#langston.task

[lowtieds]

professor  statistics.

name  —  sarah   heroux

gender  &  pronouns  —  cis  woman,  she/her

age  —  45

department  —  anthropology

classes  taught  —  sociocultural  anthropology  and  linguistics;  anthropology  of  childhood;  witchcraft,  magic  and  religion

temperament  —somewhat  akin  to  an  elementary  school  teacher.  what  that  means  is  up  to  interpretation.

teacher  quirks  —has  been  known  to  occasionally  let  her  husband  and  /  or  children  sit  in  on  class  on  the  condition  that  they  participate  in  discussion,  has  a  treasure  chest  for  anyone  who  contributes  exceptionally  in  class  or  scores  above  a  90  on  any  given  assignment  (  or  just  seems  like  they're  having  a  bad  day  )  and  it's  full  of  all  the  same  things  kids  would  like  because  her  daughter  said  that's  what  college  kids  would  like,  lets  students  eat  and  drink  in  class  so  long  as  they  stay  quiet  and  pinky  promise  it's  not  alcohol  or  an  edible.

special  interests  —  collecting  water  bottle  stickers  obtained  from  students,  pretending  not  to  eavesdrop  on  campus  gossip,  being  purposefully  filled  in  on  campus  gossip,  gardening,  unofficially  adopting  20-somethings  who  are  looking  for  maternal  and  paternal  figures.

fierce  aversions  —  printers,  explaining  that  none  of  her  family  is  french  and  thats  just  their  last  name,  students  making  up  obvious  lies  for  turning  in  assignments  late  because  as  long  as  they're  honest  with  her  she  dgaf,  emails,  office  type  work  in  general  actually.

fun  facts  !  —  brought  her  husband  aksel  who  looks  suspiciously  like  ryan  gosling  in  the  fall  guy,  their  teenage  son  aleksei  (  can  be  found  around  campus  avoiding  his  distance  learning  work  by  finding  creative  new  ways  to  insult  the  british  ),  and  langston  student  daughter  esme  (  was  one  of  the  cool  ra's  at  langston  pre  -  moldgate  )  along  to  palladian.  she  originally  planned  to  teach  actual  children  but  pivoted  because  otherwise  i  couldn't  drag  her  in  here  :).  still  carries  around  an  ipod  classic,  can't  be  bothered  with  streaming  music.

rate  a  professor  rating  —8.1.  good  teacher,  class  is  fun  and  engaging,  but  the  grown  blonde  man  who  broods  in  the  corner  sometimes  and  raises  his  hand  to  flirt  with  the  teacher  is  offputting.  he's  like  50  and  doesn't  even  go  here.  who  does  he  belong  to.

mini  questionnaire.

1.  how   long   have   they   been   teaching?   do   they   enjoy   the   job   -   or   did   they   have   a   different   career   in   mind  originally?

please  don't  ask  me  to  do  math<3  but  she  actually  went  back  to  school  in  her  late  20's  to  get  a  teaching  degree  because  she  hated  her  stupid  boring  office  job  and  stupid  boring  business  degree.  she  absolutely  loves  it,  genuinely  loves  her  students. 

2.  do   they   teach   at   langston,   or   palladian?   what   are   their   thoughts   on   the   opposing   university?

she  teaches  at  langston  —  it's  close  to  home  and  doesn't  have  the  stuffy  office  adjacent  vibe  she  went  into  teaching  to  avoid  in  the  first  place.  she's  grown  fond  of  palladian,  the  change  of  scenery  has  been  very  nice.  she  will  however  be  happy  to  be  home. 

3.  are   there   any   rumors   surrounding   them?   are   they   true?

there's  one  that  she's  doing  a  pavlov  adjacent  experiment  on  students  by  giving  them  little  rewards.  this  isn't  on  purpose  but  if  it  has  the  effect  of  easy  class  management,  she'll  happily  take  it.  there's  another  rumor  that  aleksei  is  rabid,  and  i  can  neither  confirm  nor  deny  this.

[fleelangston]

TASK ONE — BUILD A PROFESSOR.

fleelangston. admins  sidney,  mack,  &  james. april  25th,  2025.

meow meows,

HELLO  GORGINAS  !!!  today  more  or  less  marks  two  months  since  fleelangston  has  opened  its  doors  to  all  of  you,  and  we  couldn't  be  more  grateful  for  the  muns  and  muses  we've  accumulated  so  far,  the  flowing  dash  activity,  the  insatiable  discord  lust,  the  mini  games  and  contests  and  mun  -  led  community  docs  ...  literally  all  of  it  !  to  celebrate  this,  to  celebrate  us  -  our  beautiful,  thriving  group  with  beautiful,  thriving  people  -  we  introduce  our  first  task  ...  BUILDING  A  PROFESSOR  !

with  our  fondness  for  npcs,  we  figured  it's  about  time  to  put  faces  and  names  to  the  professors  guiding  our  muses'  classes.  below  the  read  more  is  a  mini  stats  list  &  questionnaire  -  your  goal  is  to  create  a  professor  for  the  major(s)  your  muse(s)  is  studying.  they  may  be  either  langston  or  palladian  professors,  and  you  may  create  as  few  or  as  many  professors  as  you'd  like  if  you  choose  to  participate.  graphics  aren't  a  required  part  of  the  task,  but  do  please  attach  a  gif  of  their  chosen  faceclaim  so  we  may  lust  after  them  accordingly  !

professor statistics.

name —

gender & pronouns —

age —

department — theater, dance, music, fine arts, etc.

classes taught — intro to screenprinting, the ethics of monster - fucking, etc.

temperament — i.e. grumpy, exhausted, overzealous, etc. overall personality.

teacher quirks — i.e. reciting every shakespearean monologue by heart, cancelling classes 4x a week, etc.

special interests — strawberry matcha, office - naps, watching the rain race down the car window as they contemplate their life choices, etc.

fierce aversions — dr. warmmouth, self - aggrandizing students, getting mud on their wellies, etc.

fun facts ! — lost the kids in the divorce, is balding, y'know. fun things.

rate a professor rating — on a scale of 1 to 10. may include a review.

mini questionnaire.

how  long  have  they  been  teaching?  do  they  enjoy  the  job  -  or  did  they  have  a  different  career  in  mind originally?

do  they  teach  at  langston,  or  palladian?  what  are  their  thoughts  on  the  opposing  university?

are  there  any  rumors  surrounding  them?  are  they  true?

[ninthvibration]

professor statistics.

name — noémie laurent

gender & pronouns — agender , they/them

age — thirty'8

department — humanities

classes taught — introduction to historical linguistics, etymology & word origins, world mythologies, myth language and culture, classical mythology, the mythological mind: oral tradition and collective memory, the linguistic roots of myth.

temperament — very overzealous and full of energy. serving cool aunt/older sibling energy who takes delight in showing you new things and opening up your world.

teacher quirks — coming to class in costume depending on what they are teaching that week. no designated office hours but they respond back to emails within 3hrs because they are always within reach of their phone/tablet/computer. has an open door policy for students even about things not course related. hosts trivia nights at the lamb & flag every wednesday centered around mythology, students get 2pts extra credit on the last quiz for attending and 4pts if their team wins.

special interests — watching documentaries, collecting comics, wildlife photography, geocaching, pickleball, sound baths, mindful walks, reiki, tarot reading, mixology, foraging for wild edibles, fermenting foods, volunteering, museum-hopping, learning about world cultures.

fierce aversions — visual clutter or mess, sudden temperature changes, foods that are too mushy, pressure to perform or compete, dairy products, bitter vegetables, artificial sweetners, processed foods, small spaces.

fun facts ! — is in a lesbian polycule with 2 other professors.

rate a professor rating — 9.1 out of 10

mini questionnaire.

how  long  have  they  been  teaching?  do  they  enjoy  the  job  -  or  did  they  have  a  different  career  in  mind originally? they’ve been teaching for 10 years, with the last 4 at palladian. before that, they taught abroad in germany and briefly in france, focusing on indo-european etymology and myth transmission across oral traditions.

do  they  teach  at  langston,  or  palladian?  what  are  their  thoughts  on  the  opposing  university? they genuinely enjoy teaching, particularly the intersection of myth and language evolution, but it wasn’t their first dream. as a student, they were deeply invested in becoming a field linguist, traveling to endangered language communities and documenting oral storytelling traditions. however, a serious injury in their late twenties made fieldwork unsustainable, leading them to pivot to academia — a shift they now see as fate rather than failure.

are  there  any  rumors  surrounding  them?  are  they  true? they teach exclusively at palladian, where they hold a (newly) tenured position in the humanities. as for langston, their opinion is… complicated. publicly, they're diplomatic: privately, they believe langston's approach to myth is too superficial and too commercialized, and they've subtly criticized its "trend-chasing curriculum" in academic panels. never by name, but everyone knows who they mean.

[ninthvibration]

professor statistics.

name — song ha joon

gender & pronouns — cis man

age — thirty'5

department — acting & theatre studies.

classes taught — stage combat and physical theatre, contemporary drama and performance, introduction to acting, & voice and diction for the stage.

temperament — enigmatic & stoic (with a begrudging soft side for his students).

teacher quirks — refuses to call students by name, always refers to them by the color of their shirt. if multiple people are wearing the same color shirt they have to duke it out to be red shirt 1,2, etc. grades on an insane curve, so even if you nailed your assignment, if someone else in class bombed then your grade suffers too (does it to quell competition among students and ensure they learn how to work well with others + not be so focused on just themselves as theatre kids are usually want to do.) bikes to and from campus, has to constantly change what bike rack he leaves it at because students love to find it and leave random stickers on it. hates musicals and has never watched one in his life and never plans on doing so. which causes a lot of arguments when some students find out.

special interests — custom bike building, cancelling office hours because he has a "meeting" and cancelling meetings because he has "office hours", finding the dummy accounts his students try to follow him on social media and blocking them, stealing fruit from his neighbors fruit trees, rewatching the john wick movies for the umpteenth time.

fierce aversions — paper work of any kind. ego trips and temper tantrums. over involved parents. ending class on time.

fun facts ! — is rumored to have a fiancee and a kid on the way but no one can find evidence. some think he may have started the rumor himself to get students to stop hitting on him.

rate a professor rating — 6.8 (individualism and feeling special is kinda a big thing for theatre kids and joon's refusal to play into that either makes him a hit - the student learns and deepens their love of the craft OR it makes them spiral and they hate him for not making them feel like the next meryl streep every time they get their lines right)

mini questionnaire.

how  long  have  they  been  teaching?  do  they  enjoy  the  job  -  or  did  they  have  a  different  career  in  mind originally? nobody believes him when he says it but joon does very much enjoy his job. people around assume that he must think this is a step down (he performed on westend after all) but truth be told he'd rather be teaching at palladian than back on stage professionally himself. he had a good run, thirteen years of it actually. from nineteen to thirty two he chased a high he could only ever find under blinding lights and an auditorium full of spectators. it wasn't until the death of his mother (joon wasn't even told that she died until after her funeral because she didn't want him to have to fly home and miss multiple nights of his current show run) that he realized there wasn't much work-life balance in being a stage actor. the euphoric high began wearing thin. he was burnt out, guilt ridden, and losing his passion for the craft. so he retired. ready to go back home to busan and help on the family farm. but then a introductory to acting part time teaching position opened up at his alma mater palladian and the rest is history. now he spends the school year in england to teach and gets to go home for the summers.

do  they  teach  at  langston,  or  palladian?  what  are  their  thoughts  on  the  opposing  university? joon started as a part time professor at palladian three years ago. he was quickly upgraded to full time and now teaches multiple courses. he clearly has a soft spot for palladian because it's where he did his undergrad ( when his career starting taking off junior year, the staff worked hard to help him still be able to graduate. something he promised his mother he'd do no matter what. ) he doesn't particularly have a strong opinion on langston. indifferent really. the students are a little rowdy and entitled but what more could you expect from a bunch of young americans? if anything he'd say their presence here has livened the place up a little. at least in his classrooms anyway. his palladian students don't want to be outdone by the overzealous langston transplants. so it's made everyone bring their A game.

are  there  any  rumors  surrounding  them?  are  they  true? it was sometime last year that joon heard the rumor for the first time. that he had a pregnant fiancee back in korea and that's why he went back so frequently. then it's snowballed into a wife and two children. now it's a wife and kid in korea and a fiancee in bath pregnant with twins. creative. he'll give his students that. he's not sure where the rumor originated from but he hasn't really done or said anything to dispel it either. kids will gossip, even if he shut this one down, three more would rear it's ugly head. ironically enough joon did meet someone shortly after these rumors started and he has been thinking about popping the question. but of course he'd never tell his students that. they'd claim they manifested or something and then ask for invites to the wedding.