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Classes (2001)
Satori students are given the option of choosing one each
of a morning, midday, and afternoon class when they sign up. Classes are available
on a first-come, first-serve basis, so students are asked to have a 2nd and
3rd choice in mind in the event the class they choose is full. Different classes
may have requirements or material fees.
Interested in registering? Please check
out this page.
Below is a list of classes for Satori 2001. To see
what classes were offered last year, click here.
To see what classes were offered in 2002, click here.
Morning Session
8:10 am - 10:00 am
011 Hypnosis For Personal Growth
Take a deeeep breath. Relax. Deeper. You're falling into
a peaceful relaxation. Focus inward; picture yourself enjoying the serene
beaches of a tropical island. Feel the sun on your back, the breeze in your
hair. When I snap my fingers you will have an uncontrollable need to sign
up for this class. Explore the potential of your subconscious mind, and investigate
the phenomena associated with hypnosis. Learn techniques that will put you
at ease in any situation. This class teaches history of hypnosis as well as
practical uses for it in your everyday life. Using hypnosis skills for personal
relaxation, stress reduction and creativity enhancement will be emphasized.
012 Acting Like a Fool
This class will explore the world of acting. Our main
emphasis will be improvisation, in both comedic and "legitimate"
settings, but we will add curriculum based on the interests of the class.
There will be no memory tricks to amaze your friends. There will be Lego and
makeup. There will be no cymbals, black outfits, still-life or dirty jokes.
There will be fun. Good stories, emotional sharing, personal development,
and a partial quench for the participants' insatiable thirst for knowledge.
013 Immunology
How does our body keep away the common cold, or fight
off an infection? In this class we will look it how the human immune system
works, as well as discuss its role in preventing and controlling disease.
Many important questions will be explored such as: What are the consequences
when this important system is compromised due to faulty inheritance or disease?
What role does the immune system play in the rejection of transplanted tissue
and organs? How does a disease develop? Other topics of discussion will include
developments that enable us to regulate the immune system and treat a number
of different types of diseases, as well as current diagnostic procedures to
evaluate the immune system for function and activity.
014 The Satori Harold
"Extra, Extra, Read all about it!" Don't just
get the scoop on the week at Satori; be on the staff that dishes it out. Join
the staff of reporters, cartoonists and feature writers as you help create
and publish a record of Satori 2001. Experience all aspects of a newspaper
from story ideas and selection, to editing and layout. No experience necessary.
Just bring your pen and a "nose for news." Some out of class work
may be required.
(Class size limit 15 students)
015 Get a Grip: Surviving the Information Age
You have access to millions of web sites on-line and
a hundred or more channels on your TV; you might have a pager or a cell phone,
and likely you're own e-mail. You can watch a war as it happens on the other
side of the planet. You can look up just about any piece of information imaginable
on-line. Welcome to the Information Age! We are inundated with so much information
it can be hard to tell the difference between the stuff we can trust and the
stuff we can't. This class will give you some helpful hints to keep yourself
from being persuaded by bad information. We'll look at some tricks of the
trade used to persuade us as well as some of the mistakes we frequently make
when deciding whether or not to trust the information we are bombarded with.
016 Introduction to Photography and the Black and
White Dark Room
Capture what you see! Not only as it appears in life,
but also how you think it should be seen on film. Learn about basic camera
operations that allow you to have more control over the outcome of your photos.
Experiment with different photography subjects and photo processing techniques.
This class will include hands on lab experience and an introduction to the
mysteries of the black and white dark room (where photo printing is done).
A 35 mm camera is required, extra lenses and a flash are optional.
017 Checkmate
Welcome to Satori's first Chess club. In this class you
will immerse yourself in the magnificent and ancient game of Chess. All levels
of Chess players are encouraged lo sign up, from beginner to Grand Champion
(although if you're a Grand Champion you have to teach the class!) The game
of Chess requires concentration, anticipation, planning, strategy making,
problem solving, and just good old-fashioned thinking. You'll learn about
the origins of the game and get plenty of chances to play friendly games.
The class will also include a tournament. Boards and chess sets will be provided,
but if you have that special set, feel free to bring it along and show it
off.
108 Visualizing Visual Basic Basics
Public Sub Visualize This()
MsgBox "Hello World, Software unlocks the potential of your computer.
And right now, some cube-dweller in Silicon Valley decides how much will be
unlocked for you. Why not decide for yourself?"
If InputBox ("Would you like to learn how?') = "Yes" Then MsgBox
"This class will teach you. You will learn what makes your computer more
than an expensive heap of silicon and wires. You will learn the philosophy
and logic behind the programming that is your software. You will learn Visual
Basic, a powerful computer language, capable of creating sophisticated, programs...
and controlling the programs you already own. You will learn to take command
of your PC. And you will never look at your computer in the same way again."
End Sub
(Class size limit 15 Students)
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Midday Session
10:30 am - 12:20 pm
021 The Road to Nowhere
What if you were 16 and believed you were having a mid-life
crisis? View and discuss three recent critically acclaimed, award inning documentaries
on troubled youth - gang culture, teen pregnancy, and the challenges of growing
up female. Mature subjects discussed. John Hagney guides this journey of inquiry
down the road to nowhere.
022 Large Scale Mixed Media Sculpture
This course will challenge the students to make individual
component pieces designed to work together as a single unitized group project,
such as a 3-D mural or sculpture garden. Projects will be displayed and disassembled
on the last day of class, with each student taking home their component of
the cooperative artwork. Skills in creativity, cooperation and sculptural
techniques will be emphasised.
023 Hey! What's the Matter Here? (Or: How to Walk
Through Walls)
Can you walk through a wall? Is time travel possible?
Why is matter attracted to other matter? Physics answers these questions,
and always poses many more. Want to know the answers? Don't read the book.
Come to this class and learn to answer them yourself! (No math required.)
024 How to Write So Funny You'll Make Yourself Sick!
You're sitting in the school cafeteria about to yank
from the curly hair you just found in your cheese zombie. Suddenly, Bad Booger
Schmiester, the school bully, sneaks up and gives you a mondo wedgie. Ah,
if you had only taken newspaper columnist Doug Clark's humor writing class
at Satori, You would have been able to come up with some killer smack to put
Bad Booger in his place. Instead, you can only mumble a lame, "You, you...better
quit it!" and pull at your gerrymandered Jockey shorts while your schoolmates
laugh and yell, "Loser! Loserrrrr!" Sign up today. Remember: humor
is the best defence.
025 Current Topics in HIV / AIDS
HIV / AIDS represents a major issue facing the current
global community. This disease has overtaken third world peoples and forever
changed the way people everywhere live their lives and look at certain decisions.
This course will examine some of the more important social and medical features
of this disease. Topics discussed will include some of the medical, epidemiological,
research, social, ethical and economic challenges facing all of us today.
026 Surviving the Game
Do you have what it takes to survive a crisis? This class
looks at what you can do to prepare yourself for crisis management, whether
dealing with a natural disaster or merely a night lost in the woods. It emphasizes
general survival and first aid skills, as welt as the psychology of coping
with, and successfully surviving, many various situations. If you have a taste
for adventure (and maybe a few bugs) this is the class for you.
027 Rhythm Section of Life
The organic world of drums and percussion will be thoroughly
examined in this music class. Study the history of drums including their use
in communicating and as an instrument of war. Create a drum Language, participate
in a drum circle, and be a member of a rhythm section complete with a Thursday
night performance at the famed Satori Dance. Instruments will be provided
by your own imagination and creativity. Along with making your own drum in
class, you must also bring one instrument with you, the catch is that this
item has to be something that was NOT intended to be a percussion instrument.
028 Para-Antisocial* Dance
'Anti' - prefix meaning: 1. against, opposed to 2. that
acts against
'Social' - adj. 1. of or having to do with the way in which human beings live
together in a group.
As homes are networked, highways are deadlocked, long distance rates drop,
etc.; people are being drawn away from one another. In a bold step against
this social trend, we are going to dance. We will Swing, Salsa, Mambo, Fox-Trot,
Waltz, Rhumba and Meringue. Learn the still-useful dances of a society past.
This class is for everyone, no experience necessary. Boys and girls will dance
together.
*"PARA-ANTISOCIAL" is not a real word. It was
made up to emphasize that, although we are working against the way people
are currently living, we are not promoting criminal behavior, as would be
expected in a fully antisocial class.
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Afternoon Session
1:10 pm - 3:00 pm
031 The Search for Wisdom; An Introduction To Philosophy
"Philosophy" literally means, "love of
wisdom". Come join us as we discuss such important questions as "What
is a mind?", "How can we tell the difference between reality and
illusion?", "What is morality, really?", and "What makes
me the same person I was when I was younger even though I'm not really the
same?" These and similar questions have been asked for centuries and
many scholars have come up with some very interesting answers. This class
will balance an overview of some of the answers that have been suggested by
philosophers with the opportunity to present your own ideas and debate them
with others. With a little luck, maybe we will find some wisdom along the
way...
032 Medieval Magic
"Art thou ready for a magical journey?" The
Society for Creative Anachronism will be your guide on an interactive journey
back to the Middle Ages. Each day focuses on a different aspect of life in
this time. Learn an array of medieval skills such as proper etiquette while
attending a royal feast, how to dance the Maltese, and how strict attention
to the code of chivalry was a life or death matter for those living in the
Middle Ages. Come on this journey into the magical realm of the Kingdom of
Satori.
033 Between a Rock and a Hard Place
This hands-on, field oriented course takes you where
the action is, geologically speaking. Basic skills and general research are
applied as you learn to identify rocks and minerals found in the Spokane-Cheney
area. You will come away with a clearer picture of the geological forces in
your own backyard and an understanding of how past events relate to our present
day landscape.
034 Fun With DNA, a Short Course in Genetics
Is it possible to extract DNA from a banana? Can DNA
be taken from a jellyfish and be put in bacteria? If so, will that bacteria
then start to do things a jellyfish does? Is it possible to use DNA as a tool
to distinguish one individual from another? If so, can we use it to determine
if Chinook salmon from three different rivers are genetically different? Yes
we can, come find out how and much more.
035 Rock Climbing
Imagine yourself hanging off a rock with the ground 40
feet below you. How did you get there? You got yourself up there by using
your physical and mental strength. Come learn the ropes and learn how to climb.
Rock climbing is one of the fastest growing and most popular anti-gravity
sports for the new millennium. If you have a great attitude, a desire to learn
and challenge yourself, a spirit of adventure and the ability to have a great
time, this is the class for you.
036 Deconstructing Harry (Potter, That Is)
Is "Pottermania" just a passing craze, or is
it more long term? That is one of the many questions we will took at in this
class. We will delve into J. K. Rowling's magical world and examine the characters,
their relationships, the magical school Hogwarts, and how they all relate
to our Muggle reality. We will also look at the Harry Potter novels in their
context of the continuing battle between good and evil and how Harry compares
to other historical and fictional characters. See you at Station 9 and 3/4'
(You must have read at least books 1 and 2 of the series prior to this class)
037 Introduction to Debate
In this class we will use the 2001-02 national debate
topic for learning fundamental principles of cross examination style debate.
What makes a prima facie case? What are some of the differing theories on
effective debating? Whether you are asking "rebuttal, what?" with
no debate experience or are figuring the fastest way to cross apply your arguments
on 2a to 3b & c and pull them across the flow - this is the class for
you.
038 Parapsychology: Exploring the Unknown
Who you gonna call? Ghostbusters?! No really. Well, if
you take this class you can save your cell minutes and handle any run in with
the spirit world on your own. Prepare to explore the world of supernatural
phenomena such as telepathy, clairvoyance, psychokinetics, apparitions, poltergeists
and haunted houses. Review evidence and arguments for and against the existence
of paranormal phenomena, and participate in library research and laboratory
ESP experiments. Those who lack the 'spirit' of adventure need not apply!
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