Exemplar Grace is a class offered during the Winter Term at Whateley Academy. Some students view this course as a 'chick' class.[1]
There is reason to believe the following is pertinent to this class:
- “Oh it does,” Poise agreed. “But once you’ve mastered the basics – are you with Ito Sensei right now? – try taking some classes with Lillian Dennon. She has some excellent exercises for grace. Her final exercise was to do an entire combat in high-heels and a skirt while holding a full cup of hot tea! Even worse, I was only allowed to hold onto the saucer! You have to disable your opponent without breaking a heel, marring your makeup, spilling the tea, or being immodest with your skirt. Well, let me tell you, after that even the worst modeling catwalk in the world is a piece of cake.”[2]
However, it has been mentioned that her Bricks and Density-Control Combat course is subtitled 'Grace Under Pressure', so it isn't clear which Poise was referring to, On the one hand, since she was speaking to Jade, who was still being affected by the BIT-Slicer process at the time, it was probably Exemplar Grace. On the other hand, when Phase mused about taking the Brick course, he seemed to think Poise had been referring to that one; he concluded that he would try to put it off until after he'd been restored to a male body, as male students get to do the final in a tuxedo instead.[3] Since he was not present when Poise first said this, it isn't clear if she said something similar to him another time, or if he was going by what Jade told him about the incident.
Pre Fall 2006[]
Winter 2007[]
Formal Dress Required
Instructor: Lillian Dennon
- Jean-Armand St. Michel du Chantraine (presuming he doesn't drop the course...)[1]