CLOSED - voice & text

[expellerhead]

Who: Stefan Salvatore (stefanged), Kitty Pryde (passingthrough), Sokka (alwayscomesback), Jennifer Keller (forsometimenow), Charles Xavier (axiomed), Beverly Crusher (dancingmd), Clay Terran (geonomy)
Broadcast: closed to those listed above
Action: n/a
When: right now


[aizawa's got the 7AM homeroom lecture voice on lock] All right, I've included everybody who expressed interest in teaching at this proposed school on Uraraka Ochako's vlog post...or whatever she's calling it.

Please feel free to discuss and ask questions of each other here, I am by no means in charge of literally anything. [that was ochako's fault, the little shit.] I thought it might be a good idea to organize so this isn't a shitshow. [and so the kids aren't expected to do everything.]

There're some questions down below that I think we could stand to answer so we can get a good idea of each other's experience and areas of expertise, as well as get to know each other as people. While this obviously isn't going to be a conventional school setup, I don't think we should avoid taking this at least a little seriously; some volunteer students will undoubtedly be attending in an effort to regain a sense of normalcy. Think of it as lowkey counseling services.

...that's all from me.



QUESTIONNAIRE.TXT

1. Name:
2. Age: (as relevant to species)
3. Subjects to teach:
3a. Level of Mastery
3b. Relevance to life on the Fleet
4. Prior Teaching Experience: (if any; tutoring counts, helping your kid brother with homework counts)
5. Comfort level when dealing with children: (age group most comfortable with, etc. looks like we have a variety of interest)
6. Anything I'm forgetting: (probably a lot)

<b>1. Name:</b> <b>2. Age</b>: (as relevant to species) <b>3. Subjects to teach:</b> <b>3a. Level of mastery:</b> <b>3b. Relevance to life on the fleet:</b> <b>4. Prior Teaching Experience:</b> (if any; tutoring counts, helping your kid brother with homework counts) <b>5. Comfort level when dealing with children:</b> (age group most comfortable with, etc. looks like we have a variety of interest) <b>6. Anything I'm forgetting:</b> (probably a lot)

Comments

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[axiomed]

1. Name: Charles Xavier
2. Age: 47, Mutant
3. Subjects to teach: History, English Literature and Language, Biology
3a. Level of mastery: PhD
3b. Relevance to life on the fleet: All subjects is all Earth-based and limited to the 1980s.
4. Prior Teaching Experience: over ten years experience, currently running as the headmaster of a school.
5. Comfort level when dealing with children: I've worked with middle and high school years, but I could teach at the college level.
6. Anything I'm forgetting: Do we want some form of schedule?

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[expellerhead]

you look great for your age

re schedule: yes absolutely. figure we should hammer out the courses first and foremost. should start a discussion thread for that maybe

Re: text

[axiomed]

That's very kind of you to say.

We probably should allow for some form of flexibility as well.

Text + Video

[passingthrough]

[Video]

[She goes ahead and starts filling out the survey, but since she hasn't spoken to this person before, she wants to do that too.]

You're helping her with it?

[Text]

1. Name: Kitty Pryde
2. Age: 21
3. Subjects to teach: A. Technology. B. Languages: English, Russian, Japanese. I know a few others, but not at the same level. C. Self Defense. D. Physics
3a. Level of mastery: A. High, but I'm limited by the augment in areas it doesn't want me to excel at with Atroma's technology. B. Fluent. C. High, comfortable with and without powers. D. I could handle at least a beginning level course.
3b. Relevance to life on the fleet: A. High? B. None? They're all automatically translated which might make teaching a challenge. Though I could teach beginning German, Latin, or Hebrew which aren't translated. C. It's always relevant, but it may not fit with what you're trying to provide. D. We are in space.
4. Prior Teaching Experience: I trained students. It was largely survival and battle training, but I worked with them in a variety of academic subjects that were still relevant at the time. I also taught technology and self defense classes at the school my last abduction.
5. Comfort level when dealing with children: teenage to adult
6. Anything I'm forgetting: I didn't have a lot of formal education. I'm largely self taught, and you might have better candidates or no interest in the things I'm most comfortable with. Don't worry about my feelings if it doesn't work out. I'm also planning to teach dance classes at my studio.

voice

[expellerhead]

Looks like. [SHE TRAPPED HIM INTO IT the sneak] She's my student from home.

voice

[passingthrough]

Ahh, I guess she just can't get enough of learning. You must have made it too much fun.

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[stefanged]

1. Name: Stefan Salvatore
2. Age: 26, Human
3. Subjects to teach: Biology, Chemistry (Biochemistry if necessary), American History, Arabic Language or Literature, Comparative Religions
3a. Level of mastery: Halfway through earning an MD; I hold a B.S. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
3b. Relevance to life on the fleet: I know American History from the 1850's - 2010's; Arabic was my mother language and I lead prayers in the Interfaith Center on a regular basis; and it never hurts to know Biology or Chemistry if students hold a lab support augment.
4. Prior Teaching Experience: Tutoring, mostly. I was a peer tutor back in undergrad, and I've been tutoring my thirteen year old crewmate for the past month.
5. Comfort level when dealing with children: Middle schoolers and high schoolers.
6. Anything I'm forgetting: Have we figured out where we're going to teach them? Winn and Cisco have a lecture hall on the Iskaulit, but it's geared more towards informal learning.

[And frankly, lecture-based learning. That might not be so great with the younger ones.]

voice

[expellerhead]

No plans on location yet, but there's so much space on the Iskaulit I didn't think it would be much of an issue. I'm more concerned about materials.

voice

[stefanged]

Understandable. I'm not sure about textbooks, but Aunt Beverly - er, Dr. Crusher and I could always figure something out.

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[expellerhead]

1. Name: Aizawa
2. Age: 30s
3. Subjects to teach: Combat, Heroics (as necessary/desired), Mathematics (if we don't have any other more qualified candidates)
3a. Level of mastery: more or less mastered on the first two, sufficient up to high school education on the last
3b. Relevance to life on the fleet: some more relevant than others
4. Prior Teaching Experience: currently an instructor at UA academy in tokyo
5. Comfort level when dealing with children: mostly deal with teenagers, can handle full range down to small children as well if necessary
6. Anything I'm forgetting:

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[geonomy]

1. Name: Clay Terran
2. Age: 25, Human
3. Subjects to teach: Astronomy, Mathematics if no one else volunteers
3a. Level of mastery: Ph.D
3b. Relevance to life on the fleet: Astronomy = Space so I'd say relevance is very high, also mathematics are used every day even when people don't realize it
4. Prior Teaching Experience: I've been tutoring since around high school and continued through college when I could
5. Comfort level when dealing with children: used to high school/college but I can teach younger kids too
6. Anything I'm forgetting: how will we work around textbooks? I actually have some books on astronomy for beginners but not enough to hand out to everyone

voice

[expellerhead]

I definitely won't wrench mathematics from your fingers if you're willing to teach it also, but I'd think as our only volunteer with astronomy under his belt you'd be better suited for that.

[dancingmd]

1. Name: Beverly Crusher
2. Age: 50
3. Subjects to teach: General Biology (but specifics can include Anatomy and Physiology (both human and alien), Genetics, and Botany), Robotics, Theatre
3a. Level of mastery: High for all three, though the first is the strongest as I have a MD
3b. Relevance to life on the fleet: First two more directly related, but I believe we all could use a little art and entertainment here too!
4. Prior Teaching Experience: I have had medical students both at home and here.
5. Comfort level when dealing with children: Very comfortable with any age group
6. Anything I'm forgetting: Nothing that I can think of at the moment.

[expellerhead]

Biology and robotics...are you comfortable taking on chemistry as well? If not, maybe you and Stefan Salvatore could co-teach the whole science gamut between you.

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[alwayscomeback]

1. Name: Sokka
2. Age: 21
3. Subjects to teach: Engineering, Smithing, Hunting (tracking, killing, skinning, preparing meat, all that good stuff)
3a. Level of mastery: Good enough to build weapons that helped win a war I guess. Mastering on that last one
3b. Relevance to life on the fleet: You never know when you need to build a thing. And hunting is pretty darn important if you want a good meat-diet on a planet.
4. Prior Teaching Experience: Helped teach others to build things for the war effort on those first ones. Trained the kids in my tribe for the last.
5. Comfort level when dealing with children: ANY age. I've trained people from 4-adulthood.
6. Anything I'm forgetting: How about adults? I mean sure kids want to learn, school is great, but if something comes up that adults want to learn too, would we have more advanced classes for them? Better everyone and all that.

[expellerhead]

I won't stop anybody who wants to teach adult courses, but I'll definitely insist on keeping the adult classes and minor classes separate.

Hunting might not be a bad idea, all things considered. What about a survival class?

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[forsometimenow]

1. Name: Dr. Jennifer Keller
2. Age: 31. I'm an ordinary human being.
3. Subjects to teach: I'm mostly interested in serving as a medic. School nurse, I guess you'd call it.
3a. Level of mastery: High, I suppose, at least when it comes to human beings. I've got medical school plus two years managing a large department of medics plus 2 years in the Drift Fleet under my belt.
3b. Relevance to life on the fleet: Again, I've been on the Fleet 2 years, so I know this place pretty well.
4. Prior Teaching Experience: I've taught first aid lessons to people willing to learn.
5. Comfort level when dealing with children: High. I don't have a lot of experience with kids specifically, but I'm very comfortable around them.
6. Anything I'm forgetting: I have a list of people with medical skills, so in case there's anything I can't handle, we can quickly look up someone who can.

voice;

[expellerhead]

Much appreciated. During combat courses it'd be helpful if a medic could be physically there so we don't have to worry about transit time.

First aid courses might be helpful too.

SCHEDULING

[expellerhead]

Let's hear some preferences. I was thinking only one, maybe two max classes per people so as not to overwhelm us or students.

Opinions?

Re: SCHEDULING

[axiomed]

That sounds fine but how often do we want to hold these classes?

[alwayscomeback]

Works for me! I'm pretty okay with any day, so long as I still have time to take care of my ship and crew.

[forsometimenow]

Hmm- might be a bit different for me, if I'm going to be giving medical assistance, unless you had any other volunteers.

[passingthrough]

Whatever works for you. I'll make it work for me.

[stefanged]

That works. I usually have services a couple days a week, so anytime that wouldn't interfere with those [or his daily prayers] are fine by me.

[dancingmd]

Sounds fine to me!