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Wandering back over to her desk, Issy turned and scanned the room. "That is a good segue into my next question for you all. If it WERE possible to do all the things the exceptions say we can't, would you? If our magical abilities could be honed to a level in which we could produce real money, real love, real life excetera- should the wizarding community do so? Would you get rid of any of these exceptions if you had the chance?" Or would their morals get the better of them.
Well, duh.
That'd be a big, fat NO. Normally, Sierra would be all about some PERSONAL POWER, but hello?! Voldemort anyone?! That man was practically gray by the time Potter finally did away with him. Gross.
Sometimes, even personal power had a limit, and it began with prolonging life.
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MeredithRodneyMckay "I'm so glad that you've all put so much thought into the question. The truth is, there are pros and cons, an argument for and against, for all these exceptions. Yes, it would be nice to be able to conjure food to feed the starving - but doing so would also mean people that sold food would lose their jobs because they'd no longer be needed. Having money on tap, while a nice thought, would mean the economy would suffer. And love and life are so complex that happiness at being with someone, or having them back, wouldn't necessarily last."
Flicking her wand at the board, Isabelle erased the first lot of writing, and re-wrote the second part. Leaving enough space for the kids to write their names etc.
"Thank you all for your input in that discussion, I hope you all got something from it. Information on the reasons why they're exceptions at the very least. But now I'd like to move on to another discussion, a more light hearted one I hope."
Isabelle didn't move from her seated position on her desk, instead she just pointed at the board using her wand as a guide. "What I'd like you all to do is come up here and fill in the information I've asked for - with just a one word, or one sentence reason please. Then we can expand on it all in a jiffy."
OOC: Sarah, I wasn't sure if we could still add to the list, so I didn't do the whole quote thing. This is Sierra's addition, though. 
Back in her seat, Sierra glanced toward the board and reread her addition. It read:
Name: Sierra Greingoth Favourite Spell: Aparecium Reason: I like the mystery behind it. It's sort of like opening a present, even though the present, once opened, may not be pleasing to you. Text Cut: MeredithRodneyMcKay
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MeredithRodneyMckay Isabelle continued to sit on her desk, legs swinging every so often as another child came up to the front and wrote on the board. She gave each one a smile and leant forward a bit to see what they had written. Some interesting answers, certainly. Although she was a little concerned about the people who'd written 'lazy'.
"Very good everyone, thank you," Issy finally said, hopping down and walking over to the board herself. "Now, I notice that not all of these are Transfiguration spells," which is what she'd been hoping for, considering the lesson. Maybe she should have made it clear. Anyway, onwards. "So, due to that fact - who can tell me which ones ARE considered Transfiguration?"
"Well, all the ones that mention color changing are considered Transfiguration spells," she said, raising her hand.
"Ristaris, for example, because it can change a person's hair color just by the wave of a wand." She read through the list again, mentally eliminating the ones she knew weren't Transfiguration spells. She tried to come up with a second one, but this whole Transfiguration versus Charms differentiation had always been hard for her. Sometimes it just seemed like things changed when they really hadn't changed at all--they'd just appeared out of nowhere.