Office Hours [2.19]
Ghani didn't work with her school issued laptop often, preferring books, pen, and paper to the electronic click of the keyboard. Checking her email once a week was one of her few concessions to the digital age in which she currently lived.
Even if she did distrust the Maker-cursed Machines with a passion.
The email she received today, however, warranted an immediate response.
Dear Miss Gordon,
To defend against a nexus is to tilt at windmills, and I will not insult your intelligence to protest otherwise. Believe me when I say that for the most part, the island defends itself. Should some threat manage to slip past that layer of security, it then faces the amassed wrath of the teaching staff, and we are not a force to be taken lightly.
In regards to other students; they are children, Miss Gordon. Mostly they tend to be brilliant, unpredictable, unconventional children, and the adults in their lives don't know what to do with them, hence shipping them off to boarding school. They have the same hopes, dreams, and emotions as any teenager, and it is my firm opinion that 'powers' do not make them any more or less dangerous than any other human being.
I have only your word that you are who you say you are, therefore I will not release any details about Dinah's training without her express permission. I take student-teacher confidentiality extremely seriously, and it would speak poorly of the trust she has placed in me if I did otherwise.
I am, however, perfectly willing to give my credentials in the matter. I have been a professor in the liberal arts department of the school for over a year, teaching such diverse subjects as mythology, career planning, tactics, and history. During non-class hours, I tutor a few carefully selected students privately in telekinesis, combat, meditation, the mental disciplines, and other subjects. I myself possess limited precognitive abilities, among other talents, and my family has a long history of teaching those with abilities beyond that of normal humans.
Should you ever choose to actually visit Fandom to form an opinion, I will be glad to speak with you in person.
Yours in Trust,
Lady Ghanima Atreides
Princess Royal of House Atreus
That accomplished, Ghanima settled in to draw up lesson plans for after-break, occasionally glancing over at her email to see if she had a response.
[Open office is open and fleeing from OCD!]
Even if she did distrust the Maker-cursed Machines with a passion.
The email she received today, however, warranted an immediate response.
Dear Miss Gordon,
To defend against a nexus is to tilt at windmills, and I will not insult your intelligence to protest otherwise. Believe me when I say that for the most part, the island defends itself. Should some threat manage to slip past that layer of security, it then faces the amassed wrath of the teaching staff, and we are not a force to be taken lightly.
In regards to other students; they are children, Miss Gordon. Mostly they tend to be brilliant, unpredictable, unconventional children, and the adults in their lives don't know what to do with them, hence shipping them off to boarding school. They have the same hopes, dreams, and emotions as any teenager, and it is my firm opinion that 'powers' do not make them any more or less dangerous than any other human being.
I have only your word that you are who you say you are, therefore I will not release any details about Dinah's training without her express permission. I take student-teacher confidentiality extremely seriously, and it would speak poorly of the trust she has placed in me if I did otherwise.
I am, however, perfectly willing to give my credentials in the matter. I have been a professor in the liberal arts department of the school for over a year, teaching such diverse subjects as mythology, career planning, tactics, and history. During non-class hours, I tutor a few carefully selected students privately in telekinesis, combat, meditation, the mental disciplines, and other subjects. I myself possess limited precognitive abilities, among other talents, and my family has a long history of teaching those with abilities beyond that of normal humans.
Should you ever choose to actually visit Fandom to form an opinion, I will be glad to speak with you in person.
Yours in Trust,
Lady Ghanima Atreides
Princess Royal of House Atreus
That accomplished, Ghanima settled in to draw up lesson plans for after-break, occasionally glancing over at her email to see if she had a response.
[Open office is open and fleeing from OCD!]