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Starting a Thread:

Think of an interesting topic. (Well, for me any topic would be interesting.) Make sure that it is within the scope of the general rules.

-Essays, Research and the like are more than welcome here. Just keep in mind that you properly discuss your topic and not just say "this is right/wrong" without giving any justification.

-Question threads should have a question mark on the title. As much as possible the title should be the question, but if the question is too long, simply write the topic and write a question mark on the title so that I may know if the question needs to be answered.

-Jokes and off-topic discussion is also allowed as long as it is in the Cafeteria subforum (but as it is not yet created, post in the main forum for the meanwhile). Good jokes that are more appropriate for a particular subforum (like a math joke) would be transferred there.


Starting a Discussion:

1. Choose a topic. Discussions may be debates, old/recent discovery, stories of your experiences or what you think and other stuff.

2. Give some background information on what you want to discuss. A few sentences will do.


Starting a Lesson:

1. You may start any lesson provided that it is labelled appropriately. Make sure that no person has already begun a lesson similar to the one you would like to discuss. In case there is already a lesson on the subject, you may do a collaborative work with the author of that lesson. Cross-posting a lesson is alright. This means that posting lessons you have made somewhere else is acceptable to this guild.

2. Start from the basics and keep a smooth flow of lessons. In teaching a language for example, begin with the alphabet/pronounciation guide before proceeding to complex sentence structures. If there are important terms in the subject (especially in math and science), provide definitions for these in order to facilitate a proper understanding of the lesson. Then, avoid skipping some important parts. You may or may not make a table of contents to help you and the readers to know the flow of the lesson.

3. Make a good formatting. You may be technical or casual depending on your style of writing. Just keep in mind that the lessons should be organized and understandable to avoid confusion. Keep sentences short and precise. Avoid long posts by either chunking them into parts or making the font size small (minimum is 10- A small font size is hard to read so this is the last resort). Exceptions to this is rule is when it is awkward to separate the post into parts- the post is one whole poem or essay, a complete list, a chapter in itself or similar situations.

4. You may make your own rules in your lesson thread. Examples of this are "do not post until the lesson is done" or "you may ask or discuss in this thread" or "post your answers to the excercises".

5. There is two main styles of teaching:
a. Lecture/Textbook- The teacher tells all the information first before someone can post in the thread.
b. Seminar- An interactive style of teaching in which teachers can give homeworks and other stuff and the students can answer, ask questions or give additional information while the lesson is ongoing.

6. Authors of lessons that are considered well-written will be awarded with gold (around 500-1000 depending on the quality) after the lesson is finished.


Starting a Game:

1. All games should be placed in the Sports and Games subforum. The only exception to this rule is the event game that I will facilitate.

2. Indicate the rules and mechanics of the game. You may or may not include a prize for the winner (but you will be responsible for the prize if you decide to give a prize).

3. Games should involve either the random number or dice function and winning should be possible. (Do not create a mechanics like "anyone who rolls 37 using two six-sided dice will win" because that is impossible.)

4. Have fun!

5. When the game ends, the thread will be locked to avoid confusion about the winner or status of the game.


Starting a Survey:

1. Indicate the topic of the survey and what is it for.

2. Make a poll with the appropriate question and choices.


Posting a Reply:

Whenever you post a reply, keep in mind that your post should be related to the topic of the thread and follow the rules (if there are any) stated by the thread owner. A reply should have some significant information or question to the topic. It may also be a short reply like "I like your thread" or "I want to know more". It should not violate the general rules.

Campus Tour:

I. Humanities and Arts College
_1. Philosophy
_2. Religion- Origins, Beliefs and Practices
_3. Literature
_4. Performing Arts- Music, Dance, Theater, Film
_5. Visual Arts- Painting, Sketch
_6. Electronic Arts- Photoshop, Flash, HTML, CS
_7. Fine Arts- Sculpture

II. Social Sciences College
_1. History- Historical Event, Historical Figures, Civilization
_2. Politics- Political Leaders, Policies/Laws, Forms of Government
_3. Culture and Tradition- Rituals and Beliefs, Tradional cloth, food, dance
_4. Language- Grammar, Etymology/History, Translation
_5. Economics
_6. Sociology and Anthropology

III. Science and Math College
_1. Mathematics- Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry, Calculus, Statistics, Logic, Discrete Math
_2. Science- Biology, Geology, Chemistry, Physics

IV. Sports and Games Gymnasium
_1. Combat Sports- Fencing, Boxing, Judo, Karate, Taekwondo, other martial arts
_2. Team Sports- Soccer, Basketball, Volleyball
_3. Individual Sports- Swimming, Marathon, Cycling, Triathlon, Gymnastics, Tennis, Table Tennis
_4. Board Games- Chess, Checkers, Battleship
_5. Dice Games-
_6. Card Games- Poker, Solitaire

V. Military Headquarters
_1. Military History- Warfare, Tactics, Development of Military
_2. Weapons Familiarization- Types of Weapons, Use of Weapons, Weapons Development
_3. Military Transport- Land Vehicles, Tanks Aircraft, Battleships, Submarines
_4. Military Training- Drills, Physical Training, Orienteering, Camping

VI. Guidance Office
_1. Psychology
_2. Problems

VII. Auditorium
_1. Contests
_2. Events

VIII. Cafeteria
-Chatterbox