knight125

Academy of Heroes and Villains

Academy of Heroes and Villains

We either form an international espionage agency or, bare with me now, we from a real-life Illuminati.

Academy of Heroes and Villains

So we're all pretty like-minded? There's only one logical next step.

Academy of Heroes and Villains

KatherinWinter said
I love to read and can give a description of almost everything I read ;) but that's not particularly useful in the real world.

What type of stuff do you read?

Academy of Heroes and Villains

John watched the confrontation in the classroom carefully, ready to step in if it escalated and put the female students in danger. John's racing heart returns to its normal rate as he began to feel calm all of a sudden. Next thing he knew, Mimic was shepherding them out of the classroom. John follows the line of students outside and takes a seat in the bleachers.

After Anthony and Ben sit in the bleachers outside, Anthony sits next to Ben and begins speaking quietly to him. While listening to Anthony, Ben closes his eyes against the glare of the sun, then begins smiling slowly, showing his fangs.

Academy of Heroes and Villains

I'm good with seeing patterns in people, which most people that know me find surprising. I have a core of really close friends, but other than that, I'm pretty quiet and observe people more than I interact with them. This makes people think I'm shy or antisocial, when in reality, I'd rather be watching and learning than talking my head off.

Academy of Heroes and Villains

@Dioxide: Is that an actual book?

Academy of Heroes and Villains

KatherinWinter said
That is very impressive knight. Your definitely smarter then I am. My highest achievement in school was a perfect score if a rock identifying contest in 5th grade.

I'm not overly smart, I'm just a quick learner, and I've met people that are far smarter. When I was in seventh grade, I and some of my friends were part of a program to get the chance to take the ACT for free, just to see how we did. One of the girls that took it got a 34 out of a possible 36! She scored higher than 98% of highschoolers that took it!

Academy of Heroes and Villains

How does one identify rocks? All I can do is sometimes tell the difference between igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary.

Academy of Heroes and Villains

KatherinWinter said
Yes ;) mostly because I'm a curious person. Also just to clear up my confusion. Is the class in the classroom or Sue's arena?

When I was in third through fifth grade, Oklahoma had a program called the Kaleidoscope Program for elementary school students that tested and performed above their peers. Every day, I would go to the class where they taught you different exercises to help you solve complex problems and how to properly make plans and carry them out, among other things. Periodically throughout the year, there would be different contests among the Kaleidoscope students in each school, then the winners from each school would face off against students from other schools. In fifth grade we had a contest where you had to invent something and either make a model of it, shoot a fake TV ad, or write an essay listing the pros and cons. I made scale model of a working remote control robot of sorts that dumped trashcans for you. I knew there were several impractical things about it, but I pitched it so well that I won at my school. In preparation for when I'd have to go against other schools, I made a full size version using one of those toy jeeps kids can drive around, bicycle chains, hooks made from horse shoes, and a camera. Finally, I rigged the remote control from a toy helicopter and made it control where the jeep went, and when the dumping mechanism turned on or off. I didn't get to the finals of the competition, but I beat the students from like 20 other schools. Looking back, I know there are ways I could have improved it, but I still look back on the experience fondly.