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daybreakacademy2019-02-24 09:37 am
ohgoodgrief) wrote in daybreakacademy2019-02-24 09:37 am
Afternoon at the Museum
Who: Yang... and you!
What: It's time for a field trip to the Musée de l'Armée in Paris, France. The afternoon is in the museum. But Yang took everyone at like 10 AM as an excuse to get out and see Paris.
Where: Paris! And at the Army Museum.
When: February 25
Notes: The following prompts are if you want to interact with Yang directly! Otherwise, please feel free to use this as an excuse to do threads in Paris! Yang's taking basically anyone -- heck, even other teachers, TA's, and RA's -- because he really just wanted an easy field trip after grading all the papers and despairing over the fact he might have made his courses too hard.
A. WE'RE ABOUT TO HAVE PARIS RIGHT NOW
[The helicopters have landed at Charles de Gaulle airport, everyone has bused into the city center, and it's now about 11:00 in the morning. They aren't supposed to be at the museum until two. Thus, standing in front of the crowd, Wen-li Yang...
...is due to give a speech.]
So, Paris! It's a pretty big deal.
[Hm, what else is important...]
Meet at the Army Museum at 2! And try to not get in too much trouble. Have fun!
[He'll hang around for a second in case anyone has questions.]
B. AND NOW: OLD STUFF!
[At about 1:57 PM, Yang comes running up with a sandwich still in his mouth and a paper cup with tea in it in hand. He skids to a stop in front of the museum's steps, looks around, and... peers at the people waiting for him.
Then, sheepishly, he waves.
The museum is much too big to do a guided tour. However, unlike the free roam period in Paris, Yang is actually a good source of information here. He roams between the different groups of students, answering questions, providing historical detail, and showing that he isn't actually terrible at his job all of the time.
He'd be easy to approach during any of this.]
What: It's time for a field trip to the Musée de l'Armée in Paris, France. The afternoon is in the museum. But Yang took everyone at like 10 AM as an excuse to get out and see Paris.
Where: Paris! And at the Army Museum.
When: February 25
Notes: The following prompts are if you want to interact with Yang directly! Otherwise, please feel free to use this as an excuse to do threads in Paris! Yang's taking basically anyone -- heck, even other teachers, TA's, and RA's -- because he really just wanted an easy field trip after grading all the papers and despairing over the fact he might have made his courses too hard.
A. WE'RE ABOUT TO HAVE PARIS RIGHT NOW
[The helicopters have landed at Charles de Gaulle airport, everyone has bused into the city center, and it's now about 11:00 in the morning. They aren't supposed to be at the museum until two. Thus, standing in front of the crowd, Wen-li Yang...
...is due to give a speech.]
So, Paris! It's a pretty big deal.
[Hm, what else is important...]
Meet at the Army Museum at 2! And try to not get in too much trouble. Have fun!
[He'll hang around for a second in case anyone has questions.]
B. AND NOW: OLD STUFF!
[At about 1:57 PM, Yang comes running up with a sandwich still in his mouth and a paper cup with tea in it in hand. He skids to a stop in front of the museum's steps, looks around, and... peers at the people waiting for him.
Then, sheepishly, he waves.
The museum is much too big to do a guided tour. However, unlike the free roam period in Paris, Yang is actually a good source of information here. He roams between the different groups of students, answering questions, providing historical detail, and showing that he isn't actually terrible at his job all of the time.
He'd be easy to approach during any of this.]
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Or, at least, they're assigned value for that. It's an interesting question, what makes something valuable.
[This is not helping his argument.]
...Uh, do you need one for something?
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[ It's not exactly a lie, but it's also pretty brazen, so he follows it up with ]
You're right that there's a lot to learn from the past~ But what about us hands-on learners? Seeing them in a museum is a good first step, but to really understand them, having a real cannon would be the best! Getting to see how it aims, getting to fire one, getting to see its destructive firepower...
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[But, then his eyes widen, and--]
That'd be a great idea! I could get some howitzers sent over, and maybe some replicas of earlier pieces, and we could do an artillery workshop!
[Kano what have you done]
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[ This is the most excited he's ever seen Yang, and that's surprising. Also encouraging, and Kano is encouraging. ]
I have no idea what a howitzer is, but that sounds cool! We get to build our own artillery?! Real ones that can fire things!!?!
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[Because they would be SO. EXPENSIVE. to bring to France and across the country. And also people might, like, have issues with Operation Let Teenagers Fire High Explosive Munitions.
And Kano's idea is better.]
We could make real ones that fire things! That's even better. We could make trebuchets and catapults. And maybe get a few spare cannons, too. There's a practical lesson in there somewhere, I'm sure.
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Let's do it, let's do it~! I want to make howitzers!!!
[ Maybe he should actually enroll in this class, first. Or just sneak into workshop days. ]
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[He is absolutely forgetting the first lesson of being a teacher, which is don't let your students peer pressure you into making artillery pieces.]
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Technically complex isn't a problem, right? After all, we've got you~
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...yes, though I'd need to get some help. It's not my area of expertise. I can... can make some phone calls and see what I can set up, and design an exercise...
[It would be enriching, right? And teach them to defend the school.
And blow things up!]
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That's it~ The connections that you have are what make you invaluable~ I'm looking forward to this, okay? Don't let me down, Professor!!
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...I'll make some phone calls and get it set-up. Give me a few weeks to get everything in order.
[Good grief, he thinks.]
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I want a progress report every week, okay~? I'll stop by after class during office hours and everything!!
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Hmm, you remind me a little of a friend from the academy. You could have any number of exciting careers in your future. All right, Mister Kano. I'm sure I'll see you soon then.
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I hope that's somebody good~ Keep that friendship in mind when you work on this~ Do it for the both of us~!
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[He laughs a little.] All right. Check back in after a week.
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[ And with that, he goes back to lingering in the corner of the room, moving only when Yang leaves for the next exhibit hall, doing whatever it is he was doing before. ]
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Good grief. [He says it good-naturedly, as always, though. Then Yang turns, to check on another group of students.]