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March, 2017
Student name: Tarot
Prompt: Help stop the spread of germs! What do you do when you have a cough
Response: Please write a short IC post about what they're writing about/thinking.

Tarot shrugged a little at the lesson of the day. Her immune system seemed to be quite strong, since she'd never yet been sick, even with the littlest of things. Perhaps it had something to do with her habit of sticking mostly to herself. Whatever the case, she still knew all the quirks and rituals people went through when they were sick to keep their germs from spreading. Not that all of them did that...

When you cough you should do it in either your shoulder or the crook of your elbow. It helps contain some of the germs. Coughing in your hand is almost as bad as not covering your mouth, cause you touch a lot of things with your hands so you'd be spreading germs around just as much.

March, 2017
Student name: Laurel
Prompt: Today we're doing sit-ups! Roll a D100 to see how many you do.
Number rolled:
1-10: Oh come on, you can't call it quit now! Keep going! (Fail, you must roll again)
11-49: Not too shabby! You're doing great! (Pass!)
50: You're trying so hard but suddenly... BLEH! You just threw up! Maybe don't work out right after lunch. Go to the nurse and rest a little. (Fail, you must roll again)
51-90: Excellent! You're like some kind of machine! You're in great shape!
91-100: You're going strong, you see the light at the end of the tunnel... But then you fainted! Maybe you pushed yourself too hard. (Fail, you must roll again.)
Response: Please write a short IC post about them working out

Laurel always loved gym, especially when they got to do physical work. She did a bit of stretching first, not too much but enough to get all the creaks and pops out of her joints, then got down on the floor and began working on some crunches. The first ones were always the easiest, though the burn slowly began to build up. Laurel rather enjoyed it, enjoyed pushing against the boundaries and getting the most out of her body. Eventually her muscles were just too tired though and she had to stop. Probably not the best in the class, but she felt like she'd done a good job!

March, 2017
Student name: Vincent
Prompt: Today we're doing sit-ups! Roll a D100 to see how many you do.
Number rolled:
1-10: Oh come on, you can't call it quit now! Keep going! (Fail, you must roll again)
11-49: Not too shabby! You're doing great! (Pass!)
50: You're trying so hard but suddenly... BLEH! You just threw up! Maybe don't work out right after lunch. Go to the nurse and rest a little. (Fail, you must roll again)
51-90: Excellent! You're like some kind of machine! You're in great shape!
91-100: You're going strong, you see the light at the end of the tunnel... But then you fainted! Maybe you pushed yourself too hard. (Fail, you must roll again.)
Response: Please write a short IC post about them working out

Finally Vincent got his tail in a more comfortable position, though it had taken a lot of wiggling around and experimenting. He started over, not counting the first few sit ups he'd done before he'd had to move. He hadn't done very many anyway. He was able to breeze through the first half of the sit ups, made it almost to the 40s before the burn became real. It was more of a struggle, and he pushed himself to keep doing one more, just one more. Finally he had to tap out somewhere around the 60s. He fell back to the mat, breathing hard and muscles complaining, but feeling oddly accomplished.

March, 2017
Student name: Florence
Prompt: Today we're doing sit-ups! Roll a D100 to see how many you do.
Number rolled:
1-10: Oh come on, you can't call it quit now! Keep going! (Fail, you must roll again)
11-49: Not too shabby! You're doing great! (Pass!)
50: You're trying so hard but suddenly... BLEH! You just threw up! Maybe don't work out right after lunch. Go to the nurse and rest a little. (Fail, you must roll again)
51-90: Excellent! You're like some kind of machine! You're in great shape!
91-100: You're going strong, you see the light at the end of the tunnel... But then you fainted! Maybe you pushed yourself too hard. (Fail, you must roll again.)
Response: Please write a short IC post about them working out

Florence tried a couple different positions with his wings. He thought he had one that was comfortable, but just a few sit ups later he realized he was wrong. The position was pulling on particular muscles that just wasn't comfortable. He sat up and tried to readjust again.

April, 2017
Student name: Amber
Prompt: Name one of the food groups on a food pyramid, other than sweets, and one item from that group.
Response: Please write a short IC post about how they feel about the food group they call out


Amber thought for a moment about some of her favorite foods. She did rather enjoy sweet things, which the teacher had said was off limits, but she was also really fond of berries and fruit. They also tended to be sweet, with the occasional bit of tart thrown in here and there.

"Fruits are one of my favorite food groups," she piped in her high, sweet voice. "I especially love strawberries, but cherries are super good as well. Lemons can be good too, but they're better combined with other stuff cause they're too sour to eat on their own!" She'd gotten a bit carried away and gave more than one example. Hopefully that was okay. She smiled brightly at the teacher and then resumed her seat.

April, 2017
Student name: Quartz
Prompt: Find me a recipe for something healthy!
Response: Please write a short IC post about why they like the recipe


Quartz didn't cook a whole lot, but she still knew her way around the kitchen to do a couple basic things. Snacks were her specialty, especially since Amber'd been born. One of their favorites was quite simple,had several variations, and was pretty healthy. Quartz worried it might be considered too simple, but hopefully the many variations proved she wasn't being lazy with the assignment. She stood up when it was her turn.

"My favorite recipe is a snack that I call "ants on a log". I make it all the time, usually after school for something to keep me from getting too hungry before dinner. I have a little sister and she loves them as well. "Ants on a log" is usually a piece of celery with peanut butter on it and raisins on the peanut butter," she explained, feeling a little blush at the simplicity she described, but resolutely continued. "That's the more traditional way, which is pretty tasty, but my favorite thing is that celery is pretty versatile and I can make the snack a lot of different ways."

Quartz began listing off the various combinations she'd used in the past. "I've mixed a bit of cream cheese and ranch to put on the celery, then put some peas on that. Or I beat strawberries into cream cheese and topped it with dried cranberries. Guacamole and black beans is good when I want it a bit more savory, or hummus and pretzel bits, but my little sister prefers sweet to savory. If we have bacon left over from breakfast I'll crumble some and spread soft cheese in the celery, then top it with the bacon. Sometimes I use cookie butter instead of peanut butter, but that's more of a special treat cause it's got a lot more sugar in it. I also sometimes use berries instead of raisins."

She was still blushing as she finished talking, hoping she hadn't rambled on too long, but added, "It's my favorite thing to make cause it's pretty easy, usually quick to make, and celery is kind of sweet for a vegetable so it works well with lots of flavors. You can be as creative as you like with it." Finished, she plopped down in her seat, hiding her face behind a screen of hair and hoping nobody thought her recipe was silly or something.

(Source of recipe [here])

April, 2017
Student name: Cider
Prompt: Name one of the food groups on a food pyramid, other than sweets, and one item from that group.
Response: Please write a short IC post about how they feel about the food group they call out

For once, Cider felt quite comfortable in her classroom…the topic was about food though, and perhaps that was the issue. When they were told to talk about a level on the food pyramid, her hand shot up, much to her own surprise. When it was her turn to answer, though her ears folded low, she managed to get her entire point across without any stuttering or messing up what so ever.

“Fruits and vegetables are on the pyramid…that’s what you can eat the most of, like apples. I love apples, that’s my favorite food, apples are…and since you can eat the most of them, it means apples are good for you so…”

She drew in a breath, hoping that was enough information. “Fruits are the best part of the food pyramid, I think…”

May, 2017
Student name: Skylar
Prompt: Post a picture of a healthy snack that your student brought to share

Response:

Sharing food seemed illogical to the young hybrid, that was food that either his parents made or they paid for...so why should he have to share with the other students? Perhaps the others weren't as fortunate? Or it could just be a way to get the students to interact with each other. He clung to the pack of string cheese as he entered the room and methodically wove between students to set his food with the others.

Without really reading the atmosphere Skye turned to face his classmates,
"I have brought in a bag of string cheese." That seemed like a good enough explanation as any. String...cheese...it was such an odd concept to him. Cheese wasn't supposed to be stringy...he pulled out his notebook and scribbled some notes about how string cheese was an abomination and then used the rest of the class to observe the others.