Asymptomatic

Preface: We're thinking of starting a new game, which Bob will run, that will take place in Rokugan.  Basically, it's oriental D&D. 

I know that a couple of players read this esoteria, and hope that they forward my impressions so that I don't have to start another email blitz diatribe like last time.  And if you're not on the mailing list, you should sign up, darn it!

I guess my thought on this has less to do with Rokugan itself than of character development.  I recently revisited GameWISH (a weekly topical discussion on roleplaying) and found an article on "midwifing" the character creation process.  (Ironically, this relates in a loose way to my recent treatise on Plato, who insisted on his metaphoric role of birthing men's intellect, but that's another topic of discussion.)

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I have a test in both classes this week before Spring Break.  I feel I must comment on my teachers' test-giving styles.

My Philosophy teacher likes to give a quiz every couple of weeks to make sure we're absorbing our readings.  The quizzes so far have consisted of a Scantron sheet (one of those "fill in the dots with a number 2 pencil" scorecards) and a page for a short essay.

I think that this method of testing our knowledge for this class is quite effective.  It allows students to easily prove their recollection of the reading material without being offensively long. 

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