
Seek out who you want to bargain with and get what you need from another state.

After Class
Talk to Professor Sam.

OOC
You rang?

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