The class met on the Causeway, where the portal to the promised amusement park awaited them.

"A few rules before you run off," Ghanima said cheerfully. "No getting arrested, be back at the portal in four hours, and try not to get caught stealing candy from babies."

Note how the instruction was specifically not to get caught doing it. "And ( Read more... )

"Next week is your final," Ghanima said once everyone had gathered in the Danger Shop. "We will be taking you off-campus to an amusement park as a reward for having survived the semester. Your mission will be to enjoy the day without getting arrested, starting a riot, or otherwise calling undue attention to yourselves ( Read more... )

"It know it's only the fall semester, and it isn't even over yet, but there's no harm in being prepared," Tahiri began. "For explaining Fandom to people from home, that is. It may not be a issue for you, but sometimes, it's funny how 'I went to school on an island in a completely different world, hundreds of years in the past' -- or future, or, ( Read more... )

When students arrived at the Danger Shop this week, they'd find that their teachers had segmented it into different zones ( Read more... )

There was a turkey following Tahiri around the classroom today -- not a real one, but a small wind-up toy, nowhere near actual size. From her resigned expression, it might be easy enough to infer that it had been following her around all day and she'd given up trying to discourage it ( Read more... )

From the comfortable cushions strewn around the room and the audiovisual equipment up front, students might be able to guess what kind of class today would be ( Read more... )

"So you've all experienced at least one bout of Fandom Strangeness," Ghanima began once the bell had sounded. "While the reaction of the vast majority of the student body during an invasion is typically to find something and punch it until it stops, what do you do if you're not one for physical confrontation ( Read more... )

This week it was Tahiri standing alone at the front of the room, hands behind her back ( Read more... )

"Welcome back," Ghanima said once the last person had arrived. "Jedi Veila is unable to be with us today, so I'm afraid you're all stuck with me ( Read more... )

This week the Danger Shop was filled with large cushions, pillows, blankets, and overstuffed chairs, with two large whiteboards at the front and a pile of notebooks and pens by the door ( Read more... )