World Civilizations: Lesson One

Stella walked into her empty classroom, and her palms started to sweat. This was her first class, and she was really nervous. She had no idea how well this would go, but she would give it the old "college try".
She grabbed a piece of chalk and scrawled her name out on the board in her extremely feminine, sweeping script: "Professor Stella Williams".
The smell of chalk lingered in her nostrils, and she smiled. She added "Welcome to World Civilizations" underneath her name, and then set the chalk back down. She placed her bejeweled "Cell Phone Bucket" on the desk in front of the classroom, and hung up a few maps and posters she made on the walls, which represented the curriculum she hoped to cover. She also hung up her UW-Madison pennant over the door, reminding her of some happy college memories. She sat on the desk, and sighed, trying to calm herself down before her class.
You can do this. Just relax. She thought to herself, just as the first student showed up.
"Welcome! Please place cell phones in the bucket, and have a seat anywhere!" She said as students filed into her classroom.

Charlie was nervous about being at a new school, but was determined to make the best of it. He made his way to the fourth floor for his first class: World Civilizations. It sounded like an interesting class, and he had wanted to take a history class.
He walked into the classroom, and saw a rather young, and rather pretty, professor sitting on the desk in front of the empty classroom.
"Welcome! Please place cell phones in the bucket, and have a seat anywhere!" She chimed. Charlie looked at the cell phone bucket, which was bejeweled beyond belief. Charlie pulled out his phone and nicely dropped it into the bucket, and took a seat in the front row.