Originally Posted by aussiegirl

Oh thank Merlin!

Here came the back up. And what better back up to have then the Head Girl herself. Mia nodded her head at Evelyn and let out small relieved sigh...until the Slytherin spoke.

Wasn't she supposed to have had that problem fixed already?

The smile slipped from Mia's face and she gave Evelyn a reproachful look. "I don't think that person would be too popular with the rest of the class." And the Professor would probably issue a detention if someone lit a fire in her class.

Oh Destiny knew exactly what she meant. For some reason she just liked to have Mia spell everything out for her. "That chocolate is for the WHOLE class Destiny. Not just you." She was willing to give the girl her share which she hadn't taken yet.

"Remember when you stuffed your face full of chocolate when we were on safari. And remember how crazy you got?" Did she remember how she had dressed up like the tribespeople and almost got herself a tattoo before Mia stepped in and stopped the whole thing.

Not that her friend could get a tattoo in Muggle Studies but Mia was not going through that again.

Originally Posted by Lezleighd

She glanced around the room with a smile as she watched all of the students getting comfy in their chairs and eating and conversing. She nodded her head slightly at all of the hellos and the excitement. She was happy to see so many happy faces because she knew that quite often Muggle Studies wasn't a fave or some students, especially students from one particular house.

She walked to the front of the class room and with a flick of her wand she silenced the Muggle music to signal to the class that it was time to start.

She took a deep breath and then started, "Hello everyone!" she said excitedly as the chatting started to cease across the classroom. "And welcome to our first Muggle Studies class!" she said as she turned around and erased the dry erase board with her hand...no magic just used an eraser.

She turned back around with a smile, "For those that don't know me, I'm Professor Gemma Cerulean. This is my second year teaching at Hogwarts. Last year, I had the pleasure of teaching History of Magic. This is my first year teaching Muggle Studies and I am very excited to try to make this class and subject fun and interesting." she said with her usual soft voice and smile. "For my returning students, I am sooo excited to see you and I can't wait to hear how your breaks went and for us to have more fun, and more goodies, through the year in our classes..." she said motioning towards the table. "And speaking of goodies, if you haven't grabbed any or you run out, feel free to get up at any time and grab some goodies...I'm all about food and snacks making lessons more interesting..." she finished up with a little wink at the students.

"This class' main focus is on the Muggle world and their practices and traditions and their daily lives. It is set up to help us better understand the Muggle world and to help us better meld into the Muggle world if we ever need to have interaction." she said everything very matter of fact with a smile on her face. "However, this class is not set up for us to make fun of the Muggles or to criticize the Muggles, so if you feel that you cannot handle yourself as a mature student in this class, then I suggest you go ahead and politely excuse yourself." yes that was the nice way of saying we weren't going to have Muggle bashing she thought with a little nod and a serious look/glare out at the students.

"Because this is a Muggle Studies class, we are going to utilize a few Muggle classroom ways while in the class." she flicked her wand and little bags started flying out to each of the students. "I would like to ask that while in this class that you refrain from using magic. I will use it occasionally to pass out things or take notes and such but I want to ask that you refrain from using it unless I specifically ask or you receive permission from me." the bags slowly landed beside each of the students. "Inside each of these bags you will find a few Muggle classroom items for you to utilize while in the class and while doing homework." she grabbed a bag hovering over her head and pulled the drawstring to open it. She slowly reached inside and pulled out each item slowly, "A notebook full of lined paper...this is what Muggles use to take notes and such in stead of parchment...so from this point on no parchment is allowed in this classroom or for use in homework. There should be plenty of paper in this notebook for you to use for the year." she reached in and pulled out a handful of long plastic items, "These are pens. I have put a red, black, blue, purple, green, and pink pen in each bag. We will not need quills in this class. These pens have plenty of ink within them to use for the term." she reached inside one more time, "And these are pencils. They are similar to the pens, however, on this end..." she said pointing towards the pink softy end, "is what's called an eraser and it will erase any errors that you make when you turn it over and rub your paper with that end..." she said with a little nod and then laid each of the items out on her desk at the front of the class.

She let the students examine the items for a few moments and then continued, "Okay let's get this lesson officially started..." she said excitedly as she turned towards the dry erase board and picked up a marker. As she spoke she wrote the first question on the board. "Other than magic, what traits or habits or ideas or events, etc. make Muggles different from us?" she wrote on the board before turning around. "Please remember to raise your hand before you answer and don't repeat answers already shared...also remember we are here to learn about Muggles not knock them down or criticize...any answers like this will result in loss of house points..." she said glancing out over the students' faces hoping that they were starting to understand how serious she was about the rudeness she had heard that often occurred in this class in the past.[/color]