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Class Activity

FRESHLING, JUNIOR or SENIOR:



Starts: March 1st
Ends: April 1st



Rules

1. Pick a Race other than your character's (if a Hybrid, try to pick Races that are not part of your character's Hybrid mix). Read the Racial Lore to learn about the culture of that race, and share 1 bit of trivia.
   
2. You may team up with another player and their Character to swap trivia, or you may enter pairs of your own characters to interact with each other.
   
3. Freshlings may pair up with other Freshlings or Juniors; Juniors may pair up with other Juniors or Seniors; Seniors can pair up with Juniors or other Seniors.
   
4. All responses must be at least 150 words. They can be given orally, acted out, or in written form!
   

Samhain had taken the class because he hadn't had the most normal growing up and it would be good to learn. He always liked being polite and doing things the correct way. Of course the subject matter had to be on romance. It had been a while since he had to think on the best way to show your affection to someone and see if they liked you back. After all he had been happily dating Lace for so long. Well at least the beginning of what was known as his senior years. What had he done with lace to get her to say yes? Ah… that was right he kept fretting over how much he had a crush on the bubbly hallowed fallen that his other side had gotten so pissed off he blacked out and woke up with an extremely now hallowed girlfriend. Salem wasn’t the nicest of people so he had no idea what he had done to get lace to say yes.

"Everyone is different, and while its important to be honest and upfront about your feelings Some times it takes nerve to work up to just flat out telling some one that you like them. You don’t want to randomly go up to your coffee server and blurt it out. A good way to find out if someone likes you try casual touching like touching their arm or shoulder when you talk to them. If they shrug you off or push away respect their boundaries and they probably aren’t interested. Find reasons to talk to them, or just talk to them because whenever you get the chance. Make sure that they know you’re happy to see them. Also make sure to know a bit about their racial customs. With so many people at school you don’t want to be obvious if they have a different custom than you or if something is offensive in their culture.

However if they generally like being with you and around you and don’t mind getting touched by you then the next thing is good is good communication. Your partner isn’t a mind reader; they don’t know what is going through your head. You should be honest with them and just come out and tell them your feelings where this is through a conversation where you tell them that you like them or through an email or a note. Obviously if they answer yes then they like you back. However if you misread all the signs before make sure to back off if the interest isn’t reciprocated, always be mindful that they have feelings as well." Samhain replied

Samhain sat back down in his seat. He remembered he had done some of that when first being around lace. He just hoped he had remembered correctly but

Bebe listened to the question while biting her lip, immediately trying to construct a response. Happy to speak in front of the class, she waited until it was her turn to answer the question. "Well, there are lots of ways to express affection," she started a little hesitantly, her finger on her chin in thought, "like, obviously, there's gift-giving. But you have to give her what she wants, not necessarily what you want, you know? You have to put yourself in her position and think what she'd really like." Bebe kept using female pronouns as she considered the way that she would be courting another person, and they would always be female.
"I mean, obviously she'll show signs if she isn't interested," she answered in response to the second half of the question, "but showing signs is different to explicit words... Like maybe she won't actually be interested, but she doesn't want to hurt your feelings so she'll not be clear that she isn't interested. Really it's all about empathy, trying to understand how they feel through their behaviour and stuff, not just what they say."

Etiquette was not Ganymede's best subject- at least, that's what he'd garnered over the years from other people, anyway. The class was interesting enough, he supposed he understood the basics of it.. but the whole verbal dance everyone seemed so keen on doing seemed like a waste of time. Thankfully, they weren't focusing on that this time. Hygiene was something he could understand.

After being given their instructions, he set to work writing.. there were some things he figured were better written than spoken- and... knowing himself, this probably should be written.

There are too many things that I do for myself to really pick a "most important," they're all important enough to do daily anyway. But when it comes to others, the first thing I look at is clothing. Not necessarily to discern whether someone is "well dressed," that's too vague a concept. An air of purpose needs to come from clothing- a sense of "I did this on purpose." One can appear disheveled if one chooses to, but still maintain the air of control that comes along with a decision like that.

People who've simply let themselves go don't have this quality- at least, not for long. I've met one or two people that could pull it off until they started speaking/moving - body language and vocal tones give it away.

A person that doesn't even care to dress themselves in a planned fashion is likely a person that just doesn't care about anything. That's why I pay so much attention to it.

There. That would do it. He signed his name at the top of the paper, then waited until it was time to turn it in.

Aurelia had apparently been recommended by take this class by one of the caretakers. She wasn't quite sure why, except that they had said she would 'learn something' from it and she really didn't have reason to argue. Once she plopped herself onto the desk and the question was given, she raised her hand almost immediately.

"I greet my friends with big waves and big hugs whenever I see them, because I miss them and I feel happy when we meet up. If I met a stranger I'd probably wave, give them a big smile and say 'hi', because if you greet people and you're happy you can make them happy, too! I think it's important to be friendly to everyone, whether you know them or not, because strangers can become friends."

Foras actually really enjoyed his Etiquette class, probably mostly because he had learned a lot from it. Also he had thought he already knew how to do it properly and had learned that well, everyone could use a little bit of work. Between this class and his own personal experiences had taught him he needed a lot of work. But today they were talking about hygiene and well, Foras had to admit he didn't care for sloppy or smelly individuals.

Proper cleanliness is very important to me. When you're going to be spending a lot of time with someone I think it's important that one looks clean and smells nice. I'm not saying you need to drown yourself in cologne or perfume. But making sure to shower daily, brush your teeth, and apply proper amounts of deodorant when you're planning on going out and being active. It's important to maintain your appearance as much as possible as well. There is a certain amount of sloppiness that is acceptable, but brushing your hair and trimming your nails and claws are also important things to maintain.

Foras was happy with what he had to write and turned it in to his teacher.