Elliot's eyes were red and her mood somber as she came into the classroom just at the bell. "Hi guys," she said. "We were supposed to learn about the endocrinology system today. Which is the most awesome system in the body - it controls all of your hormones, pituitary gland, adrenal gland, thyroid." She paused so the class would see how serious ( Read more... )

Elliot came into class scowling and with very drenched hair. She was carrying a muddy plastic bag with something moving inside of it, and if some of her students looked a little different, it took her most of her lecture to notice it. "So today, we are going to talk about -- first off, why will it not stop raining? And why is it that I can't manage ( Read more... )

Elliot had tied her hair back and was wearing her glasses and lab coat, and generally tried to look as not-five-years-old as she possibly could.

"Hey people. Easy class today -- for me, because you get to do all the work because it's your midterm presentations. You have 15 minutes to finalize things in your groups, and then you'll be in front of ( Read more... )

Elliot stood with her hands on her hips, watching the students come in. When most of them seemed to have assembled, she started to talk ( Read more... )

Elliot had a slide of the lymphatic system up on the screen behind her, and there was a strange-looking slab of meat rested on each lab table. She bounced on her toes before beginning.

"Okay guys, today we are learning about the lymphatic system. It's a little more complex than what we've covered so far, but I know you're up for it, so let's just ( Read more... )

The classroom has been remade into a very small gym, with 12 treadmills in a row pointed at another treadmill facing them. Workout mats and timers are in the back of the room, and the desks have "disappeared." (Elliot hoped the troll janitor, who she bribed to move them, wouldn't eat them ( Read more... )

Elliot had arranged the desks in the classroom to look like tables for two in a restaurant, complete with tablecloths and rosebud vases.

"Hey people, I am hoping you are all yourselves today because we are learning about the digestive system." She hit a button on her laptop, and a powerpoint presentation of the system popped up. "The key parts of ( Read more... )

As the students filed in, Elliot fussed with an ivory-colored model skeleton. In an attempt at whimsy that might have failed, she had put a top hat on it and fastened a boutonnière to one rib.

"Hi, people, this is my second TA for the day, Mr. Bones, who is here to help me tell you about the human skeletal system -- which is kind of the framework ( Read more... )

Elliot looked like she was halfway between bouncing and running away in terror as she started her first class of the semester, and she kept wiping her hands on her slacks as if her palms were sweaty ( Read more... )