HELP
Academy . Start here

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READING ON YOUR ATLAS

You are reading this
on an Atlas, through
the Library. Turn the
dial to move through
pages. Press to open
things. Hold the dial
to go back.

The reader remembers
nothing. Paper does
not either. Use your
head or your notebook
for where you were.

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HOW THE ACADEMY WORKS

The Academy is
badges, sorted into
pathways. Shop first.
Everything else
after, in any order
you like.

Every badge is the
same shape:

1. WHAT YOU GET tells
   you why this one
   is worth your
   time.
2. HOW WE DO IT HERE
   is the actual
   teaching.
3. CHECKPOINTS are
   the doing. Each
   one says what done
   looks like and how
   to get assessed.
4. WHEN IT GOES WRONG
   is the list of the
   usual troubles and
   what to do about
   each.
5. WHEN YOU PASS is
   what changes for
   you.

Read the badge before
the bench. Then bring
the badge with you
and work through the
checkpoints at your
own speed. Nobody is
timing you.

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GETTING ASSESSED

Assessment is
showing, not telling.
When a checkpoint
says GET ASSESSED,
find a staff member,
or whoever the badge
names, and show them.

We are not looking
for perfect. We are
looking for you doing
the thing, knowing
why, and calling your
own mistakes.
Somebody who says
this joint is not
good enough, I am
redoing it, is
passing harder than
somebody with a lucky
first try.

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WHEN YOU ARE STUCK

Stuck is normal here.
It is in the
glossary.

1. Try the WHEN IT
   GOES WRONG list on
   your badge first.
2. Say the problem
   out loud to the
   person next to
   you. What should
   happen, and what
   happens instead.
   Half the time the
   gap answers
   itself.
3. Still stuck is
   BLOCKED, and
   blocked is when
   you come find us.
   That is not
   failing. That is
   the system
   working.

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WORDS

Every shop word lives
in the GLOSSARY
folder, alphabetical.
If you hear a word
that is not in there,
tell us and we add
it.

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ONE MORE THING

The passport is
yours. The badges are
yours. The pace is
yours.

The only thing that
is ours is the
standard, and we do
not move it. That is
why passing means
something.