NW2009 (003) - Dennington Campus
Dennington Campus of Offawalla University was known for its sprawling architecture, variety in educator, and propensity for producing high-quality graduates. Ninety percent of all graduates from Dennington went on to magnificent and dynamic positions in their respective fields; from bio-medical developments in nano-prosthetics to political meta-science white papers on the association between hybrid ecologies and the predominant leadership styles of religious cults, it was quite evident that a graduate of Offawalla had a unique and potent perspective.
It was at Dennington that Jane and Marcy first met - both had drastically different core-curriculum course credits, but shared a meta-cognition class during their first semester. Initially going for radiography in mammals, Jane research proved the professor had a high drop rate. Not wanting to begin her Dennington efforts in failure, she had searched for another class in the same slot that would count towards her major, and Cognitive Empathy 101 was the first that qualified. Marcy had registered late during the semester and the rest of her pickings were available with only a few seats remaining or completely gone ... except for Cognitive Empathy 101.
Cognitive Empathy was one of those classes you read about in fiction stories - the teacher was early and was fascinating, inspiring, and also happened to be educational. He regaled stories from his life that corresponded to content from the text, would then speak extemporaneously on intentional empathy, cognitive divergence, or applied thought-graphs, and would seem to pull out of each student something they had not realized was present. At the end of each class the students would bubble out of the room, elated and glowing, and proceed to their various other ventures. With an early afternoon looming before them, Jane and Marcy first realized they shared the same class when they stood in the housing line. A three-hour wait ahead of them, a simple discussion brought them to looking at houses-for-rent online, a month of staying with friend and window-shopping, and an eventual shared lease at a house perfectly suited for the two students. Artisse McNimbly, the land-lady, was initially hesitant to only rent the house out to two students, but the various grants scholarships that both Jane and Marcy had accrued to address their housing needs offered more than enough to pay for their rent and Artisse did not blink in accepting the two students.
It was at Dennington that Jane and Marcy first met - both had drastically different core-curriculum course credits, but shared a meta-cognition class during their first semester. Initially going for radiography in mammals, Jane research proved the professor had a high drop rate. Not wanting to begin her Dennington efforts in failure, she had searched for another class in the same slot that would count towards her major, and Cognitive Empathy 101 was the first that qualified. Marcy had registered late during the semester and the rest of her pickings were available with only a few seats remaining or completely gone ... except for Cognitive Empathy 101.
Cognitive Empathy was one of those classes you read about in fiction stories - the teacher was early and was fascinating, inspiring, and also happened to be educational. He regaled stories from his life that corresponded to content from the text, would then speak extemporaneously on intentional empathy, cognitive divergence, or applied thought-graphs, and would seem to pull out of each student something they had not realized was present. At the end of each class the students would bubble out of the room, elated and glowing, and proceed to their various other ventures. With an early afternoon looming before them, Jane and Marcy first realized they shared the same class when they stood in the housing line. A three-hour wait ahead of them, a simple discussion brought them to looking at houses-for-rent online, a month of staying with friend and window-shopping, and an eventual shared lease at a house perfectly suited for the two students. Artisse McNimbly, the land-lady, was initially hesitant to only rent the house out to two students, but the various grants scholarships that both Jane and Marcy had accrued to address their housing needs offered more than enough to pay for their rent and Artisse did not blink in accepting the two students.
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