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| Carramba High offers new series of seminars for the special interests of students and teachers alike! This year, in the tradition of Practical Learning we've established at Carramba, many subjects have been offered and electives expanded. But now time is being made for those extra special and often ignored lessons of Life. Each seminar will be held in its own appropriate location. We recommend, if you're interested in participating in the seminars, that you sign up early because space may be limited (as shown on sign-up information below). There are some special requirements for seminars, also listed below. Transcripts and videos are available for most seminars and will be sold after the date of the seminar in the Student Store. For more information regarding each seminar, contact your counselor. Seminars take place at 3:00 PM (after school) and go between 1 and 4 hours. Seminars this year include... Practical Procrastination - you want it WHEN?: Hosted by resident fiction writer Lethe Gray, November 14-15 or ... sometime around then. While it's very important to know when a project is due, it's also vital that the work being done is up to par. Many folks just haven't yet grasped that a lot of us do our best work under the pressure of a deadline. This seminar will help you decide whether you're one of those folks - who can easily apply themselves to a project in the final hours - or one who really does need coaching and coaxing all the way through to produce a good piece of work. No grades or pass/fail for this seminar, it's an informative workshop on determining your inner procrastinator. Communication Via Currier - Special Uses of Flitters, Owls and Robotic Messengers: December 8th and 9th in the Main Auditorium. Ever wonder how magicians are always 'in the know'? Ever think, hey I could use one of those shoulder dragon things! Well now, with the creatures and technology available from various dragonries and magic schools, you can! Instant travel, specific location spotting, and memory exersizes can help you deliver all your holiday and birthday packages, special information, or payments on-time-every-time. Even before time, but watch for bounced checks. Taught by Baeris Kshau, Zora Domina and Cybil Qeats. Flitters and other familiars are optional, but very helpful for this seminar. Dragon Sponsoring for the Common Citizen: January 12-17 on the Dragonry Flats. This week long course taught by notables from a variety of dragonries around the Nexus will introduce any student, their parents, relatives and the general public (it's an open campus after all) to the benefits and difficulties, legal aspects and rewards of putting up a sponsorship to a dragonry for a young dragon. Quite like fostering a child or sponsoring an exchange student, the current Nexus Law community has become interested in this too, so keep your eyes peeled. Sponsorships may occur spontaneously at this seminar, so please only come if you're good and ready for a dragon to come home with you! Multi-Genre Relationship Building With Yourself: January 20-25 in the Main Auditorium. Didn't you know there were multiple dimensions? Didn't you hear that there's another couple infinity of yourself out there too? Want to meet them? We've got the means to help. We've also got a number of them here at one time. Crazy Doc Sanger and Baeris Kshau host this interesting week-long seminar set on how to locate, identify, and get along with your other-dimension Dopplegangers. Expect to come away from it all knowing yourself a bit better. Economics from the Top, by Jeff Engel: February 7th at the Mathematics Auditorium. Mr Engel is the CEO and full owner of Alabaster Incorporated, and is a business lawyer without compare. His company has provided Carramba with security details, the Mathematics lab, as well as the Cybernetics and Neural Ware labs. No special requirements, 300 seats Graphic Design for Useful Stuff, by Leo daVinci (via timeport): February 21st at the Mathematics Auditorium. Latin recommended, but not required (there will be telepathic translation available), artistic talent and/or interest recommended. Artists and mathematicians alike will enjoy this seminar that flawlessly combines the arts and sciences. 300 seats. Winning That Battle, Counterpoint, by Lifera and Gresilla Hagen: March 7th at the Main Auditorium. No special requirements but it is recommended that any weaponry be checked at the door, as this debate will be a hot one. Gresilla and her brother Lifera are immortal and paying our campus a visit (in Gresilla's case for an extended period). Lifera claims that he is not in fact out to conquer the world but of course... who really knows? He can wait. You can't. Learn how now! 700 seats. Welcome to the Future *tm*, a special eight week long presentation by the Chris n' Dave Institute, ongoing projects include: Starts March 21st and goes until May 9th. Each seminar will be held at undisclosed locations - watch the bulletin board or just use your lizard, buck! Aerial Acrobatics and Doin Donuts, by TranspoTech Club Members: May 16th outside and overhead. Vehicle required (licences and insurance will be checked) and sign up soon because there are only 100 spots for this full participation seminar. Observation is free of course and there is unlimited 'seating'. Mastering That Extra Limb, by Kharra Ct'hain: May 23rd in the Physical Education Courtyard. Limbs required. If you were born with one, but never knew just how to control it, or if you've mutated over the course of puberty, or perhaps even had a new arm or leg added surgically, this seminar will help you learn to use your brain fully and access all the fun tricks you can do with your new limbs! 50 seats only. Enhancing Your World - Chemicals, Neural Ware, Over the Counter Programming that can Change Your Life, by Mandragora: May 30th, in the Cybernetics Complex. Requirements: any Cyberdeck, Bionics, or Construct based lifeform may attend. Virus detection, utilizing new downloads, how to advertise your Virtual Services on the net, website building and much more. 50 seats only. Getting In, A Guide To College Life, by American Foxx: June 6th and June 13th in the Main Auditorium. No special requirements but you should be there or be left out! Foxx is our local heroine representing the Crescent and Talon city ares for the last few years in the Superheroes Convention, a graduate of the local Crescent City Community College (C4) system. 700 seats each time. Below are some "Adult Classes" which only qualified and legal adults may attend. Students who qualify as adults must be able to produce proof of birth date, others may provide proof of parental approval (in person only) before attending if underage. Additionally, some courses also require health testing. Tantric By Design, sponsored by Crazy Doc Sanger: a night course to be attended only by open minded legal adults. Learn how to access your inner beast, or your mythical power-deity, how to plan a proper orgy, or just learn how to get into that last Kama Sutra position. Flexibility and an open mind are both a must for this course, however partners are not required and are usually found during class. Held during the school year the third Friday every month, and during summer every other Thursday, from 7 pm to midnight (usually). Advanced Pub Crawl, hosted by Staff Members (to be determined): another adult-only and able to prove it activity. Taking place after 6 pm every Tuesday during school months, this is a staff and faculty favorite. Tour the local bars and pubs of Crescent City, as well as portal to other locales farther off, even off-world and through time! Tabs are run starting at the beginning of the semester, but must be paid within 2 weeks. Beach Bum Bonfires, hosted by Staff Members (as available): open to all students as well as staff and local populations. The bonfire is an old tradition on the beach, and at Crescent's beautiful curved shore they often light up the summer nights. This activity takes place when the first warm nights start, and often go through fall. Usually held during the summer months, almost any evening. Bring food, drinks, and be sure to clean up after your own party. Nighttime lifeguards and underwater patrols of local superhero groups keep the sand safe for all. Alcohol is served by and to proven adults only. Snow Bunny Warm Up, hosted by Ninhursag (the lady of the mountain, who else?): Mountain scaling, biking and skiing at its best. Held weekends or on demand. Ninhursag provides the mountain, and (miraculously, of course) takes it back when you're all done with it. She also hosts Rock Climbing contests and free-style climb, no equipment allowed. Virtual Reality Training, hosted by Vax in the Hyperlab: When you need a place to study you COULD go to the library. But you could also take a virtual trip into a world where your mind is able to roam free. Any study-hall requirements are met by this lab course, including staff and faculty brush-ups for teaching purposes. Why read about the battle of 1699 (fur side) when you can BE there? Certain incompatible physiologies might be precluded. (Or, might be used as an experimental beta-tester for the next version of the software... You never know. But you WILL get credit for it!) *** Got a special request for a new course? A language that (somehow) isn't taught? Want to suggest something we've missed? As always, the Carramba High admin are available to make these and any other suggestions in the Admin building! Or, drop an email and we'll get to it right away! |
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