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[shesepankh]

Saturday morning sees Bella with her notebooks about magic all in her knapsack, her medallion safety-pinned by its chain to her bra just in case she trips the wrong way, waiting with Charlie for pickup for the Avalon trip.

Comments

[shesepankh]

"Much more important than getting our story out accurately is knowing the events of 1776 and how to do geometry."

[castmyown]

"Yes! Those are life-long skills we're learning."

[shesepankh]

"...The geometry could conceivably be important, come to think of it."

[castmyown]

"... Well, okay, yeah. The events of 1776 might not be, though."

[shesepankh]

"Indeed."

"Geometry's important for...?" asks Angela.

"Inscriptions," explains Bella. "There are protractors."

[castmyown]

Darren giggles. "Also, lots of math. And rulers."

[shesepankh]

"Percentages and careful arrangements of runes and cancelling things out. It's very mathy. Maybe I'll minor in math on top of majoring in Spanish and - or maybe the Spanish will be the minor, it'll depend."

[castmyown]

More snickering. "We have lots of things to study. It's a really good thing I'm good at math."

[morethanimaginary]

"Nerd," says Savannah affectionately.

[shesepankh]

"I'm not bad at math, but of school subjects it's my worst. Maybe it'll pick up now I see a use for it beyond things like statistics and arithmetic."

[castmyown]

"It's useful for some other things, too, but - yeah, way more useful for inscriptions than normal day to day life."

[shesepankh]

"If it were very useful, they wouldn't have to come up with such contrived word problems. I suppose maybe people who are good at coming up with homework exercises have better uses for their talents, though."

[castmyown]

Darren snickers. "Basically, yeah."

[shesepankh]

"I wonder if in a hundred years magic will be a dreary elective in high school and people will complain about it?"

[castmyown]

"If they do then they're lame."

[morethanimaginary]

"Or sane. One of the two."

[shesepankh]

"But magic is so potentially practical, Savannah! What do you want to do when you grow up?"

[morethanimaginary]

"I have no idea. I'll figure it out when I get there," she shrugs.

[shesepankh]

"Do you plan on going to college?"

[morethanimaginary]

"Maybe!"

[shesepankh]

"It's going to be time to have a not-maybe answer, soon."

[morethanimaginary]

"And I will figure it out then," says Savannah brightly.

[shesepankh]

"Luck to you. Angela, plans?"

"I'm not sure. Maybe teaching or - I don't really know."

[morethanimaginary]

"I recommend avoiding math. Teaching it, learning it - whatever. Don't be like the nerds."

[shesepankh]

"I don't mind math so much," says Angela.

"Maybe you can teach some kind of not-magic course at my school when I start a school. I'm planning to be specialized, but maybe not that specialized."

"That'd be at like - university level though, wouldn't it? That might be a little much for me."

"Maybe, I'm not sure. It could wind up being the sort of school kids show up to afternoons and weekends, like, I don't know, Hebrew school."

"Oh. I don't know."

"University is more likely though. Well, trade school sort of thing."