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

[stefanged]

Of course.

[ attached: one brief list of textspeak Stefan uses. tbh, btw, fyi, and a smattering of Arabic terms (iA = inshallah / god willing) are all there. ]

[dancingmd]

So how prevalent are these abbreviations in the fleet? I'm afraid I don't use texting much to talk to people.

[stefanged]

Not too common.

I'm the only one who uses the Arabic abbreviations, but I've also seen others use English ones.
It's the emoji I'd really watch out for.

[dancingmd]

Emoji?

[stefanged]

Yeah, they're things like :) or :(

Think of them as faces that people use to establish how they're feeling or how a sentence should be taken, since it's hard to convey nuance in text.

[dancingmd]

Oh, I see! That's very clever!

[stefanged]

Right! I've shown you some simple ones, but really elaborate ones exist too.

Like ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[dancingmd]

How did you do that one!?

[stefanged]

honestly, I have it as a keyboard shortcut.

Otherwise it takes way too long.

[dancingmd]

I take it then that it's one you use often?

[stefanged]

More than I care to admit, yeah.

[ So he'll include instructions on how she can save it to her keyboard too. ]

[dancingmd]

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Like that?

How did these get started anyway?

[stefanged]

The elaborate ones come from Japan. My ex taught me some of them.

But if you mean in general? I have no idea.

[dancingmd]

In any case, thank you for showing me!

:)

[stefanged]

No problem! (: I'll keep you posted about everything else.