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Text Cut: Minerva Quote:
Originally Posted by Bazinga  Minerva listened, no she wasn't in the muggle world anymore, she was glad to be back and glad to be allowed to do magic. "You don't have to worry about that professor, I do spend much of my free time studying." She had found a balance over the last few years for friends and quidditch as well, but she knew she had always spent much of her time making sure her work was done. A look of surprise and appreciation crossed Minerva's face when Professor Knox suggested practicing.
"I certainly have time Professor, but I don't want to take up your time if you were busy, I know this wasn't a scheduled meeting." She was eager to practice, but of course wanted to be considerate that unlike her the professor probably as a life outside of here. "I would really appreciate the time to help me though, it really has been frustrating me a bit, Charms and Transfiguration usually came pretty easy for me, so not remember this spell has been a big problem."
Minerva was taken back a bit by Professor's words, someone that you weren't fond of like an enemy, "but wouldn't it be difficult to even get someone like that to work with you?" She could only imagine asking Elliot or Maxwell to practice with her. The only two people she really had issues with and she would be to afraid Elliot would use the wrong spell on purpose and well Maxwell she wasn't going near. "I will take that into consideration, though I don't have to many people I'm not fond of, but maybe someone I don't know as well and it could turn into better practice as well as getting to know someone new." That sounded like a win-win in her eyes, but maybe that wasn't what the professor was aiming for.
"Good," was all she said. That part was taken care of.
Goodness this girl talked a lot, didn't she? Ivy didn't like that, but she answered her questions with patience anyway. "Well, I don't mean you should walk up to your mortal enemy and ask them to practice with you." That was common sense, wasn't it? Ivy tried a different approach. "Every human on this earth has someone they secretly dislike whether it be of jealousy or envy. We may not admit it to anyone but ourselves, but it's true. Find someone you secretly dislike, and/or want to be better than and kindly ask to practice with them. They will see it merely as someone wanting to practice, not someone trying to be better than them." Did that make sense? It made sense to her,but she was slightly messed up.
Ivy waved her hand at the girl. "If I was busy, you wouldn't be here anymore. It will only take a few minutes." Ivy stood and walked around her desk to grab a small textbook off of her bookshelf. She set it on her desk before looking at the child. "I suggest you take notes." Ivy pointed to the small lamp table beside the couch where a piece of paper and a quill and bottle of ink sat.
"The incantation for recording your voice is Intonio. To record your voice on something, you must tap the object you wish you record your voice to, say Intonio, and then speak the words you wish to record. When you are done speaking, tap the object once more to stop recording." Ivy looked at the girl to make sure she was following along. "For example," Ivy held her wand, opened the book to the fifth page and tapped it once. "Intonio," she said before continuing, reading the first sentence of the first paragraph: "In its original use, the word spagyric was commonly used synonymously with the word alchemy, however, in more recent times it has often been adopted by alternative medicine theorists and various techniques of holistic medicine." Then she tapped the book again to stop the recording.
"Now, to play the recording, you tap the object twice and say Intonio Revelio." Ivy did so as she explained and a second later, the book played the recording of what she just recited, nice and clear. She looked back at Minerva. "Would you like to try now?"
Text Cut: Callie :3 Quote:
Originally Posted by DanialRadFAN01 Professor Knox? Were they seriously going to get started on the same foot as she had with the former Charms professor? Was the position cursed with up-tight witches with...ahem.
"A fan of formalities? Well then Professor Elwood shall do nice too." She smiled politely. If she wasn't going to allow her to call her by her first name, Callie wasn't going to let her either. And now a seat was being offered, one on the very expensive looking coach. How in Merlin's beard was the school able to afford this? Unless she had brought it from home. The old Elwood would be thinking of a way to steal it but those days were in the past although it would look nice in her office.
"Umm, just a glass of water would be nice. Never really been a fan of tea. Which can be awkward when we get around to Tasseography." She chuckled a bit to herself.
A good answer. "Spoken like someone who really cares for the students. Now were you ever a teacher before?" She hadn't been when she took up the Divination spot and this woman had had a much higher position of take-off than Calista did.
"Sometimes," Ivy replied simply, in regard to her comment about the formalities. Sometimes she liked first names, sometimes she liked formalities. It depended on her person and her mood. So, Professor Elwood it should be then.
Just water? Ivy raised an eyebrow slightly, but conjured up a teacup of water, for the Divination professor and levitated it over to her. She had a moment of temptation to dump in on her lap, but that would be childish and she really didn't have anything against the woman yet besides the fact that she was a blonde Divination professor. Pff, Tasseography. Load of rubbish, in Ivy's opinion, but she didn't say so. She just sipped her tea. "I can imagine."
This woman obviously hadn't been paying attention to the debates over the summer, otherwise she would have known the answer to her own question. "Yes, I've been teaching for several years. I started Assistant teaching in Egypt in... 2068. Then I transferred to Athens Wizarding Institute in 2071, lectured there for four years and then became a Professor there until just last year." When she... quit. Yes. Quit. Ivy took another sip of her tea and looked at Calista after rattling off her qualifications that got her to where she was. "And what of you?" |