About Me
What's your Minecraft Username?: ChanclaDies
What's your Discord username?: ChanclaVibes
What's your Time Zone?: EST
Provide any link(s) to previous applications:
What are your current roles on the server?:
HS-FOOTBALL
Why are Teachers so important to SchoolRP?:
Teachers are important in a few different ways. Firstly, many newcomers end up looking to teachers for initial interactions. Secondly, the classroom is a place where student characters meet each other and develop. Teachers can inspire a variety of character choices for each player they interact with. Classes also fill the school day and help roleplay feel more dynamic, depending on how creative and engaging said classes are.
Do you acknowledge that if you are inactive you may lose your role?: Yes
Do you agree to undergo teacher training if your application is successful?: Yes
In-Character Section
What's your character's full name?: Romero Alonzo Santiago
What is your character's nationality?: Dominican
What is your preferred subject to teach?: Performing Arts (Music)
Describe your character:
Romero is a large Hispanic man with a short beard and medium curly hair. He is seemingly lean built with a large chest and biceps. Dressed usually in some sort of highly stylish yet professional attire, the old money aesthetic type. His hair is a sort of light salt and pepper, though he's rather young for grays. He walks with incredible posture and a measured stride. Santiago is friendly and always happy to talk to whoever passes by. He is a loud, booming presence and voice, the operatic baritone he is. Romero wants to continue to teach as long as he can.
What is your character's outlook on students and co-workers?:
With coworkers, he is always deliberate and fair, and highly professional when it comes to work. Though his demeanor still often reads as overly relaxed at times. Alternatively, with students, he seems to have a more "singer dad" feel. You can often hear him coming far before you see him, and he displays intense compassion and interest in his students, their problems, and their development.
What is your character's motivation for teaching?:
Romero's goal is to bring new music to Karakura's youth, introducing a dynamic and flexible palate for the art in the music scene.
Roleplay Scenarios
A student in class is struggling to understand the content, what would your character do?:
Firstly, Dr. Santiago's first priority is to reassure the student by pointing out their strengths before their weaknesses. Secondly, calling the student for a private session after class to really work on the troubled areas. Music is not about perfection but rather practice. Talent only goes so far, and it's the work that counts. Great art is achieved through sweat and tears and effort, and that takes time.
A student is continuously being disruptive in class, talking out of turn, and making jokes with classmates. What would your character do?:
Santiago will simply join them, laughing loudly. that loud opera house filling laugh that rattles your eardrums. Santiago doesn't tolerate disrespect to anyone or their art, and class cannot be interrupted for the rudeness of others. But he's not mean or discretionary. He addresses problems loudly and obnoxiously. If you're uncomfortable when I do it, then you shouldn't do it either.
Provide at least 2 interactive class ideas related to your preferred subject:
Idea 1: Salsa and rhythm! One of the best ways to learn rhythm is by using our natural sense of it. Syncopation and imperfection arent set backs but instead a different kind of art. Salsa and styles like Bachata are rhythmically intense and very fun for creative students to improvise with. As a class, we can mess around with different instruments to find what they like, and together we can improvise a Latin-style jam session!
Idea 2: A lesson in music history! Music isn't just about the now, but about all that came before. Everyone knows about European male composers of the 17-19th centuries, though. Rather, we can discuss the histories of lesser-known composers. Especially POC, Queer, and women composers, and how music is developed by all kinds of people.
Idea 3: Nature and music! A collaborative class with a biology professor on how nature reacts to music. Animals and plants alike respond to music. Demonstrating as much and allowing students to experiment is great for the understanding of the universal language that is music. Bring in pet characters for the class to play or sing for, and have them respond to individual students for a really diverse and individualized class experience.
Idea 4: LET'S WATCH A SHOW! Watching a portion of a musical or opera as a class. It's just cool to see.
Have you read and understand the Teacher Application Guidance thread? Yes
What's your Minecraft Username?: ChanclaDies
What's your Discord username?: ChanclaVibes
What's your Time Zone?: EST
Provide any link(s) to previous applications:
What are your current roles on the server?:
HS-FOOTBALL
Why are Teachers so important to SchoolRP?:
Teachers are important in a few different ways. Firstly, many newcomers end up looking to teachers for initial interactions. Secondly, the classroom is a place where student characters meet each other and develop. Teachers can inspire a variety of character choices for each player they interact with. Classes also fill the school day and help roleplay feel more dynamic, depending on how creative and engaging said classes are.
Do you acknowledge that if you are inactive you may lose your role?: Yes
Do you agree to undergo teacher training if your application is successful?: Yes
In-Character Section
What's your character's full name?: Romero Alonzo Santiago
What is your character's nationality?: Dominican
What is your preferred subject to teach?: Performing Arts (Music)
Describe your character:
Romero is a large Hispanic man with a short beard and medium curly hair. He is seemingly lean built with a large chest and biceps. Dressed usually in some sort of highly stylish yet professional attire, the old money aesthetic type. His hair is a sort of light salt and pepper, though he's rather young for grays. He walks with incredible posture and a measured stride. Santiago is friendly and always happy to talk to whoever passes by. He is a loud, booming presence and voice, the operatic baritone he is. Romero wants to continue to teach as long as he can.
What is your character's outlook on students and co-workers?:
With coworkers, he is always deliberate and fair, and highly professional when it comes to work. Though his demeanor still often reads as overly relaxed at times. Alternatively, with students, he seems to have a more "singer dad" feel. You can often hear him coming far before you see him, and he displays intense compassion and interest in his students, their problems, and their development.
What is your character's motivation for teaching?:
Romero's goal is to bring new music to Karakura's youth, introducing a dynamic and flexible palate for the art in the music scene.
Roleplay Scenarios
A student in class is struggling to understand the content, what would your character do?:
Firstly, Dr. Santiago's first priority is to reassure the student by pointing out their strengths before their weaknesses. Secondly, calling the student for a private session after class to really work on the troubled areas. Music is not about perfection but rather practice. Talent only goes so far, and it's the work that counts. Great art is achieved through sweat and tears and effort, and that takes time.
A student is continuously being disruptive in class, talking out of turn, and making jokes with classmates. What would your character do?:
Santiago will simply join them, laughing loudly. that loud opera house filling laugh that rattles your eardrums. Santiago doesn't tolerate disrespect to anyone or their art, and class cannot be interrupted for the rudeness of others. But he's not mean or discretionary. He addresses problems loudly and obnoxiously. If you're uncomfortable when I do it, then you shouldn't do it either.
Provide at least 2 interactive class ideas related to your preferred subject:
Idea 1: Salsa and rhythm! One of the best ways to learn rhythm is by using our natural sense of it. Syncopation and imperfection arent set backs but instead a different kind of art. Salsa and styles like Bachata are rhythmically intense and very fun for creative students to improvise with. As a class, we can mess around with different instruments to find what they like, and together we can improvise a Latin-style jam session!
Idea 2: A lesson in music history! Music isn't just about the now, but about all that came before. Everyone knows about European male composers of the 17-19th centuries, though. Rather, we can discuss the histories of lesser-known composers. Especially POC, Queer, and women composers, and how music is developed by all kinds of people.
Idea 3: Nature and music! A collaborative class with a biology professor on how nature reacts to music. Animals and plants alike respond to music. Demonstrating as much and allowing students to experiment is great for the understanding of the universal language that is music. Bring in pet characters for the class to play or sing for, and have them respond to individual students for a really diverse and individualized class experience.
Idea 4: LET'S WATCH A SHOW! Watching a portion of a musical or opera as a class. It's just cool to see.
Have you read and understand the Teacher Application Guidance thread? Yes