A few notes for my students

[saitoupsychout]

A reminder for my mutant psychology class that your written essays on the mutant genetics argument are due Friday. If you've been procrastinating, now's a really good time to work on that. I'm not giving anyone extra time on the assignment

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[chiba_waves]

Ahh, with the assignment, my argument links to some videos from recent politics in my works cited. But the original video is in english, without subs. Is that okay?

And I hope that your stress goes away soon, sensei. If there's anything that I can do to help...?

[saitoupsychout]

That's perfectly fine. I won't have any troubles with it.

I hope so as well, but considering the things that have been going on as of late, I'm trying not to hold my breath over it. I'm not sure if there's much that can be done to help. ...Other than possibly helping remind your classmates to stop doing things that could potentially get themselves killed. I've been getting enough grey hairs naturally without getting even more due to the sheer amount of stress and worry all of you enjoy subjecting me to.

[chiba_waves]

Okay good!

...Uhh, this is RAGS, I suppose. We signed up for this. Though, as I remember, it's usually more stressful, sensei. I'm thinking of the Halloween incident and the Toddler thing and the drowning. We haven't had any major catastrophes. Just a bunch of minor ones.

Maybe I should. I can make posters and stick them up everywhere. 'Think before you act, what would your teachers say?', 'Is this is a decision that would get you lynched?', "Will you regret this action for up to 20 years in the future?' Maybe I'll even get Davide to make some puns for me too.

[saitoupsychout]

Try not to jinx things by saying that, Saeki-kun. We've been surprisingly lucky lately that things have remained minor, even if they're numerous and seem to be building up.

I worry that the first one might sound like a challenge to some of our more trouble-prone students, so it's probably best to avoid using that one. Though if you think placing up posters will help, then you have my permission to do so. I'm sure Sanada-kun could show you some good locations to place them since he's fond of putting up posters himself even if they tend to not last long before someone defiles them.

[chiba_waves]

Ahh, sorry sensei! But I dunno, I've always thought that jinxes and things only happen when the person believes in them, I guess.

Hmm, I was joking ^^; Nobody actually pays attention to posters. It wouldn't help at all. People just need to learn common sense the hard way, I guess.

[saitoupsychout]

Enough bad things have happened around this school over the past 25 years to make me a little superstitious when it comes to that. So I would be one of those people who believes in them.

It's hard to tell when someone is joking over the internet sometimes, Saeki-kun, especially when considering there are those who *would* try that plan. ...And I'm afraid I've stopped having faith in people learning common sense with my last entry. It's apparent that some people in this school would be dead already if we simply let them learn things the hard way, as you put it.

[chiba_waves]

Haha, well that is true.

Hmm, don't worry about it, the internet is bad at conveying emotion, even with a billion emoticons circling the place. I was trying to lighten the mood but my jokes aren't too up to scratch at the moment, either. Too much water.

That's true. I don't know whether it's a mutant thing or an isolation thing, but we notoriously lack common sense here -_-

[saitoupsychout]

It's not your fault, though I'm hardly in the best of moods currently, so it's likely that jokes aren't going to have much of an effect on me any way you look at it while this is going on.

It may potentially be a bit of both.

[chiba_waves]

I'll wait until later then, shall I?

And yes, I'm starting to believe that it may be a combination of both as well. *sighs*

[saitoupsychout]

That might be a good idea, yes.

Since we can't really do much about either, I suppose that means we're eternally cursed to put up with the continued lack of common sense. It makes me wonder if I should bring up installing more mutant-proofing precautions at the next budget meeting...

[chiba_waves]

Bother. This might just get very irritating, very quickly.

Maybe more interaction with the outside world is required? Hopefully, common sense might go through osmosis like water does, and diffuse to where there is a lacking.

[probably_i]

I did not know the mutant psychology class had a genetic component. Interesting.

[ooc: obviously he does not take it]

[saitoupsychout]

Depending on who you ask, genetics tie into mutant psychology quite a lot. ...But that's part of the argument and what I asked my students to write about.

[OOC: And here I figured someone like Inui would be all over a thinking man's subject like that~]

[probably_i]

Oh, just nature vs. nurture, then.

[ooc: he's of the opinion that it is 'soft science']

[saitoupsychout]

Not quite. That would be placing things into much too simplistic of terms for my liking. Though students were allowed to call back to that debate if they chose to for their argument.

[OOC: Saitou shoots a rubber band at Inui for thinking his beloved social sciences are of less importance. D:<]

[probably_i]

The specific parameters would have to be adjusted for each individual, yes, but I think it can be broadly categorized into those two influences.

[ooc: :'P]