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Dominic Vail (dom_vail) wrote in omega_reality,
@ 2012-07-28 15:11:00

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*complete, *email, 2012 07, character: april kepner, character: dominic vail, character: eliot spencer, character: g callen, character: marty deeks, character: savannah monroe, character: sean hanna, dead: jenna hanna, dead: mike renko

Email to parents and April, Sean, Callen
Who: Dom, Jenna, Marty, Savannah, Robert, Mike, April, Sean, Callen
Where: Computers
When: July 28, 2012
Summary: Dom informs everyone of the new training for the babies.

From: Dom
To: Jenna, Marty, Savannah, Robert, Mike, April, Sean
Cc: Callen
Subject: kids

Hey everyone,

I've created a playlist to be playing in the playroom. The playlist will run continuously when the children are there. It will include into to physics, math, chemistry, French, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Russian, Mandarin, Arabic, and German. Simply turn it on when you go in and turn it off when you go out. The playlist contains enough classes that it will go for at least a month, before any additions need to be made. Please, don't turn the volume down at any time, including when they are sleeping. Children will respond to your voices if you're dealing with them one on one and they still absorb in their sleep. The only exception would be if you are using any sort of musical therapy (classical, jazz, no pop or country).

The idea is to make children used to different sounds at an earlier age. Since a child's palate is shaped by age three, it is vital that they are exposed to different languages early. This is in effect the only way for them to sound like natives with no trace detectable even by expert.

The playlist is not an option. It will be played and it is part of their training.

In addition, if anyone wants playlists to use when they are falling/are asleep, I'll be more than happy to provide them. This is not mandatory, but up to the parents. There is no clear-cut proof that being exposed to sciences early makes them smarter, but there is no harm done. In addition, it will get them used to falling asleep while there are people and noises around, which might end up being very useful.

If you have questions, let me know

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april_kepner
2012-07-28 09:09 pm UTC (link)

When April read the email, it got her thinking. There was a lot of languages represented that list, languages that these children - hers too - would get to learn from a very young age. There was no doubt that this was something that would benefit them later.

More importantly, it made her wonder if Eliot knew many languages. He'd traveled all around the globe, with and without the army, she knew that, but they'd never spoken about which languages he knew.

Looking up from her computer, she smiled at her husband. "Do you know many languages?" she asked, suddenly curious.

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	_eliot_spencer 2012-07-29 08:36 pm UTC (link)
	"Fluently? About four," Eliot said. "I can understand a few others to get by, but nothing more conversational than ordering a drink." And to demand whatever item he'd been hired to retrieve, but that usually ended in the people being unconsious so who knew if he'd said it right or not. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	april_kepner 2012-07-29 08:40 pm UTC (link)
	"Four? Fluently?" she asked, truly impressed. Other than her high school French (which was long since forgotten) she only knew English. "That's impressive. Which ones?" she asked. Putting the computer to the side, she turned so that she faced him fully. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	_eliot_spencer 2012-07-29 08:50 pm UTC (link)
	"Russian, Kurdish, Spanish and Hebrew," Eliot replied. "What's with the interest?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

april_kepner
2012-07-29 09:03 pm UTC (link)

"Dom just sent an email, they're making a play list to play for the kids in the nursery with different languages and it made me curious," she said. "Or I should say languages and different subjects, but I'm not sure if the subjects will do much of a difference." The languages though, she was sure would help in some way.

She smiled at him. "He had French, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Russian, Mandarin, Arabic, and German on the list, but neither Hebrew or Kurdish," she said. "I suppose that will be your responsibility to teach this little one." She liked the idea of their child knowing something that not everyone else knew.

"Why did you learn those languages? As opposed to others?"

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	_eliot_spencer 2012-07-29 09:21 pm UTC (link)
	"I've been mostly in those areas where they're spoken, for a number of years." Eliot hemmed a little, since it touched on some sore spots in his past. "A little from the military, mostly afterwards." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

april_kepner
2012-07-29 09:32 pm UTC (link)

There were things that April had learned to decipher by now when it came to Eliot. When his answers turned vague (and not the grunting type of vague, but the left out details vague) it was usually because whatever it was touched on something in his past which he wasn't proud of. Walking over to him, she brushed away his hair from his face and stroked his cheek at the same time.

"It's still impressive," she said softly, leaning up to kiss him. "And if you ever want to talk about what happened there, you know I'll always listen. If you don't, that's fine too."

She bit her lip, smiling a bit. "Would you consider teaching me?" While a student the subjects she'd chosen had always been designed to help her in her studies to become a doctor, but now she could see the perk in learning a language. "Well one of them, at least."

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	_eliot_spencer 2012-07-29 09:51 pm UTC (link)
	Eliot grunted softly, before gratefully taking the next question. "Sure. Spanish is probably the easiest, since it's common in the US and uses a lot of familiar words. But, you're choice." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

april_kepner
2012-07-29 09:58 pm UTC (link)

"Spanish would be fun," she said. "Though I was thinking something that just the two of us would know, three of us eventually," she said with a smile. "Well, as far as we know at least."

"I mean we don't know what everyone else can speak, but it would be fun to have something that's just ours." In this world when even the raising of children were up to someone else it would be good to have something that was simply theirs. "Unless that's too hard? I wouldn't really know, would I?"

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_eliot_spencer
2012-07-29 10:06 pm UTC (link)

"Learning anything is time and repetition, nothing more," Eliot said. "Some things take longer than others, but if you keep at it..." Eliot shrugged, inferring the rest.

"It would be fun." And afford them privacy. "Don't know how possible it is, considering the mixture of people here, especially the agents. Language is a big thing in hiring. Plus Hanna's a SEAL and some of that's standard training."

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april_kepner
2012-07-29 10:15 pm UTC (link)

Her smiled widened when he said he thought she could learn, that was promising at least, even if they didn't have too much time in this world. She wasn't in a hurry though, she could take her time.

"So which is the one language which we would be most likely that no one knew - or only a few knows?" she asked, although given the list they were teaching the kids, it could only really be one of the two because even if no one knew it today, sooner or later they would if the kids were getting lessons in it. "Hebrew? Or Kurdish?"

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	_eliot_spencer 2012-07-29 10:30 pm UTC (link)
	"Hebrew is a traditional Jewish requirement, so Troy may know it but unless he was a regular at synogog he may not remember it. Kurdish is one of the middle eastern languages, like Arabic. That one I started in the military, as one of the choices for the region. The Hannas and Callens may know it." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	april_kepner 2012-07-29 10:45 pm UTC (link)
	"Hebrew then," April said with a smile. "Or at least we try and see." It wasn't as if they had a lot of time, and she didn't even have time for her research any longer, but she wanted to learn if it was possible. She'd try, and if it didn't work, well then at least they'd tried. (Reply to this) (Parent)