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Zara Gwendolyn Monroe
Sixth Year
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SPOILER!!: Purple/Beauxbatons Quote:
Originally Posted by PandaGirl  Oh great. A new topic...but they were to represent Beauxbatons Academy of Magic. How was she to know how they feel about having the triwizard tournament held here? She never knew anyone from there and she never spoke with anyone from the said academy since term started. She looked at her fellow teammates, hoping that someone speak up, perhaps she'd speak up too, if one of them would, but no one did yet. And she had no definite idea about what to say yet.
maybe if she spoke up, they would say something too? she took a deep breath and opened her mouth, hoping her voice would be audible. Gosh, the petite girl was too shy! her mind was racing; just say it! she scolded herself mentally.
"u-um...m-maybe..." she bit her lip. " i-i'm not r-really sure...about h-how Beauxbatons feel...with the triwizard tournament held here, but...d-don't you think t-they'll be a bit hostile...considering it wasn't held at their school, but then again...won't they be kind of excited to be able to go...to visit Hogwarts or something? And...b-be so competitive j-just so they c-could show that they c-can deal with the hard tasks in the tournament?"
she was practically wringing her fingers together and looking down on her lap, hoping that her teammates would speak up, or atleast, heard her. Quote:
Originally Posted by MissFeenella Well, how could Beauxbatons feel about the Triwizard Tournament.
"I if i was a Beauxbatons student i would be excited to visit another school for the Tournament. But i am sure i would be more proud if the tournament was held at my school. In my country. For sure the journey would be more excting for the champion cause all of the forgein students came to be one.But also traveling to another school in another countrey would be interesting cause of the contacts you could make and the forgein culture and language. But also the winning aspect would play a huge role. If the tournament was held in france and a champion from another country would win, it would lower my ego as a beauxbatons student.So there are upsides and downsides for bauexbatons to be here."
Fee took a deep breath, that was much. Quote:
Originally Posted by CharGryffindor Rubiey spoke up. Again. For the purples who were, like, not talking. Jeez.
"Um, the french are pretty proud people, aren't they? I think, after speaking to a few of them, they feel as if their school should have held it, but I suppose if it was the other way round, we would too. It's such a prestigious tournament, and any school should, and would, be proud to hold it. Although, many of them are also excited to learn about the way we teach here; it's different from what they are used to completely. You know, different cultures, different styles of teaching, different climates. Everything is an experience, I guess. So personally, if I was from one of the other schools, I would be intrigued to not only witness the tournament, but also to learn about other wizards and witches." That had nothing to do with what they were talking about, but no-one else was speaking, so she figured, why not? Quote:
Originally Posted by potiongirl10 Amy saw that no one was speaking for the purple team so she stopped writing notes for a moment and spoke up " I think Beuxbatons would have been sort of Angry when they found out it would take place at Hogwarts, probably because they think it should be at Beuxbatons, but I think all three schools are pretty much the same because, i mean who wouldn't want the legendary Triwizard tournament to be held at there school, but I'm suree they'll like it here any way cause it really is great" She looked around at the other purple team members, jeez you guys! start talkin! "Miss Olsen, there is no need to be nerves, No answer is wrong. I just want to hear everyone’s opinion. There is a possibility there might be hostility, but the tournament is also held there on occasion as well. Hogwarts just had the honour of hosting it the year we are talking about." she replied with a comforting smile. There really wasn’t any need to be nervous, she didn’t bite and she was almost certain none of the other students did as well. Offering another smile, she moved on to the next student.
"Miss Scharzberg, thank you for that. I think you grasped the topic wonderfully. There are pros and con to everything, thank you for pointing that out. I’m sure that choice of the tournament being held at any of the three school would gain both praise and complaints." she voiced to the Slytherin. Not everyone would be pleased with every decision made in the world and this was yet another example that not everyone would be happy.
"Miss O’Rielly, that would be a huge generalization, but for the sake of argument, I will allow it. I’m sure there are certain prejudices that each school would have and I’m sure as well that the other schools would have preferred that their own school was hosting it. Thank you though, for also bring up the fact that everyone could benefit from the exposure to different cultures. If the tables were turned and we were the vistors, wouldn’t you feel the same way?"
Looking around the team for perhaps another opinion, she notices Miss Goldblossom and her slight frustration with her group. "A semi neutral opinion for the most part, I do like that Miss Goldblossom. When it comes down to it, I’m sure the excitement of the tournament would make people forget any prejudice about the location." Catching the young Gryffindor’s look, she shook her head before looking on to the next student. There had to be at least one more student in the team that wanted to add something.
Looking to another first year Gryffie, she smiled. Ah, another brave soul that wanted to be heard. "Yes, I’m sure such questions were asked when the decision was made, but we have to keep in mind that each school does get to host the tournament. I really doubt it’s a matter of one school being better than the others. But it does make you think, just how did they pick the first school to host the tournament after its reinstatement." she replied before taking a step back and heading to the front once again. The last team was almost there, now just if they would discuss a bit more.
Perhaps the students just weren’t as chatty as expected. Maybe discussions weren’t their thing. She would have to take that into account for later.
"Well class, I think I have picked your brains enough for today and seeing as most of you still seem to be with us; here is the homework for this lesson." she smiled as she flicked her wand at the board in front of the room.
Quote: HoM Lesson One Homework Part One: (worth 4 points)- How can history differ from place to place?
- Name one event that occurred during late June/early July of 1996 that was discussed in class?
- What happened at the Battle of the Dept. of Mysteries?
- What effects did the summer of 1996 have on both the muggle and wizarding world?
Part Two: (worth 6 points)
Choose any historical event from the past century. Taking the opposite view point, write a minimum of a foot parchment on the event. If you are of pureblood heritage, take the viewpoint of someone of muggle heritage. For those of mixed heritage, you are feel to pick a viewpoint. You are not limited to just these options. Any opposite view point will work, do explain your option in your parchment. OCC: I'm looking for at least 3-4 paragraphs. Each paragraph should at least be four sentences long. There is no need to get too put of hand with it. I just want to see some thought put into it. Please refer to the HoM Classroom Rules for the instructions for submitting homework and all rules pertaining to such. "All homework should be owled to me, but if you have any trouble with the assignment, don't hesitate to come to my office. I'll be happy to answer any questions you many have. Class dismissed." OOC:Just a side note, thank you everyone for making my first lesson an interesting one. I think it went well, but thank you again for playing along with me. It really means a lot to me. |