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[arealhardnose]

Posted: Sunday, March 13, 2016, 13:01 PM
From: Elsa Randall

Thank you to everyone who came to our school's open house, and also to everyone who has stopped by to use the library and start taking classes! We're very happy to have you, and to help you on your learning journey.

Please accept my apologies for being late with the class schedule. It can be found here. Please look it over, so you can decide which classes you'd like to take, or when you'd like to teach your own, if you've been approved to teach a class.

Please contact me or Hakkai with any questions.

Thank you!

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[okitactless]

[Hm. Yamato gets the feeling he's heard something like that before--as well as the polar opposite of "YEP YOU'RE A WEIRDO".]

There will always be students who learn more quickly than others. [Prodigys, or simply clever kids--he may not have the memory of it exactly, but his time spent by Okita's side in the dojo hasn't been erased, nor have the lessons he learned there.] As long as they demonstrate basic proficiency, anyone who wants to fight should be allowed to do so. One advanced student should be more than capable of sparring with several less experienced students during one class period, and once they've pinpointed something to work on, they can do that on their own, or with a partner. That way, they can fix their own mistakes and help the less experienced students from making them in the first place.

[Some things, of course, will only come with time and practice--foresight, for instance, the ability to know where your opponent is planning to strike before they hit you. But any strike, or any basics of swordplay certainly won't suffer from continuous practice. If they have to have a class of nothing but footwork, so be it. The students might complain, but Yamato will gladly trip them on their faces if they do. Basics are important.]

[arealhardnose]

[Yes. He gets it.]

You're hired.

[Without preamble, without further questioning, and with a wide, sincere smile.] And I'd love to be one of your students. Your class is going to be amazing.

[okitactless]

[Yamato blinks, looking surprised--but only for a second. He wouldn't have offered if he was incapable, after all. He hadn't expected her to say no.

The compliment does catch him a bit off-guard, but he simply smiles and bows his head in gratitude.]

I'll work hard to make sure it lives up to your expectations.

[arealhardnose]

[He's confident, he's skilled, and he's sensitive to students' needs. What more could Elsa ask for in a teacher?]

I'm sure it will. Thank you for doing this.