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Dr. Carrigan Blakely
Quirky Science Teacher
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Carrigan had picked up many traits from being a doctor, and also from learning about science. One of these was observation skills. The male teacher noticed the change in her facial features as he'd been able to list of the exact amount of time he'd been a teacher at the school. Couldn't everybody do that? Oh well, he remembered that in particular as he'd gotten a phone call (which, in itself, was an incredibly rare thing to happen) and it happened to be from the principal, sounding all panicky as if it had been some sort of emergancy, remembering that he'd hoped it wouldn't been another of those calls where people expected you to be able to diagnose them over the phone. Thankfully, it hadn't. It had been more of a 'one of my teachers has suddenly left, and I have no cover for science - please step in! Just until I find a replacement, I promise! I'll only need you for... I don't know, two weeks? A month, tops!' It had been such a drag, Carrigan being positive that he'd hate it. Apparently not, as he was still here, even though he did pretend he disliked the job.
You have to be kidding me. And people say that I'M weird. The science teacher thought, as the blonde teacher started to babble about not completing the introductory phase earlier, and how rude she must seem. Yet, he didn't see that at all, completely unsure of how respond to her asking for forgiveness. "Well, no I don't forgive you - I don't need to. You haven't done anything in need of forgiveness." Carrigan said, as he she appeared to feel rather bad about not even realising his existance. To be honest, he was fine with that. Especially since he didn't really notice her existance either - it hadn't been necessary.
In fact, why did she finally notice his existance today? Well, that answer seemed obvious. "You're here because you're bored, aren't you?" Carrigan questioned, fairly confident that he knew the answer. Oh, he was not holding back today, was he? "Boredom is underrated - don't knock boredom." the teacher declared. "It's a very good friend of mine..." he'd added in a murmur. But, an even better enemy.
If she hadn't gathered by now that he wasn't the most sociable person in the world, then there must be something wrong with her. He wasn't exactly helping himself with the whole 'all science teachers are mad' sort of generalisation, but who cared? He wasn't here to prove, or disprove, a point - he was here to teach, and teach he shall. Even if it begins with teaching the teacher.
To be honest, though, it seemed like she was the one teaching him with her answer of art. He'd always been aware that it was a very subjective sort of thing, but the way she described it... Wow. The best thing is, her answer is rather similar to what his view on science is.
"Sort of a similar thing - only... science really is everything. Everything around you is made up of these tiny little atoms, which you can't even see. It's... useful, it's practical... it's got so much potential - saving lives, ending world hunger, making things more efficient for the future generations." Carrigan paused, the passion seriously coming out within his voice, unable to control the movement of his hands and arms, maximising the effect of his words, and he didn't want to stop talking, convincing her of how incredible science was - so many thoughts of why it was so incredible filling his mind, and being aware that these thoughts and ideas wouldn't be there for long, he was trying to pick out the best bits. "Even relating it to what you like about art, without science, there would be no art - like... you wouldn't be able to draw, or paint, or... dance without movement, and that? it's science - the messages to the brain, telling you to pick up the pencil, the..." he trailed off, having been about to go on, but unsure of where her knowledge of the subject was, it was probably for the best incase he confused her.
"But the best thing about science?" Carrigan said, making sure his hands remained firmly in his pockets. "Other than it's ability to continually blow you away time after time, is... it's ability to give people hope." he said, looking back at the woman. Even if she hadn't been able to keep up with his explanation from a few seconds ago, when he'd been aware of just how fast he'd been speaking and how excitable he sounded, he was speaking at a more normal pace now so she should be able to understand. "For example, have you heard much about nanotechnology?" the man asked, continuing anyways. "Well, basically what scientists are currently working on is creating these tiny little robots which people can take inside a pill, and once inside of the body, these little nanobots go around, killing cancer cells. Can you imagine how it must feel to be told this if you're at risk of developing cancer in the future, or if someone who has cancer, is told about this when it's close to being fully-developed?" Of course, the description of how it worked had seriously be dumbed down so that any idiot could understand, just in case. Yet the point still stood.
Still, it was probably for the best that he stopped there, talking about science before he got carried away. Instead, it was probably for the best if the subject was changed for now. Hadn't she asked a question? Carrigan tried to remember what it was, before eventually managing to remember. "No, I've not done art before - I've always been lead to believe that it's a useless subject for those who are simply not academically minded enough to succeed in other subjects." Carrigan explained with a shrug. Still, he had no intention of making enemies by trying to make her subject and herself sound useless. "But... Obviously myself, and those who led me to believe that, were wrong. And for that, I apologise - I should know better than to pre-judge and listen to such people."