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CAS Blog: November 2019

Well, things have not been going exactly as planned in terms of the club. I have still been trying to ensure that the scheduling works out for everybody, but things are a little bit murky. Honestly, it seems like a lot of people's schedules change from week to week, which I guess isn't necessarily surprising considering that we're dealing with a group of teenagers. Nevertheless, the two meetings that we have had were pretty good, if chill. I have several pre-built decks (there are hundreds of cards available to create decks for each player to use against each other) for the game that we used. Honestly, this club has really been turning out to be 'hang out and play Magic: The Gathering during lunch club', but I guess I'm really not complaining.

(Learning Outcome: #1, #2, #3, #4, #7)

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