driftfleet | CLOSED - voice & text

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)

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

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

Not likely.

The school she attends is specifically for the very ambitious types. Not wanting to fall behind is just in her personality.

That sounds kind of exhausting. [A whole class full of that?]

[IT IS] You get used to it. [LET HIM REST]

Regardless, I doubt the curriculum here will be half as strenuous. We're not getting paid for this, after all.

What? I was totally in it for the money. [She's kidding.]

I did list more things I could teach than I'd actually want to teach. I just wasn't sure what might fit in with what you're looking for.

Edited 2017-04-05 04:13 (UTC)

I don't want us to start off getting too ambitious and end up burning out when interest wanes. I was thinking one class per teacher, maybe two if we decide it's necessary.

Don't be afraid to prod anybody else about this, by the way. I'm going to make a subthread for scheduling purposes in a second.

That's fine. I don't know what other kind of interest and experience you'll get so you can just let me know which class works for you for me to teach if any of them.

My boyfriend, Winn, runs the lecture series. I don't know if you're involved in that or know about it. Tends to be more extensive presentations about whatever topics people want to bring up and often more advanced. So, not exactly a school, but still educational.

I think everyone's already posted their interests so you're of course welcome to browse. It's an open forum on here.

In regards to classes, I'm thinking you might be good for self-defense. I was going to take it, but if you're on that I'll have more time for mathematics, which'll free up Clay for astronomy. I can also have a separate course for powers training that'll be specifically geared for that, since I know my student will probably hang me if I don't teach that.

I don't think we'll need additional help given that the teacher to student ratio is already in our favor, but I won't stop you if you want to drag him in.

Self defense works for me.

[She does look curious though. Or she would if he could see her over this voice call.] What kinds of powers have you trained people in?

Physics might be good too. I think Crusher and Salvatore, and Terran were going to handle the sciences, but if you could get with them to make sure they're covered on that, it'd be helpful.

As for powers...a wide variety. I've been teaching high school classes for years and each student has their own unique powers; I honestly couldn't tell you all of them without a reference.

I could see if they want my help. [She doesn't want to intrude where she might not be wanted and she's a little insecure about her teaching abilities having never finished any formal higher education on account of it not existing anymore in her world. Even if she has been an avid learner all her life with some advantages of the mind already.]

What causes these powers? It's genetic mutation where I'm from.

Edited 2017-04-15 03:19 (UTC)

[there's that word again.]

Same thing, though we're on the fourth or so generation of that at this point. It's now more uncommon for someone not to have a quirk.

Really? We're still rare back home. [But everyone is becoming rare at home with the way things are going.] Are you from Earth? Have you heard of the X-Men?

I am, though I can't say that I have. Society was in a bit of an uproar when the first generation with quirks manifested around a century ago though, so there could've been a group with that name that I'm simply unaware of. [very unlikely though.]

Only a hundred years later you had that kind of shift, huh? Seems like that would have caused a lot of upheaval.

It did. Historical records are a bit muddy during those first few decades. Once quirks became more widespread and legislation started going into effect, things calmed down.

While modern society is by no means peaceful, it's not like it was back then.

Edited 2017-04-21 19:28 (UTC)

Always good to hear when it doesn't cause things to collapse in on themselves. [like in her world]

What's your power?

[SIGH....well, if he's going to be working with these people]

I can cancel out someone else's powers for a period of time.

Oh, that already sounds like my least favorite power. [She says it lightly, knowing a power isn't someone's fault or something they choose. At least it's not in her world. But also, it is kind of her least favorite. Good thing for those ninja skills, huh?]

I've been getting that a lot here.

[he's highly sought after back home he'll have you know!!]

You have my word I won't go around using it for kicks.

Edited 2017-04-21 19:46 (UTC)

Appreciated. [She can't really trust the guy she just met and hasn't actually even seen yet, but she doesn't exactly have any reason not to trust him either. Outside of the life full of betrayals and such, but even with that she likes to hope for the best.] Especially if I'm inside something solid at the time.

Intangibility, then? [like the third year, mirio.]

You've heard of others having it? [That always annoys her. It's much less uncommon in these prison-y places. Of course the part where the first other person with a power similar to hers was Tyki Mikk so she may have other reasons for having an adverse reaction to hearing she's not alone in it.]

I have, a student at the school where I teach. [not that it's unusual. honestly, with 80% of the world's population powered, it's more unlikely for him to not hear about it]

Do they fry electronics by passing through them too?

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