Kemekin Evans-Barros, Jr.
Keme
Academy Freshman: Were-Korean
No man is exempt from saying silly things; the mischief is to say them deliberately.
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Post by Kemekin Evans-Barros, Jr. on Jun 2, 2010 18:44:09 GMT -5
Kemekin had never realized how very chilly the mess hall could get when it wasn't full of bustling bodies. It had been maybe an hour or more since the last class of the day ended-- those who had stopped by the Hall to grab a snack had gone, and it was too early for those who couldn't wait for dinner to show up. Kemekin was left by himself, which suited him just fine at the moment. He had claimed one of the center tables as his own and spread his work across it. His psychology textbook, workbook, notebook, folder, and cheatsheet (which Nina had written up for him to help him study for the first test) were all lying open within reach.
Kemekin took his reading glasses off and hooked one of the ends into his mouth, leaving his hands free to flip through a few of the text pages. The assignment was to write an essay outlining the different views of psychology, and give an example of a case best suited for each. The worksheet Bolin had passed out to his freshman class was a neat, fill-in-the-blank starter outline. That, Kemekin had finished without any trouble. He had gone from the sheet to his own outline, and had since started on the paper itself. The problem was, the assignment was supposed to be between two and four pages long. Kemekin was just barely over halfway finished, and he had written more than six pages. It was the cases, really. He had taken far too many creative liberties with the criteria.
Kemekin was tempted to finish in the manner he had started and turn in a twelve-page paper for Bolin to grade.
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Post by Hoshi Yogo on Jun 2, 2010 19:10:50 GMT -5
After rather foolishly skipping lunch in order to finish a few last minute end of the year lessons, Hoshi's stomach had been growling in protest to its empty state nearly all afternoon. He had let himself fall behind and, forgetting the upcoming field trip, presumed he could make up for his procrastination over spring break. Which meant that, with the field trip only a few days away, he was left hastily cramming together lesson plans. His job would probably be a lot easier if he didn't save everything until the last minute...
Hoshi loaded a tray up with a cheeseburger and fries, then looked around the cafeteria. Most of his colleagues took their lunch in the faculty cafeteria, but he found it was usually more interesting to sit with the students. And besides, at this hour, the faculty cafe was even more empty than the main hall.
The only other person in the cafeteria seemed to be Kemekin, which suited Hoshi well enough. He enjoyed talking to Ellie's nephew, even if he was a bit of a smart-ass most of the time.
Hoshi set his tray down on the table across from Kemekin. "Mind if I join you?"
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Kemekin Evans-Barros, Jr.
Keme
Academy Freshman: Were-Korean
No man is exempt from saying silly things; the mischief is to say them deliberately.
Posts: 229
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Post by Kemekin Evans-Barros, Jr. on Jun 2, 2010 19:22:53 GMT -5
Kemekin, having just replaced his glasses, looked at Hoshi over the frames and grinned. "G'head," he said, picking up the pages he had written and glancing over them. Hoshi was definitely his favorite teacher at Dunehelden-- as a matter of fact, Kemekin couldn't remember any teacher at any school putting up with his antics the way Hoshi did. It was definitely a good thing that he had managed to get himself enrolled in the spring semester creative writing class last minute-- a feat managed by him miraculously passing his algebra class and NOT having to retake it. Thank. You. Nina.
"What are the chances of Professor Honghui biting my head off if I turned in a paper that was three times longer than assigned?" he asked, his grin broadening to Cheshire proportions. Besides the length, one of the made-up cases was a man having delusions about turning into a tiger and stalking a surgeon who lived nearby. The jest was a blatant one, and Kemekin didn't quite have a feel for the man's humor yet.
Hoshi, he supposed, would get a kick out of it, though.
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Post by Hoshi Yogo on Jun 2, 2010 19:35:11 GMT -5
Hoshi smirked. "If it were me, I would probably just read the first third of it and make a guess as to what grade you deserved, then make red lines in random places and write generic sounding comments in the margins," he remarked, "though I think you're more likely to get in trouble over what you've written than how long it is."
Hoshi leveled his gaze at Kemekin, his hand held out for the manuscript. "Mind if I read it? If you suddenly go missing, I want to at least be able to tell your aunt why."
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Kemekin Evans-Barros, Jr.
Keme
Academy Freshman: Were-Korean
No man is exempt from saying silly things; the mischief is to say them deliberately.
Posts: 229
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Post by Kemekin Evans-Barros, Jr. on Jun 2, 2010 19:40:30 GMT -5
Kemekin chuckled. "Alright." He passed Hoshi the seven pages he had written, adding, "I'm only, like, halfway through, though."
He took off his glasses and cleaned them on his shirt. Bolin would learn quickly that Kemekin pounced on every opportunity to take advantage of any possible loopholes in an assignment.
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Post by Hoshi Yogo on Jun 2, 2010 19:57:31 GMT -5
"You hand me a stack of papers thicker than the entire Lord of the Rings trilogy and you're not done yet," Hoshi said dryly. "If you put this sort of effort into writing, you'd have a novel written before the end of the semester."
He flipped open Kemekin's report, skimming most of the material. There were a few minor mispellings--or they might very well have been spelled right, it was hard to tell with Kemekin's writing--and he was fairly certain he'd never seen another person make an uppercase "W" look like a lowercase "j", but for the most part the introduction and the first body paragraph looked solid. That was more than enough to make Hoshi suspicious.
Sure enough, the cases seemed to get steadily more absurd. Hoshi was fairly certain he had seen at least one of them in Kemekin's past creative writing assignments. He glanced up at Kemekin skeptically.
"Doomsday devices out of bananas?"
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Kemekin Evans-Barros, Jr.
Keme
Academy Freshman: Were-Korean
No man is exempt from saying silly things; the mischief is to say them deliberately.
Posts: 229
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Post by Kemekin Evans-Barros, Jr. on Jun 2, 2010 20:13:08 GMT -5
"Heh. Yeah, it's a compulsion case." Kemekin's words were colored with amusement. "I had to think of something for psychoanalysis, didn't I?" He gave Hoshi one of those angelic smiles that were a clear indication that Kemekin knew just how much of a jackass he was being. "They have to be specific bananas, too. Just ripe enough to be yellow-- no spots, or they'll never serve as proper devices of destruction."
He thumbed through his outline. "I've also got... a mad scientist with an anxiety fetish, a bee farmer with severe co-dependency issues, and an economically-minded hobo with the most polite case of Tourette Syndrome ever."
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Post by Hoshi Yogo on Jun 2, 2010 20:47:38 GMT -5
"I can see you've put much time and effort into researching each of your cases," Hoshi commented. "I take it you have a works cited of some sort for all of this?"
He continued reading the essay, skimming over a few of the other cases. Sure enough the two cases Kemekin mentioned were listed, as well as a case of a schizophrenic who heard the same voice in different languages, none of which he understood.
Then he came across the the case about a man who thought he was a tiger. Hoshi nearly snorted soda out of his nose. Hoshi coughed a few times, trying to find his voice again.
"Kemekin... You..." Hoshi shook his head and pinched the bridge of his nose, fighting not to laugh. "He's not going to like that one, you know."
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Kemekin Evans-Barros, Jr.
Keme
Academy Freshman: Were-Korean
No man is exempt from saying silly things; the mischief is to say them deliberately.
Posts: 229
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Post by Kemekin Evans-Barros, Jr. on Jun 2, 2010 21:05:23 GMT -5
"It's not a research essay," Kemekin explained. "All the information we need is in out notes and our books. It's more to make sure we know the material-- and I'm pretty sure I've got it down."
Kemekin's eyebrows rose. Ah, so Hoshi had gotten to that one. Kemekin beamed at the professor, folding his arms on the tabletop. "Probably," he agreed, "but you said before that if it were you, you'd only read the assigned number of pages and skim the rest. Besides," he leaned across the table and stole one of Hoshi's fries, "what can he do? Assign me detention? Show it to Ellie? If he makes me rewrite the paper it'll just get more absurd, and if he gives me an F, oh well. I've gotten decent grades on the other stuff in the class-- a failed essay won't hurt me much." Kemekin shrugged. "If nothing else, I can rework it a bit and turn it in for a grade in your class. Which wouldn't be cheating, by the way. It's recycling." He nodded sagely and added, "And recycling is good for the environment."
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Post by Hoshi Yogo on Jun 2, 2010 21:22:21 GMT -5
Hoshi slid his fries back toward him, raising an eyebrow at Kemekin. "I have to say, your concern for you classes is inspiring. If I put in half as much effort as you, we might actually be on schedule."
He handed the paper back to Kemekin and smirked. "Speaking of which, what do you think are the chances of being able to read Pride and Prejudice, do two essays and a term paper, talk about the works of Edgar Allan Poe, and take an end of the year test on the effects of Greek Mythology on modern literature, and still have enough time at the end of the semester to watch The Matrix?"
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Kemekin Evans-Barros, Jr.
Keme
Academy Freshman: Were-Korean
No man is exempt from saying silly things; the mischief is to say them deliberately.
Posts: 229
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Post by Kemekin Evans-Barros, Jr. on Jun 2, 2010 21:34:17 GMT -5
Kemekin orchestrated a little bow, still grinning.
"Wellp," Kemekin chewed on his lip for a moment. "I can think of two ways. There's always the usual force your students to do all the material, thereby killing their brains method. But all that does is create zombie-fodder, and you can only slip so many ground-up corpses into Fable's food before he starts to get suspicious."
"Though doing it that way would leave all of us braindead by the end of the year-- that's including you. And braindead is no bueno. I can't smart off to the other teachers if I'm in a vegetative state." He thought for a moment, then asked, "Is there any way we could combine some of the material? I wouldn't say no to dropping Pride and Prejudice entirely, but if we have to fit it in... I mean, someone could BS a reworking of it, couldn't they? Like, Pride and the Matrix."
Hey, if he could make The Count of Monte Cristo into a kung fu film, then surely...
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Post by Hoshi Yogo on Jun 2, 2010 22:29:36 GMT -5
Hoshi considered that for a moment, tapping on the table. "We could turn one of the essays into a creative assignment, and you and a group of whoever you want to include can do a movie of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies for extra credit. Think you could manage that? Fifty points extra credit."
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Kemekin Evans-Barros, Jr.
Keme
Academy Freshman: Were-Korean
No man is exempt from saying silly things; the mischief is to say them deliberately.
Posts: 229
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Post by Kemekin Evans-Barros, Jr. on Jun 2, 2010 22:35:43 GMT -5
Kemekin tapped his chin. Jaebi had a video camera-- the same they had used for the Count of Monte Cristo assignment. If he got the whole group together...
"Can do." Kemekin nodded. A few days to read the book and write a script, and another few for filiming and editing. "I can have it done in as little as a week if necessary."
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