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Post by storyteller on Oct 17, 2015 23:23:50 GMT
James didn't look like your typical high school teacher. He wasn't wearing a nice button down shirt or slacks. He looked downright unkempt. His concert T-shirt was from the early 2000s, his blue jeans were faded and looked like they might rip out in a few places and his tattoos that ran down his arms were perfectly visible. His hair was just a little too long and hung in his eyes but it was too short to pull back. He didn't care and so far no one else did either.
His class was set up with laptops instead of desktops. They created to much heat and too much white noise and he just didn't like them. He had a 16 GB flash drive plugged into each laptop. Those would be for the students to do their homework on. They all had a tracking program on them so when they got plugged in anywhere his server logged the time and place but they wouldn't know that.
He sat on the front of his desk and waited for his students to join him. His first name was on the board so they'd know what to call him. There was also a big sign that said: "No food/drinks in class".
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Post by Admin on Oct 18, 2015 23:19:42 GMT
Des walked in and grabbed a seat somewhere in the middle. He was glad to see some really good looking laptops. He'd always been pretty good with computers, that and cars were his zen places. He settled in and started looking at the laptop and what it was capable of.
Shannon walked into class, chatting with Kaleb. She was really excited about sharing most of her day with him. It was a really good reason to go to school every day.
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Post by storyteller on Oct 19, 2015 0:04:51 GMT
Noemi walked into the room and looked around. Noticing the boy she played dodge ball with she smiled a little. She walked up to the desk next to him. "Is this seat taken?"
Kieran walked in and settled in the back of the room. He wasn't new to computers but it was a required elective to get into the college he wanted to get in to. He was excited to be working on a laptop instead of a huge clunky desktop.
Kaleb chatted with Shannon with a smile on his face. He led her over to two empty desks and sat down with her sitting next to him. School would be tolerable this year because he had something to focus on other than reasons to get pissed off.
Raven made it to class just as the bell rang and rushed to an empty desk.
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Post by Admin on Oct 19, 2015 0:12:37 GMT
Des smiled at the pretty girl. "Not at all, have a seat, cher."
Shannon looked up to see the amazingly attractive teacher. "You were right, he dun'nae look like a teacher at all. Could be cool though. I take it you've taken his class before?"
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Post by storyteller on Oct 19, 2015 0:19:26 GMT
Noemi sat and dropped her bag on the floor. She smiled and stuck out her hand. "My name is Noemi. We didn't really get a proper introduction in Gym class."
"Oh yeah. He's really awesome. Hell of a teacher." Kaleb really did like James. He was the least teacherly adult in the entire school.
James smiled at the class and looked down his roster counting students. He didn't recognize the freshmen in the class but the one name that was missing was a face he recognized. He walked over to Kaleb and what seemed to be his new girlfriend. "Hey guys. Did you see Karra come back from lunch?"
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Post by Admin on Oct 19, 2015 0:44:19 GMT
"Des, nice ta meet ya. You got a pretty good arm, you." At least most of the people here seemed to be pretty nice. And the girls were pretty.
Karra came running in the class, the right leg of her jeans wet on the thigh and across her knee. "Sorry, sorry. I'm here. Landread dumped his damned soda all over my leg and my truck. I'm here. My bad, Mulligan!" She ploped down in the first empty seat she could find.
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Post by storyteller on Oct 19, 2015 1:10:53 GMT
Noemi smiled and blushed a little. "Thanks. I've been playing softball almost my entire life. My aim is still crap but my teammates compensate for it because I'm a hell of a batter."
James looked up and smiled. "Thanks for joining us." He went to his desk and grabbed a slip of paper and put it on the first student's desk. "This paper that is going to be handed around is for you to document your flash drive number. You'll see the number written on the top of your flash drive and it is also encoded into it. Please be responsible with this as it will have everything you will be working on for the entire year. As you can see, there are no drinks or food items allowed in this class for obvious reasons. Ok, so today you are going to be doing an assessment. Shouldn't take more than twenty minutes but take your time. This assessment will be giving you your syllabus for the year. It will be saved to your flash drive and a schedule will be made for you as to when things are due. You want to listen to music on your phone? That's fine as long as its silent to everyone else. There is an instant messenger loaded on to the laptop. If you want to use that to talk to each other, that's fine. Just be warned that it is heavily monitored. So don't say anything that's inappropriate for school, mmkay? You want to work ahead? Be my guest. However, if I find out that you purposely botched questions to get an easier syllabus, you will automatically fail and be moved to a study hall and can try again next year. Now, do you have any questions for me?"
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Post by Admin on Oct 19, 2015 1:39:44 GMT
Des raised his hand. "And if you don't flake out on your syllabus and you work ahead and you finish everythin'... Then what will we be doin'?"
Karra was just logging into her computer and writing her number on the sheet as it went by.
Shannon smiled at Kaleb. "I guess I need ta dig out my earbuds and keep them in me bag."
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Post by storyteller on Oct 19, 2015 1:43:46 GMT
James smirked at the boy's question. "Then I have some games for you to play. Something you'll truly enjoy." He had tricks up his sleeves and he was looking for an apprentice to teach. He hoped by teaching a computer class he might find a potential.
Kaleb smiled and whispered, "If you want some for today you can have my extra set."
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Post by Admin on Oct 19, 2015 1:52:09 GMT
Des just smiled and started in on the assessment. He had this in the bag.
"Aw, now aren't you just the sweetest thing. That'd be great, thanks" She smiled at him. She never thought anything would ever happen to make her wish that school would last longer.
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Post by storyteller on Oct 19, 2015 2:14:01 GMT
Kaleb reached in his bag and pulled out two sets of ear buds and handed Shannon a pair. He wondered if she felt as deep a connection to him as he did to her.
"Alright, now I have something else for you before you get started." James spoke up again. "I run a safe house. It's not a halfway house and its not an orphanage. Life can get rough sometimes. More than anyone here, I know this. I had a very tough childhood. People have problems and sometimes situations can get to be too much to handle. That's where I come in. I like to help others whether it be a shoulder to lean on, an ear to listen, a hot meal on a cold day or a roof over their head for a night. My house is open to each and every one of you. My address and phone number are on your flash drive. I keep things confidential and I don't push. If you need help with anything, I'm here. Life issues, school issues, whatever. You need a ride somewhere, call me. You want to come over, call me. Or show up. I only have one rule and if you should ever need me, you'll understand why this rule is in place. If you ever find yourself in my home, you let me answer the door. It's for your safety trust me." He waited a moment for that to sink in and then said, "Go ahead and get started on your assessments."
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Post by Admin on Oct 19, 2015 2:31:49 GMT
Des watched the teacher as he spoke. He instantly wondered what he had seen and what he had been through that made me the man he was. But he took note of what he had said and started on his work, popping his ear buds in and let Led Zepplin play as he got in the zone. He wasn't expecting the assessment to be difficult.
Shannon listened to what James had said, he was a good man. And he seemed like he had seen some shit. She put the ear buds in and turned on her music on, In This Moment screaming in her ears.
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Post by storyteller on Oct 19, 2015 2:40:12 GMT
Kaleb put his earbuds in and started working on his assessment with Five Finger Death Punch screaming through his head. Once he was done, he found Karra and messaged her. "I know you probably don't want to hear this and you probably won't accept it but I need to say it. I'm sorry for being a jackass. I had a really hard time when my mother passed away and I hated the world. I took my grief out in anger at everyone and everything. I know it sounds like an excuse. I'm not trying to excuse my actions. I'm owning up to them. I sincerely apologize for everything I have said and done to you over the last five years." He didn't expect a response so after he hit send he closed the box. Noemi found Des in the roster after she finished. "You done yet? You done yet? Huh? Huh? Huh?  " |
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Post by Admin on Oct 19, 2015 2:53:46 GMT
Karra saw the window pop up as she was finishing up the end of her assessment. She almost closed it just cause he typically only talked to her to be a rude ass, but she realized that it was a really long message so she shrunk it and finished up her test before she opened it again. She read it over three different times, really not believing what she was reading. He had been a hundred things, but never manipulative, he rarely played head games. And the new girl seemed to be smitten with him, what the hell.
"Thank you for owning it. I can't imagine what you went through. I hope this is a new beginning for you and I'm sorry Keira is a cunt. Just a heads up, she is hell bent on getting you kicked out of school... and sooner rather than later."
Des smiled at his screen as he was working on his syllabus work. "Done, cher? I'm already on Friday's class work. :-) "
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Post by storyteller on Oct 19, 2015 2:57:11 GMT
Kaleb was shocked when she actually replied. "Yeah, I pretty much figured that. She tried to get me pissed off in Journalism but it went sour on her. She just ended up getting herself talked to by the teacher. Thanks for the heads up though."
Noemi's jaw dropped. He had to be fucking with her. "No way! You're not! Are you?"
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