Backdated to Monday last week >_> My computer broke, whoops.

[afraid_of_my_shadow]

Characters: Alex and Fortitude students, and anyone else who might sneak in
Format: Whichever
This log is: open
Location: Computer Lab
Summary: Alex's first day teaching
Warnings: Worst teacher ever? (None)

Alex stood awkwardly at the front of the class, looking young enough and nervous enough that he could easily just be a lost student. He started passing out books, first to the weapons sitting in the front of the classroom, then to the rest of the class.

"W-well, I-I guess I'm supposed ta be your teacher or s-something.... I've n-never really taught before, so I guess l-let's start with the i-idea of programming. Ah, w-well, do any of you know anything about c-computer programming? I g-guess, if you don't, uh, j-just read the first chapter?"

Comments

[traces]

Dahlia sat in class, her textbook already open to the first page of the first chapter. She was such a model student, after all.

"Just read it, sir?" she asked. "That sounds quite simple."

[afraid_of_my_shadow]

"W-well, an' you need ta understand it...." He laughs a bit nervously. "I-I'm better with computers than w-with words. J-just, ask if y-you have questions?"

[traces]

"Yes, sir!" What kind of nincompoop had they hired for this class? Dahlia didn't think she liked him.

She set to reading from the textbook. Boriiiing.

[afraid_of_my_shadow]

After a few minutes he asks the class, "D-do the basics make sense? B-basically, programming is the l-language between the n-numbers that r-run the computer, and wh-what you see on screen."

[bloodandfire]

[Daenerys stares blankly at the computer, she can turn it on, use the mouse and keyboard (mostly) and sometimes she can even comment on network posts, but anything more than that is beyond her.]

[She has absolutely no idea what she's doing and it's becoming frustrating, she bangs the mouse on the desk and turns away from the computer as if it offended her.]

[afraid_of_my_shadow]

[Alex rushes over,] N-no, no, p-please, don't do that! Wh-what's wrong? What're you having issues with?

[bloodandfire]

Everything. This machine has no use to me, why is such technology important to you I got along perfectly fine without it.

[afraid_of_my_shadow]

[Alex smiles gently at her.] B-because, in m-my world, people don't use letters anymore, they u-use phones. E-everything's instant c-communication. N-not to mention companies, g-government, everything. A-almost everything is run on c-computers. Computers do much of the work for p-people, and if y-you are g-good at manipulating them, you c-can manipulate those c-completely dependent on them... [He's implying terrorism activism there.]

B-besides... [He turns mildly pink] s-someone like me, who's n-not g-good with people c-can make friends m-more easily online.

[bloodandfire]

I do not think I like this world of you, there is nothing wrong with sending messages via birds, even if it takes time for the letter to arrive. Instant is too fast and this technology leaves too much room for meddling.

[afraid_of_my_shadow]

Then i-isn't it better that you're the one that knows how ta meddle? *He sighs a bit* L-like it or not, this world has computers. I think they're fun, b-but that doesn't mean I w-wouldn't like ta send letters. I u-used ta use my rat ta send messages while we were on missions!

[knightime]

[Dave is probably the best student ever. And by that, I mean he's the kid with his face on the table, completely passed out at the keyboard. The book is propped open in front of him, but it's so obvious he's not even awake.]

[afraid_of_my_shadow]

[Alex stands over Dave, ignoring him for a time, unsure of what to do. Finally he pokes Dave,] U-um, excuse me? C-can you p-please not sleep?

[knightime]

[It takes a minute or two for Dave to finally shift and sit up, yawning a bit. Why yes, Dave did go to sleep with sunglasses on his face. How nice of you to notice.

He looks at Alex, expression completely devoid of any actual emotions. The default Strider expression. Welp, he should have guessed sleeping in class wasn't going to fly.]

[afraid_of_my_shadow]

[Alex raises his eyebrow a bit, but ignores the sunglasses thing. He lays Dave's book flat, pointing to he part he told everyone to read.] Y-you should really b-be reading this... u-unless, w-well, do you a-already know much c-computer programming.

[knightime]

[He opens a notepad up on the screen, fiddling a bit with the settings.]

im not really into it
but i know some
surprise
the computer is pretty much my bff back at home
and i already read it anyways
if it makes you feel any better

[stoatallymad]

Firifale had been through this before. By now, he was thoroughly sick of books that didn't have big friendly pictures of talking animals, and even those made him tetchy. He gave it a fair shot, though; he opened the book and scanned briefly through the pages.

They were full of words. And numbers. And ohno new things. Squiggly lines and pointy bits and all sorts of patterns that "Lily Lion's Bad Day" had not prepared him for.

Computer programming was scary.

He slammed the book shut. In a feat of acrobatics he used a pen and one foot to relegate it to a far corner of his desk, teetering precariously on the edge. His face was pale as he stared intently at the thing as if it were a cobra ready to strike. He licked his lips.

"....Help?"

[afraid_of_my_shadow]

[Alex comes over and catches the book, smiling reassuringly at Firifale.] I-it's okay! I-it's simpler th-than it looks. H-have you ever used a c-computer?

[stoatallymad]

[Firifale nods, eyes still fixed on the book. He's pretty sure Alex is lying.]

Some? Good for talking with.

[afraid_of_my_shadow]

[Alex might be lying, though he sees it as being simpler than it looks.]

Well, h-have you ever wondered why the c-computer works the way it does?

[stoatallymad]

[He looks like he's concentrating hard, but it's pretty clear that he understood nothing. Funny-- he was trying to listen, but he still missed most of that. Hmm. Right! A response!]

...Not good at computers? All the reading.

[Not quite relevant, but he's trying.]

[savedbyasong]

Shion hadn't done any computer programing before but he knew how to work a computer and after reading the first chapter he figured that computers here were very similar to computers in No. 6.

He began doing the basic exercises, finding that it wasn't too difficult. Easier than the other classes by far.

[afraid_of_my_shadow]

[Alex stood watching him for a bit, smiling.] G-good! You're g-getting the hang of it fast, w-without even c-complaining!

[savedbyasong]

[Shion smiled] The world I came from relied a lot on computers, I think a lot of people come from worlds where they haven't yet been invented, or never will be.

[afraid_of_my_shadow]

S-sometimes I think it would be better if we d-didn't have them, but it's hard to say. It's not a b-bad skill ta have on a world that does rely on computers.

[savedbyasong]

You do? [He blinked] Why do you think that?