A/N: Sequel to Learning Styles. This was requested from Hazmot and Noxbait. Here you go girls – trouble afoot! Might be slow to update so be warned!
Principles of Assessment
Assessment is an essential part of learning. It provides a benchmark for learners to gauge their successes and required areas of support. To that end, the following 10 principles of assessment are a tool used by teachers to set out areas of awareness in order to develop abilities and skills of their students by various assessment techniques.
Prologue
Principle one – Effective planning
Before the Incident
She had escaped from the raided Hat'ak vessel that had been raided by the Taur'i stargate soldiers as ordered by her superior and her orders were clear – re-establish the old order and wipe out those who opposed them. She was missing her control key for the memory implant and nothing good could come of that.
This plan which Pallas had started had been awaited to be implemented since the fall of the old order, the others had seen it coming and advised those wise enough to listen to agree to an alliance and lay low. The appearance of demise was not the same as the overall demise. It was time that things went back to the way they should be.
With one of the older races now confirmed dead it was time to claim that which should have been theirs in the first place. Even the Tauri cannot stand in their way this time. Getting revenge on Doctor Jackson had been part payment for her services. Getting him out of the human Stargate programme had been the other part. The Ancients did not interfere last time. They definitely would not interfere now. It was time to bring all that which has been established to its knees.
Assessment of the Incident - After
In a time after the incident occurred a pen clicked and voice recorder goes on in a small but dark interview. A man straightens his tie and places his question papers in a row. When the IOA comes to call on the SGC for formal proceedings, it can usually mean the end of someone's career or the dismissal of some major incident which they will never fully comprehend. Richard Woolsey was here on an official investigation by special request of the IOA. They wanted his skill set specifically and his attention to detail and facts was what had brought him to this moment in time. He sat down in the chair and pressed record. He did not want to do this as he had come to respect the people of the SGC very much more since taking command of Atlantis but this was business and there was no time for sentimentality in business. He took a deep breath as his expected appointment arrived into the interview room. Hands in pockets and head drooped. Richard could see that this could be nasty. He respected this man too much. His visitor took his seat opposite and placed a coffee cup on the table. Richard began.
"Before we begin, I want to state that I have the upmost respect for you and your contribution to the Stargate Programme. However, this interview will determine your future here and whether or not you acted accordingly to the situation that has just occurred. This programme does not tolerate unprovoked acts of violence and as such we may have to terminate your employment here." Richard took another breath. His visitor's face was contorted as if in physical pain.
"So let's begin shall Doctor Jackson."
Chapter 1
The light cracked through the window of the apartment in Chicago apartment. It was another lazy morning for Vala as Daniel went off to teach again in the University. She had been hoping to go back to the SGC in two maybe three days but everyone including Jack told them to take the month. Daniel rarely got away from the place and she had not experienced much of a normal life outside of the SGC either. She had earned her right to enjoy life and to do so with Daniel while he recovered from a vicious attack on his mind was something that she relished in – slightly. Sure she spent a lot of time with him and he had more time to do things with her but most mornings were spent alone in the apartment on her own as he taught over at the university. She missed him. It had all been so blissful when they were together and she knew that could soon change when they went back to work and that scared her. The honeymoon period of this new romance could so soon be over – literally.
She lay back in bed and noticed a single red rose on the pillow next to her. She smiled. He hadn't forgotten that she would be on her own and it was his way of reminding her that he would see her soon. She grinned to herself. Her arrival here wasn't exactly planned. She had been following her heart after reading a message left for her in one of his journals. He'd wanted her to follow him after he had run away to heal. He had wanted her to have time to heal without worrying about him and he also needed space to pull the worst of his experiences into context. They had both been shown the worst of each other and treated as playthings for a Goa'uld called Pallas and her harcisis harpy Karis. The casualties of the Goa'uld bad guy trio were Karis's brother Vagelis. Thank heavens for that. Karis was MIA and Pallas was toast. So getting back to normal was taking longer Daniel than she thought. It was walking into his lecture that was the priceless bit for her. She slapped him and he had returned the favour IN FRONT OF HIS STUDENTS! When the university dean heard about it he was ready to send Daniel packing. Fortunately Jack had intervened on Daniel's behalf and the Director of the FBI called the dean to say that Doctor Jackson was worth holding onto – and how were his wife and mistress by the way? That'll teach the fibbie to play poker with Jack and the dean to try and kick Daniel out! The evening they had after that was one Vala would never forget. They went to dinner and a walk along the river and both of them spent time sitting talking till the sun came up. Over the month in Chicago they made up for lost time and lost kisses. They had been spending recovering from the damage done from the lack of trust and the lack of contact over this past month and it had been glorious. Their days had been ranging from walks along the shore, lunch in his university office to a weekend in Wisconsin. It had been really amazing.
She got out of bed and padded her way into the kitchen and grabbed some coffee from the coffeemaker. They had managed to rent a small flat near the university since she had come to stay. Daniel felt awkward staying with his friend Steven when she arrived and so he had managed to acquire somewhere for themselves. Just for now. Vala looked at the clock -10.30. His lecture had begun about an hour ago and she wanted to see him badly. She went to the bathroom and got herself ready.
Daniel was in his element. It was the class who had witnessed Vala's flair for dramatic. The younger men in the class were somehow more respectful of him now that he explained who had dropped in. He was giving a lecture on Ra this morning. He smiled to himself sadly. Most of these students wouldn't even be able to guess at what he'd seen. Defeating Ra had been the beginning of his amazing adventure and they'd probably never even know how many times their safe little academic bubble had been pierced by the way he'd travelled to so many worlds. He was halfway through getting the class do a class discussion on the merits of the culture surrounding the Ancient Egyptian belief systems when he looked up to the back. He looked at his watch -11am. He looked up to the back row and there she was.
Every day she sat waiting for him and every day he'd be even more pleased to see his Vala. It was like paradise here. Nothing to interrupt their little bubble here in Chicago and every bad memory of Sarah was being washed away by Vala being here. He'd asked her to do a talk on Qetesh someday with his students. He didn't want her to say anything personal just the facts surrounding her myths. He'd asked this of her when she asked him how he found teaching compared to life at the SGC. He wanted her to experience something new, something different. Her only career had been both a thief and a warrior. He wanted her to try another option as they wouldn't always be able to fight. She was reluctant at first but then she agreed on the basis she could make at least some of the men in class flush red with embarrassment. He'd agreed on the basis she only did it once. She made no promises on that one! He brought the discussions to a close and began to finish up the class. She made the military sign for 'hurry up!' and he smiled. There was so much he wanted to do with her today but unfortunately lunch was all he could do with her. Marking papers was a thing he was starting to hate. Assessments from students were flooding in and there wasn't much he could do about it. Vala was going to have his hide if he didn't finish the marking and spend time with her.
She was getting bored here. He could tell. However, Steven had been using her on and off to help him catalogue some of the items within the university archive and that provided her with some work during the day. She had been doing it often enough in his office at the SGC so this was not much different. It also allowed her to learn about the culture of earth with someone who would not be able to discuss anything about her current job – which she kept pretty much under wraps although he suspected Steven had some concerns about her. He'd hoped someday to bring his friend in as a liaison to his department. However, he was still not sure he wanted to return to that life and he had not discussed that with her yet. They were building a life based on trust and this was one he needed to build up to.
He dismissed his class on time at midday and waited for the room to empty. Vala waited patiently at the back for him until all the students had left. She walked down the side steps of the lecture theatre towards the central dais and leaned in for a kiss. He wrapped his arms around her responding. "I missed you this morning." He said. She smiled.
"Daniel enough talking lets get lunch!" He laughed at that. They walked to his office ditching all his papers and memory sticks and he pulled his wallet out of the locked drawer in the filing cabinet. Vala sat in his chair expectantly. There was a knock on his door. Daniel sighed. "Vala, if this is a student you know I'll have to kick you out." She pouted. "come in!" the door to his office opened and Daniel froze. He hadn't expected this. Not here and not now. Sarah Gardner walked into his office and kissed him on the cheek ignoring Vala.
Vala noticed Daniel freezing up. She knew him instinctively on the field and on base Vala knew Daniel. In this past few seconds she saw the abject horror cover his face and she went to him. After this hussie had kissed her boyfriend in front of her she stood in front of him. Daniel was having an anxiety attack. She wrapped her arms around him and reassured him that yes he was okay and yes she was still here. His recovery from the attack on him last month had done some damage to his health. She turned to the rooms other occupant and hissed "wait outside!" Sarah reacted with shock at her tone. She seemed to know who Vala was but complied with her wishes once she saw Daniels face. Once Vala had Daniel sitting down with a drink of water and his medication she stepped outside. Her whole body language read as hostile. She did not like anyone upsetting her Daniel.
She stood toe to toe with Sarah and crossed her arms. "Who are you? What do you want with my Daniel? He's upset right now and I won't stand for that – so just who are you?"
Sarah Gardner took one step back from Vala and looked about her. The corridor was empty. She walked to the end and checked the other corridor and that it too was empty. "Vala Mal Doran isn't it? Formerly Qetesh? My name is Sarah Gardner. You have probably heard Daniel talk about me." Vala's eyes narrowed.
"I was host to Osiris. I am here now because I heard Daniel was here through Steven. Vala I have to speak to him – it's important." Again Vala remained deathly silent. She was worried. Daniel had been through enough and whilst others may think he was getting better she knew him a lot better than that. He had been hiding some of the worst of it from them. At night he would go through nightmares and wake up screaming some nights. He would try and deny it from Vala but she was often the one going to him to calm him down. This could make him worse. Vala raised her chin imperiously.
"Sarah, whether you realise it or not, Daniel has just been through hell in the last month literally. Did you see his reaction to you? He is not completely healed yet. Can you at least tell me what it's about before I let you speak to him?" Sarah looked at Vala. She remembered hearing about her reputation during her time as a host – man eater, thief, swindler. She had not expected this from this woman. She was guarding Daniel with her life and it felt like it ran so much deeper than that. She shrugged. 'Why not?' thought Sarah.
"Vala, two days ago I was approached by a Charlotte Mayfield. I had been struggling to get work after the time spent away from earth. She wanted to hire me to do some work for her as an archaeologist. I felt the Goa'uld inside – heaven knows how. I tried to get in touch with Daniel in Colorado and I could'nt find him there. I called Steven to see if he knew anything. He told me that Daniel was here in Chicago. So I came. Vala, she is looking for something called the Clava Thessara Infinitas. She must have known I worked for Anubis. Vala, it seems that the Goa'uld are looking for it." Vala frowned. 'So much for recovery time'.
