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[grooviestmutant]

Hello, this is Charles Xavier, ah, typing. Speaking? Regardless.

I am here to announce that as school is beginning just tomorrow at the Institute, I am prepared to greet all of my new students with an earnest pleasure. I have provided for you both a text-based version of the syllabus for my Mathematics class as well as attached an image.

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[manlytear]

"Metal set of measuring materials (compass, protractor, and ruler)."

You had to specify metal, Charles?

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[grooviestmutant]

Most certainly. Metal is the best with which to withstand the test of time.

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[manlytear]

Kinky.

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[grooviestmutant]

...I refuse to honour your implications with a legitimate reply.

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[zapswithmagic]

Ah... abacus?

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[grooviestmutant]

Yes, of course.

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[zapswithmagic]

Isn't a calculator the same thing? Just an updated version?

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[grooviestmutant]

[ All of the frowns and he shakes his head. ]

Certainly not. An abacus still requires a bit more mind exercise than that of a calculator.

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[hells4children]

An abacus is a form of technology.

[ HE DOESN'T EVEN GO HERE. he's just being argumentative. ]

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[grooviestmutant]

[ Silence, then a bit of a frown and blink. ]

Apologies that I did not specify current technology. An oversight on my part.

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[hells4children]

A piece of modern technology that, might I add, is standardized in the classroom these days?

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[grooviestmutant]

Perhaps in classrooms that are not my own.

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[bluepurrymuffin]

You are, perhaps, aware that the necessary materials are supplied to the students by the school, yes? Calculators included.

Though why the notebooks be specified as leather-bound, I can hardly imagine...

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[grooviestmutant]

[ Charles opens his mouth to speak, before frowning and closing it. Well, he ought to start somewhere. ] Leather-bound notebooks are for longevity, of course.

Even as they are provided, surely the students must know what they shall expect to need in the classroom? I did not mean to imply that they must purchase these items on their own.

Though calculators are still not preferred.

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[bluepurrymuffin]

I hardly think the students are so considered over longevity. Specifying such expensive supplies for a single class just strikes me as a little silly, honestly.

And really, you ought to see the graphing calculators we have! Technology's come quite a ways in the past forty years.

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[grooviestmutant]

[ So many frowns. ] My apologies further, I had not realised that my supply list was expensive. [ He's being honest here, and it only aids his further confusion. He considers those words further before finally adding; ]

I intend to see if my students are capable of rudimentary Mathematics without the assistance of a calculator first. Though that does not mean I will rule them out entirely; certainly not!

[tooksteps]

And if my being is, essentially, a computer? I see no need to take your course.

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[grooviestmutant]

If you are much further along in your education in the subject, then you certainly are not required to take the course.

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[tooksteps]

Good. It is rather elementary for me.

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[grooviestmutant]

Ah. You may be quite exempt, then. Though I am not aware how Hank intends to gauge skill-level - he may or may not require you to take a small test to demonstrate your skills.