So this was also an assignment eh? Essay OR an alphabet list. What to do? Beezus began to crane her neck around as the Muggle Studies' Professor cued the start of their activity. Not that she was cheating or anything, but she wanted to know what most of her classmates did and well, stray from the majority. What could she say? She was feeling a bit more individualized today. Not the usual go with the flow scheme for her.
Letting her eyes do it's job, she noticed that quite a number went on with making the Alphabet list. So that meant she was going to do the essay. Parchment and quill on the ready, Beezus started to write.
SPOILER!!: Option 1
Character Name: Beatrice Castell
Year: Fourth
House: Ravenclaw
Member Number: 165494
The Nightingale Holiday. A special celebratory day in honor of the celebrated muggle social reformer and statistician, and the founder of modern nursing. In own preference, the holiday ought to be celebrated on May 12, granted it is the date of her birth. Her name came into prominence when she nursed after the wounded soldiers during the Crimean War. She was dubbed as the “Lady with the Lamp” because of her rounds every night at the soldier’s camp having only the aid of her lamp to determine her way.
She was a daughter of a prominent and well-respected, wealthy upper class family, attended a deaconess school in her Father’s wishes but because her parents prohibited and outlawed her from helping the sick, poor people in their countryside, she ran away from home and negotiated her way among common townspeople, readily getting rid of the notion of marriage and early child bearing which in their time was the calling for most women and therefore, what her parents wanted of her.
But as this heroine chose to serve others instead of fulfilling the life her parent’s had laid before her, she emerged as a selfless woman who’ve given her whole life for the betterment of other’s own. Hence, why she deserves the holiday. Even for a short while, for her deeds and achievements to be commemorated.
In this single day, girls will dispose themselves as the primary caregiver in the household and then at night, they’ll set of floating lamps in the sky after a short get together with friends and families. On the other hand, boys will wear a white ribbon on their wrists this whole day, symbolizing the purity of their hearts and intentions towards women and also for self-perception of respect for themselves and others. Mothers should be appreciated greatly in this one-day affair too, given that in real life, they are our nurses, the persons who have been our confidante and love-giver ever since we came forth from their wombs.
There isn’t need for extravagance during this holiday. After all, simplicity is beauty. White would be the input and output of this holiday. A small dinner with the family and the significant women in your lives would be enough. Just to let them know how thankful you are for the things they’ve done in your benefit and simply, for their existence. What’s more important here is that we remember, treasure, appreciate, and share.