I had a teacher who sat us down on the first day of class and made us fill out a questionerre that looks a lot like some of the "get to know your flist" memes that float around on LJ. Favorite color, food, book, what do you do in your spare time, who are your heroes and why, what do you think of when you hear the word blank... I just sort of rolled my eyes like, "And we're doing this exactly why? This is a history class."
This is not going to be one of those "inspiring teacher" rambles. The truth is, this guy was a real blockhead. He was a jerk, and he was good at intimidating students, especially ones he didn't like. The class was World History or something like that, and I remember a particular occasion when I accidentally "ruined" his lesson plan by raising my hand and going, "Well, wait, I read a few years ago that Caesar did X, Y, and Z, and then..." So he looks at me all exasperated like, "Will you shut up...?" I think he was trying to present Caesar in a positive light to then later make some point about the fall of a hero and being corrupted by power. Or something. I didn't realize that at the time, and although I happened to be one of the students he
liked--probably because I understood the subject matter already and could discuss it credibly-- the "shut up" was embarrassing.
I had trouble in the class after that. My knowledge of history takes a serious dive around the Renaissance and into the colonization of the Americas. Things get confusing for me, and I still have trouble with that. THEN, he started using this weird method where he wanted us to watch these slide shows of his and take notes on them using a three-column outline format that he had to explain in
insane amounts of detail. Then we were supposed to go home and make "write ups", which were sort of reports on the notes we had taken, but they had to be done exactly as specified, and the outlines had to be turned in too so he could see that we'd done them. It just made even less sense to me then, and if I'd been a few years older, I might have gone to him and asked for help, but at the time, I couldn't get up the nerve. Mainly, I think, because I had felt so belittled over the "shut up."
That and the questionerre thing are really all I remember about the class. Despite how much of a bully this guy could be, though the lesson he taught with the questionerre was a good one.
( History )And all of that now finally brings me to what I wanted to say when I started this post. *facepalm @ self* Sometimes I talk as much as Daniel.
One Path is my first conscious attempt at an AU. When I started it, I set out to write in an alternate reality for the Star Wars Saga. A year or so ago, I don't think I would have even attempted it, and I have to say that One Path owes a lot to
Rediscovered Hearts in terms of the fact that RH gave me a chance to discover a way that I was comfortable in writing AU fic. However, because AU itself is problematic for me, I had certain goals. The story would reflect canon. Those who died in canon would, with a single exception, die in One Path. Padme would live, but only because her reason for dying in canon does not exist here. Well, we can see how much those goals have been...erm...tweaked. And yet, it is my hope that the story continues to reflect canon, and to remain true, at its essence, to the heart of what Lucas was trying to express. However, some of you may be interested to note that in the original outline of One Path, there was no Anakin Kenobi.
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