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iBeJenn · 01-18-2013, 09:36 PM

SPOILER!!: professsoooooor

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Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie

N'aw, now wasn't that sort of adorable the way that Miss Sung was just standing there oogling at the stars above?! Perhaps he really should hold an informal stargazing session in the Tower Patch at some point. "Nice to see you again, Miss Sung," Airey said with a smile as the young Gryffindor entered the planetarium and took her seat. "Pebbles will be disappointed she didn't get to see you." Since he had left the poor thing in his office and all.
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"Good afternoon," he replied. Maybe he should have left the display overhead with an afternoon look instead of evening?

Pausing for a moment, Airey turned his attention towards a small sundial and checked the time. Not that it really mattered what the sundial read because they were all indoors without any sun and therefore rendering the piece of equipment useless.

Hmm...he should probably get things started, yes?

With a quick flick of his wand towards the doors, the Astronomy professor charmed them shut and then stood up on the elevated platform that the projector was on. Could everyone see him? Yes? Good.

"Hello and welcome to Astronomy! I am Airey Flamsteed and will be your professor this term." And hopefully future terms assuming the post wasn't cursed. "You may call me Professor Flamsteed or Professor Airey, whichever you prefer. Just a bit about me before we begin, and you should probably start taking notes. You will find a pull out desk surface on the right of your seat." He waited a moment to allow them all to do just that. "I was once a Hogwarts student myself, a Gryffindor in fact, and before coming to Hogwarts I worked at the mission operations directorate of NASA in Houston, Texas in America. I enjoy suits, science fiction, and... " He paused for a moment to add emphasis on what he was about to say next. There WAS a reason to his madness. We promise. "...singing." Pausing again, Airey jumped off the platform and began to walk around the circular area to make. "I know that standard procedure is to go over the definition of what astronomy is, but I trust you all to have already read about that in your textbook and if you have not, well, then please do so after class." He didn't want to waste any time on trivial things like that. Unless students were getting this noble subject mixed up with that rubbish that was Astrology. THEN there would be issues and THEN they would go over definitions.

But! Back to singing.

"Singing has been a favorite past time of mine since I was a Hogwarts student. Singing sad songs often has a way of healing. Happy songs help you channel your positive energies. Best of all is that anyone can sing, perhaps not well, but anyone can do it and there is a song for every situation." And he jumped back up on to the platform. "There are even songs that relate to Astronomy. Both directly and somewhat indirectly. Take for example the muggle childhood classic Twinkle Twinkle Little Star." He paused to clear his throat before singing the first two verses.

"Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are.
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky.

When the blazing sun is gone,
When he nothing shines upon,
Then you show your little light,
Twinkle, twinkle, all the night. "

Applause, yes?

"We see from these lyrics several connections to astronomy. The more obvious connection is the use of star. It is also connected in that it shows man's curiosity of the cosmos and even gives a little bit of scientific explanation as to when most stars are visible in the sky. Most because there was a very VERY big star, our sun, that is most visible during the day because the Earth is rotating around it. When our part of Earth faces it, the sun's blue light - the same light that makes the sky blue, mind you - is so bright that it makes all other stars appear to vanish. BUT ANYWAY! I want you all to take a moment to think about what songs you know that you think have a connection to astronomy. Muggle and wizarding music, it doesn't matter. No connection is too small! Please only share one song please. No need to go into too much detail as to why it connects to astronomy. You may sing a few verses as well if you wish. " In fact, he highly encouraged it. "Oh, and if you could please say your name before you answer I would appreciate it."

And for those students who were probably rolling their eyes at this exercise, the was a point to be made! A very valid point in fact. Yep.[/INDENT][/COLOR]

Oh. Pebbles. She would like to see the pet too. Maybe next time though? She just smiled and nodded, waiting for class r begin. And soon enough, it did. She watched as the professor stood up and started to take out her notebook and quill. Wait... no... des-- oh. She pulled it out and placed her notebook and quill on top of it. Melanie started to scribble in her notebook, listening to the professor speak as she did so. Did she have to take notes on what the professor liked and stuff? Melanie wrote it down anyways and immediately looked up, grin on her face when the professor said the word singing.

Melanie liked singing too.

She grinned, putting her quill down and started to listen to the professor a bit more intently, nodding along when the professor spoke about singing. She agreed with him one hundred percent. Melanie resisted the urge to sing along with the professor, opting to hum quietly to herself as he did so. Were they supposed to applaud afterwards? Melanie did it, unsure. Because it was always nice to her applause after performing. Melanie loved hearing it.

Melanie resumed scribbling in her notebook, listening to the other students sing and grinning as they all did so. Oh music, how she loved it so much. She tried to think about a song relating to space and the whatnot but nothing really came to mind and then it did. Stars. When the next person had finished singing Melanie decided it was her turn. Breathe. She could do this. "Hello~ My name is Melanie Sung, and I will be singing Like A Star by Corinne Bailey Rae..." Right. She needed to start singing now and not stare at the stars. She smiled and took another deep breath before singing one of her favorite songs.

"Just like a star across my sky,
Just like an angel off the page,
You have appeared to my life,
Feel like I'll never be the same,
Just like a song in my heart,
Just like oil on my hands,
Honour to love you..." [[ song is here sung by Melanie's model IU :3 ]]

Melanie grinned, face flushing slightly pink before she slid into her seat. She liked this class.

01-18-2013, 09:36 PM	#65 (permalink)
iBeJenn Hinkypunk Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: NYC Posts: 12,495 Hogwarts RPG Name: Maya Nam Slytherin Seventh Year x12 x2	SPOILER!!: professsoooooor Quote: Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie N'aw, now wasn't that sort of adorable the way that Miss Sung was just standing there oogling at the stars above?! Perhaps he really should hold an informal stargazing session in the Tower Patch at some point. "Nice to see you again, Miss Sung," Airey said with a smile as the young Gryffindor entered the planetarium and took her seat. "Pebbles will be disappointed she didn't get to see you." Since he had left the poor thing in his office and all. -- "Good afternoon," he replied. Maybe he should have left the display overhead with an afternoon look instead of evening? Pausing for a moment, Airey turned his attention towards a small sundial and checked the time. Not that it really mattered what the sundial read because they were all indoors without any sun and therefore rendering the piece of equipment useless. Hmm...he should probably get things started, yes? With a quick flick of his wand towards the doors, the Astronomy professor charmed them shut and then stood up on the elevated platform that the projector was on. Could everyone see him? Yes? Good. "Hello and welcome to Astronomy! I am Airey Flamsteed and will be your professor this term." And hopefully future terms assuming the post wasn't cursed. "You may call me Professor Flamsteed or Professor Airey, whichever you prefer. Just a bit about me before we begin, and you should probably start taking notes. You will find a pull out desk surface on the right of your seat." He waited a moment to allow them all to do just that. "I was once a Hogwarts student myself, a Gryffindor in fact, and before coming to Hogwarts I worked at the mission operations directorate of NASA in Houston, Texas in America. I enjoy suits, science fiction, and... " He paused for a moment to add emphasis on what he was about to say next. There WAS a reason to his madness. We promise. "...singing." Pausing again, Airey jumped off the platform and began to walk around the circular area to make. "I know that standard procedure is to go over the definition of what astronomy is, but I trust you all to have already read about that in your textbook and if you have not, well, then please do so after class." He didn't want to waste any time on trivial things like that. Unless students were getting this noble subject mixed up with that rubbish that was Astrology. THEN there would be issues and THEN they would go over definitions. But! Back to singing. "Singing has been a favorite past time of mine since I was a Hogwarts student. Singing sad songs often has a way of healing. Happy songs help you channel your positive energies. Best of all is that anyone can sing, perhaps not well, but anyone can do it and there is a song for every situation." And he jumped back up on to the platform. "*There are even songs that relate to Astronomy. Both directly and somewhat indirectly. Take for example the muggle childhood classic Twinkle Twinkle Little Star." He paused to clear his throat before singing the first two verses. "Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How I wonder what you are. Up above the world so high, Like a diamond in the sky. When the blazing sun is gone, When he nothing shines upon, Then you show your little light, Twinkle, twinkle, all the night. " Applause, yes? "We see from these lyrics several connections to astronomy. The more obvious connection is the use of star. It is also connected in that it shows man's curiosity of the cosmos and even gives a little bit of scientific explanation as to when most stars are visible in the sky. Most because there was a very VERY big star, our sun, that is most visible during the day because the Earth is rotating around it. When our part of Earth faces it, the sun's blue light - the same light that makes the sky blue, mind you - is so bright that it makes all other stars appear* to vanish. BUT ANYWAY! I want you all to take a moment to think about what songs you know that you think have a connection to astronomy. Muggle and wizarding music, it doesn't matter. No connection is too small! Please only share one song please. No need to go into too much detail as to why it connects to astronomy. You may sing a few verses as well if you wish. " In fact, he highly encouraged it. "Oh, and if you could please say your name before you answer I would appreciate it." And for those students who were probably rolling their eyes at this exercise, the was a point to be made! A very valid point in fact. Yep.[/INDENT][/COLOR] Oh. Pebbles. She would like to see the pet too. Maybe next time though? She just smiled and nodded, waiting for class r begin. And soon enough, it did. She watched as the professor stood up and started to take out her notebook and quill. Wait... no... des-- oh. She pulled it out and placed her notebook and quill on top of it. Melanie started to scribble in her notebook, listening to the professor speak as she did so. Did she have to take notes on what the professor liked and stuff? Melanie wrote it down anyways and immediately looked up, grin on her face when the professor said the word singing. Melanie liked singing too. She grinned, putting her quill down and started to listen to the professor a bit more intently, nodding along when the professor spoke about singing. She agreed with him one hundred percent. Melanie resisted the urge to sing along with the professor, opting to hum quietly to herself as he did so. Were they supposed to applaud afterwards? Melanie did it, unsure. Because it was always nice to her applause after performing. Melanie loved hearing it. Melanie resumed scribbling in her notebook, listening to the other students sing and grinning as they all did so. Oh music, how she loved it so much. She tried to think about a song relating to space and the whatnot but nothing really came to mind and then it did. Stars. When the next person had finished singing Melanie decided it was her turn. Breathe. She could do this. "Hello~ My name is Melanie Sung, and I will be singing Like A Star by Corinne Bailey Rae..." Right. She needed to start singing now and not stare at the stars. She smiled and took another deep breath before singing one of her favorite songs. "Just like a star across my sky, Just like an angel off the page, You have appeared to my life, Feel like I'll never be the same, Just like a song in my heart, Just like oil on my hands, Honour to love you..." [[ song is here sung by Melanie's model IU :3 ]] Melanie grinned, face flushing slightly pink before she slid into her seat. She liked this class. __________________ though we're strangers 'til now, we're choosing a *path* between the s t a r s________________._____________ ♡ ♡_______________________.__________________________ ____i'll leave my .l o v e. between the stars...