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Originally Posted by 2111jen  Jonas blinked his eyes a bit and tilted his head in confusion....he wasn't entirely sure what she said. He had to replay the words in his mind over and over again for a bit...ooooh now he thinks he understood.
"I think it's best that you should have a good relationship with a muggle?" Jonas said raising his hand. "Cos' you gotta have trust in a relationship so to make sure they won't tell anyone else?" He thinks that sounded right. Quote:
Originally Posted by RachieRu "I think it would be hard..." Hattie murmured with a little shrug as she thought about it. "I mean I think we'd have to keep our magic a secret, regardless of how close we are to the person. Because we just don't know if they are going to tell anyone or what they'll do with the information" So that was a thing. "But like Jonas said.... we need to be able to trust each other" So they would need to get around that. She was silent for a few moments as she thought a little more. "In that case... I believe we'd have to be good talkers. Branching around the subject, so we can get them to trust us. But maybe not do too much magic to help with things, when we are off age obviously, because then we won't look suspicious" Quote:
Originally Posted by Steelsheen Muggles and Magic. Heh. Naturally Tenacius can survive without magic because his folks made sure he can. It wasnt an excuse in his household that he cant wash his own dishes or make his own bed regardless of wands or house elves. It wasnt just about raising him not to be dependent on magic, it was about not raising him to be lazy.
But right what can he do to build and keep a good Muggle relationship? Trust? Well sure.... he nodded when Jonas and Hattie said them. But there was the matter of that pesky Statute of Secrecy, which quite frankly was more a bane than a boon as the centuries pass. But working with the Statute is in his blood-- the Astors have built an empire on both sides of the Secrecy divide. So if he could maybe borrow a page from the ol Astor playbook.... "Stories Professor. Muggles love good stories!" Nod nod mmhm he knows "I mean sure we may know of Muggles that would be very trustworthy in keeping secrets, but that Statute of Secrecy kinda doesnt care about that." which is why their clan generally despises it, among a list of other things "But yeah Muggles like stories, we can start to build relationships with stories that to us may be fact but to Muggles, its so fantastical they think its fiction. And Muggles always like the fantastical, it entertains them, distracts them, makes them feel good before going back to their Muggle routine. So we can still keep and grow these Muggle relationships but still keeping safe within the boundaries of the Statute."
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Originally Posted by Devina Wellheart Randa watched as the professor wrote their answers upon the board and asked the next question...
Hmmm? She thought for a moment about how to answer this... It was actually alot harder than Miranda first thought... To be honest she didn't really know or even associate with muggles. So, really the question was mute to her, but for the sake of the lesson she pondered how she may maintain some sort of relationship with a muggle or muggles should she find herself in such a position...
Raising her hand when she felt she had an appropriate response, she said when she was called upon, " I'd wager if I were to have the need to maianain a friendship or something with a muggle I'd be just as I am with my magical friends.. I don't see any real difference in us other than the fact that I can use magic.. And seeing as how we first learn to live in a mundane way do to the restriction of underaged magic usage... It'd be easy enough not to reveal the fact that I can use magic..."
She was a bit long winded and she hoped that she was understood as she fell silent.. But she was satisfied enough with her answer.. Quote:
Originally Posted by emjay That was an interesting question. Henry thought a moment before raising his hand. "Professor, I have quite a few Muggles in my family. Some of them actually do know about magic.." His grandparents specifically as they had magical children. "Or.. a little bit, I guess. But most of them do not." His grandparents' knowledge was fairly limited from what he knew at least. It was pretty much on a need to know basis. And the rest were not permitted to know anything. He was told that from a young age.
"My cousins, for instance. They don't know that I'm a wizard, but I still try to hang out with them when I can over break." Unfortunately, he did have to cut them out of a big part of his life and he didn't feel as close to them as he'd like. "I can't tell them some things, and sometimes it feels a little bit like lying," he admitted. And sometimes he actually did have to lie, or at least hedge his way around answers. "But they're still loads of fun and there is still plenty we can do together that does not involve magic." People were people, y'know? Quote:
Originally Posted by Bazinga Nat did take notes, but haha maybe not as many as she should and obviously she used her parchment for writing notes to friends and doodling I heart Cal or TDK on it. So when Tim started taking notes she smiled and stuck her tongue out playfully. She listened as everyone put their two cents in with the inventions. Though when Tim got distracted by actually paying attention and answering questions Nat took the opportunity to doodle on her friends notes.
I heart Natalia...
Natalia Franks-Mundie is the best best friend in the world....
Tim adores Natalia.
Moving her hand she grinned at her friend and started writing again. "Ice cream after class?" Her eyes moving back to the professor as she put the inventions on the board. "I don't think it is that hard professor. I think we are able to have relationships with them without using our wands. We get the practice of being muggles as children. Not being allowed to use magic outside of school. It is just another training for us if you think about it. They train us to live in a muggle world if we need to." Really not being able to use magic outside of school as a minor was just dumb, but it could be seen as training. Quote:
Originally Posted by FwooperOnYourLeft Azura listened quietly to all the answers that wdre being given, if she were honest, she didn't have many ideas about how to form good relationships with muggles and all of the ones she did have.. seemed rather lame.
Her hand went into the air after a few more moments of thinking.
"I think I would just try to be myself Professor. Connect to them through friendship and try to maintain that friendship.. Also I might bring them cupcakes.. Cupcakes always help everything. " She said with a nod "But honestly I would just try to be their friend, and keep my secret. It's for the best that they don't know anyways. "
Hopefully that would change eventually.. she would like to live in a world where muggles and wizards could live happily together. Quote:
Originally Posted by Suziella Juno pondered that question for a few moments. Maintaining relationships with muggles that weren't in your family and already knew your secret, could be difficult.
She raised her hand and waited to be called on. When she was, she responded, "Well, having a good relationship, muggle or wizard, is difficult, but with muggles I think it is harder, especially since we would have to keep such a big part of our selves a secret. But because we have experience with not being allowed to use magic until we are of age, it helps us to keep in practice for when we do have a muggle friend. So keeping that secret could be very difficult when we are so used to using out magic, but it is necessary for us to do so or our world would be in trouble. It is a huge responsibility for us to keep our world hidden." Yes, it was. And she didn't want to ever be the person to let it slip in front of a muggle. Quote:
Originally Posted by Stefan “A lot of respect, professor.” Jace said with a raised hand. “In my opinion, it is the number one requirement to be able to peacefully co-exist with our muggle counterparts.” He added, with a nod of his head. Sure, they had to keep a huge part of them secret to most, if not all muggles but that doesn’t mean that they have to be hostile to them. They do live in a planet where it is mostly inhabited by them, so as guests, they owe them the same amount of respect as with their fellow witches and wizards.
“I practice Kendo, which is a muggle sport. I think that’s a good way to build and maintain friendship with them professor. I have to put in the same effort as them when it comes to practice and training sessions, so...I really don’t look any different to them.” He said as he sat back on his chair, willing his thoughts to remain on the topic at hand. Kendo could be so distracting sometimes. Quote:
Originally Posted by Goblinfrog It was a good question and one that she often thought of. "I suppose the internet could be a good way to meet Muggles if you don't live nearby any, or even if you do. I volunteered at a Thrift Store with my dad, so I met lots of Muggles there. So far I've only talked to much older Muggles (which is cool)but this summer I am planning to meet Muggles my own age. So this class could be my practice." So true!
"Personally, I can't imagine keeping my magic a secret from someone I truly cared for," she said, moving on to the harder question. "Right now I don't find it TOO hard since aside from my dad (and he knows) I don't really know any Muggles all that well. I don't think I would break the law, but I really can't imagine keeping it a secret. Not because I would accidentally cast a spell, but because it would feel dishonest. And if my future Muggle friend ever got sick I wouldn't be able to resist the temptation of healing him/her with magic." There didn't seem to be an easy answer for situations like that.
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Originally posted by The Whiteboard
* Being Truthful
* Be good talkers but avoid getting into the topic of magic
* Telling stories
* Be Ourselves
* Engage in activities that do not involve magic
* Continued enforcement of not using magic out of school while underage
* RESPECT
Kay made sure to put Jace’s answer in all capital letters. Why? Simply because this was the answer, in her opinion, that was key. She capped the marker then turned to the class fully once more. “Excellent ideas, everyone! Certainly each of these, in their own way, would help us foster stronger bonds with our non magical counterparts. However, I would like to stress on the fact that we must uphold the Statute of Secrecy, if we choose to be ourselves. In a way, we are only being ourselves to a extent but it is of utmost importance and rather necessary.
“Of everything we have on that list, respect- as Mr Reed suggested- is perhaps the best way to forge and uphold these relationships. If we can learn to live with muggles, accept them then we can live in cohesion. It will be one step closer to a peaceful world. Two points for that answer, Mr Reed.’’
Kay looked around at her students, knowing that many of them had already started to live at peace with Muggles. “Today’s activity will be a short and simple one. What I would like you to do is write a short note or message, a poem, a song or something along that line for someone who is Muggle in your life. If you choose to draw something, I have coloured pencils and paper. What you’ll be doing with that piece of creativity once the lesson is over is to hopefully pass it on to that person over the summer holiday. You don’t have to give anything away about magic in this project, let them know how much you appreciate them being in your life.’’ The woman smiled again. “You may begin. You have half an hour to complete this.’’
OOC: HELLOOOoooOOO! So, guys! This is the final part of the lesson. Just go ahead to do what Kay has instructed. You will only need 2 LABELLED posts for this and you’ll have 24 hours to complete it since this is such a small activity 
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