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emjay · 10-22-2014, 04:36 PM

SPOILER!!: answers

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Originally Posted by Holmesian Feline

Benny listened to the first question posed to the class and eagerly raised his hand to answer. "There are creatures marked XXXXX, the highest level which means extremely dangerous and known to kill wizards and something only experienced wizards should handle."

Nessa’s beamy smile fell just a bit as she called on Benjamin. Wait.. didn’t she just ask the class to not give her the rating classifications that told how dangerous a creature was? ”Yes, there are..” she began slowly. ”But that’s not what we are looking for today.” She did not want to be discouraging though because he was technically right and she did appreciate the attempt. It was just that they were on a slightly different topic, but she still gave the boy an encouraging smile.

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Originally Posted by DaniDiNardo

Lex raised her hand, happy enough to give a response to the NORMAL Professor.

"There's the classification 'X' which means 'boring' and you can already guess why if you knew the types of creatures with that rating." Flobberworms and the like, they...didn't do much....

Was it just her or did the head girl look visibly relieved.. or maybe just happy to be there? Nessa determined it was the latter and she gave Alexa a big smile which soon turned a bit thoughtful. Maybe she hadn’t been clear enough? Nessa wasn’t sure how to be any more clear to say this and not that, but it seemed not everyone understood. She’d have to clear that up quickly. “Yes, that’s probably true,” she said brightly, chuckling a bit at the girl’s humor. “But we’re going to be talking about a different type of classification today actually..”

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Originally Posted by kayquilz

So...Professor Glendower seemed normal EXCEPT for the outfit. Hmph. She wondered if she was just dressed like this for LULZ? At least she wasn't trying to be like...a wicked witch or something. THank MERLIN. This made Eden feel a loooot better and she even sent the professor a wave...right...oops. Eden still wasn't used to this...greeting the professors thing. And it was more than halfway through the year.

But honestly, Eden had no idea what she meant. If she wasn't talking about..how dangerous a creature was, then what WAS she talking about? The first few answers confused here--weren't those the classifications Professor Glendower didn't want?

Confusion.

She flipped open her notebook and wrote the date at the top, wondering who else would answer..because Eden wouldn't..nope...she just...listened and paid close attention. But she was HERE, wasn't she?! Heh.

Nessa’s brown eyes caught a movement and she looked over to see Eden giving her a wave. Smiling widely, she gave her a happy little wave back then waited a moment to see if she had a contribution to the discussion. No? Well, note taking was always good as long as she was writing what they were actually meaning to be talking about today.

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Originally Posted by Felixir

Notes, Toby did his best to take notes, and as it was early in the class, things looked promising. By the time Glendower finished talking, Toby was still writing, and that gave him extra time to try and think up an answer to give. Eventually he looked up and raised his hand.

"There's, uhh... 'Beings'," he offered. "Which I think are like... creatures classed as smart enough to understand and have a say in laws and stuff." He had an inkling of what creatures might be in that category, but juuuuust in case he was all wrong in his answer, decided to leave it at that.

One could not miss the relieved look of gratitude on Professor Glendower’s face upon hearing this Hufflepuff’s answer. Maybe she had been clear enough after all. “Yes! Exactly, Toby.. thank you.” She beamed at the boy then flicked her wand at the board to begin a list. “Beings is one of the classifications and the creatures that fall under this heading need to have enough cognizant comprehension that they are given an input in things like laws.” Thank you for paying attention, Toby!

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Originally Posted by SilverTiger

She still raised her hand, however. “Professor, there’s the ‘beast’ classification. That’s like dragons and stuff that can’t speak to us. They can’t ask for laws and stuff.” Since the older Hufflepuff had talked about having a say in laws and everything. It wouldn’t hurt to sort of piggyback off his answer, provided it was right.

And good, they seemed to be back on the right track again. Nessa smiled approvingly at Brooklyn and gave her a nod upon hearing her answer. “Correct. Another classification would be Beasts.” Wand flick at the board. “These are typically what we would think of as animals in the wizarding world. Dragons are one, yes.. mostly ones that can’t speak, but there are some that fall under this category that can speak. But no say in laws..” Good contribution to the discussion.

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Originally Posted by Harry174

Angel looked at the Professor as she said why not... now this was hard she didn't want to get into trouble but the Professor had just started her mind going again about that night in the dorm. "Let's just say people you think would be there to protect you aren't always there." Angel pouted. "Someone I thought the world off decided to be mean and decided they would do something horrible." Angel was starting to get annoyed now... she was sure the Professor was wishing she hadn't asked. "And yes I'm Angel." Angel said truthfully. "But can we please not mention a certain person?" Angel didn't want to talk about her sister she was still fuming about the whole thing.

Angel raised her hand and answered the question even though she was still very much annoyed. "How about they rate the beast they don't understand high and those they do low." Angel thought the whole system was biased and she wasn't that bothered the Professor had made her grumpy by asking that question and her eyes kept wandering to her sister... she wasn't going to do anything today was she?

Uhh… what? Professor Glendower fixed who she now knew for certain to be Angel with a curious look. She really did not know what she was on about, but it seemed a bit concerning. Not that right now was the time for it. “I see..” she began, not wanting to delve too far into it right now, but that didn’t mean she couldn’t talk to her if she wanted to later. “I’m sure this is a discussion for another time, but my office door is always welcome if you feel the need to talk to someone,” she added kindly. That was part of her job, to mentor as well.

Moving on.. Did she have an answer to her question? It appeared that Angel fell into the group that did not seem to understand her question. She did not want the rating of mild to dangerous beasts. “I suppose that’s possible,” she began with a soft smile. “But we won’t be discussing that today.” Perhaps she could ask Professor Thompson.

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Originally Posted by Hera

Weird. Magical Creatures was for MAGICAL CREATURES... not History. Sheeeessshhh... but still, this was something he knew a little about. Raising his hand, Zeke offered his insight. "The rating XX means that the creature is harmless and can become a pet." Yep. That's what it was.

Trying to keep her pleasant smile, Nessa raised an eyebrow as Zeke offered his answer. At this point, she wasn’t sure if half the class was trying to play a joke on her or what, but she had been certain that she asked them to not recite the ratings of beasts. But she told herself that she had the patience of a saint and she kept her reassuring smile as she shook her head. “I suppose it does, but that sort of thing is Professor Thompson’s expertise. We are interested in the official classification of all wizarding creatures not the rating system today.” She pointed up at the list on the board that she had started given a few of the other answers.

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Originally Posted by Daydreamer11

As the first question was posed, Jasmine raised her hand to respond. "Spirit is one of the classifications that the Ministry uses. That would include ghosts, poltergeists and things of that nature." As more answers were given, Jasmine copied the information into her notebook. Maybe this class would be OK after all.

Nessa nodded at Jasmine to call on her, seeing that her hand was raised and she beamed happily at her answer. Yes, just what she was looking for! “Correct.. Spirit is also one and those creatures would fall under that heading.” Wand flick at the board added a few more notes.

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Originally Posted by Edward Penguin

Ian heard someone speak about bed and he latched on to that. Beings include humans, veelas and the like. He scribbled here and there as other answers were given.

Nessa smiled at Ian as he offered his answer as well. “Yes, very good..” She added a couple more notes onto the board with her wand, nodding approvingly to him as he scribbled down his own notes

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Originally Posted by SpiritWolfe Malfoy

Hearing the first question of class she began jotting down notes on her parchment even as she raised her hand to answer it. "Professor isn't there a section for those that do not have a set classification? Like Dementors and house-elves." Hadleigh asked as she gave her answer. She had remembered reading about this over the summer and asking her father questions on it. Maybe this was a question for the CoMC Professor but since Professor Glendower was asking she thought it was alright to answer.

Nessa called on Hadleigh, then gave her a mysterious sort of smile. “Well..” she began, “House-elves do fall under the Beings category.. but where would Dementors fit? We may get to that in just a bit..” Smiling, she added house-elves to the board as well.

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Originally Posted by PhoenixStar

Oh, so Adi noticed that something was off with her. She could tell even if he didn't comment on it. Then Angel started whining about how bad her day was. AJ's eyes rolled HARD to the back of her head. "Maybe SOME people shouldn't start fights they can't finish." Just saying! AJ never looked in the direction of her sister, and she didn't feel bad about ruining her hair. Leave it to Angel to whine to a professor. If her sister went and snitched on her, her hair would end up being the least on her concerns.

What was the question again? AJ was mad all over again, and the anger was over powering everything else. Something about creatures and their classifications. Her hand was in the air. "The ministry pretty much just chooses what they think are cool animals versus lame animals, and they label them." Which was kind of rude actually. What if she went around labeling the students like that? Angel would be a big fat lame-o label right about now.

What… was this? Nessa gave Aubrey a look, then shifted her eyes to Angel. Some sort of sisterly row she supposed, but they didn’t need to get into it right now. She chose to ignore it for now as nothing seemed to far out of hand, instead deciding to focus on the girl’s answer. “I guess that’s one way to look at it. The rating system anyway.. but that is not what we’re looking for today..” She supposed she could understand why some people were getting confused as the two systems had such similar names, but she did ask them to not give her that one.

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Originally Posted by Expecto-Penguin

Kace smiled as the Professor greeted him. He always loved coming to this class. As the lesson was starting to progress he heard the first question. He heard the previous students answers and thought about what did he know about the Magical Creatures department. He remembered his cousin's girlfriend talking about it. He remembered hearing about the Pest division. He raised his hand to give his input.

"Professor I know there is a division dealing with Pests. They can deal with chizpurfles and serious Bundimun infestations." That is all he knew about that division.

Umm.. Nessa smiled faintly, mostly because she always tried to be encouraging and didn’t want to tell students they were wrong. And, while Kace was technically correct in what he said, he was a little off base. “Yes, I would imagine..” she started. And though she’d expect the Ministry to have that, she didn’t really know for sure. “But we are getting a little off-topic. We aren’t too worried about pests, just with the three main classifications.”

SPOILER!!: dueling sisters and Adi

Nessa gave an unimpressed look between Angel and Aubrey. While she did love the performing arts, could just one of her classes be drama-free? In the real life drama sense of the word at least. She didn’t mind drama if the lesson called for it as it sometimes did, but this was not what she had bargained for. And she could tell that the girls had some sort of row that needed to be worked out elsewhere. “That’s enough, girls,” she said kindly but firmly. “If there is an issue that I can help you two work out then please see me after class, otherwise let’s conduct ourselves properly please.” She gave a smile to Adi as he gave a similar reminder to one of the girls. “Thank you, Prefect Rehman.” While she could handle anything serious, it was nice to see the prefects taking responsibility even if he wasn’t their prefect per se.

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Originally Posted by Sararara

Norah smiled back at the professor. Smiley professors were the best kinds, uh huh. Oooh creatures! The second year bounced a little in her seat. Maybe they could go outside! Professors that let you go outside were definitely the second best kinds. She didn't know much about classification of creatures, but she put her hand up anyway. It wasn't like smiley professor was gonna yell at her or anything. "They say something about X's, right? I always thought X's were kisses but the more X's they give a creature means it's more dangerous. I guess that makes sense 'cause kisses are dangerous too, if they're with a boy who has cooties." Putting her hand back down again, the Hufflepuff grinned at Professor Glendower. That was totally the best answer. Yep, on point.

Oh dear. Nessa still smiled at the girl though she was taken aback a bit by her answer. Cooties.. really? That seemed like something a five year old would be concerned with, not necessarily a nearly teenage girl, but ok. “Oh, we’re not talking about the one with the X’s, no..” Whether they were kisses, or cooties, or ranking of danger. “So it’s nothing we need to be worried about anyway,” she answered brightly.. sort of.

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Originally Posted by hermionesclone

ANYWAYS. Question about classification? And not the ones that said how dangerous a creature was? Okay. Once he had wrapped his head around that and actually managed to come up with a good enough answer, Grayson raised his hand in the air. "Wasn't there some sort of big fight among creatures about what classification they should be?" he started, "Like the Merpeople. THEY would have been classified as Beings but they didn't want to share the status with Hags. Probably 'cause they didn't like them." Nobody did. "So Merpeople are classified as Beasts."

Oh she was always so pleased when students not only understood what they were meaning to be discussing but also delved a bit deeper than just the basic facts. “Why, yes, that’s correct!” she said a bit enthusiastically, quite happy with Greyson’s answer. “There have been ongoing disputes about exactly where certain creatures fit within the classification system. We’ll be discussing that as well.” Good job.

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Originally Posted by Grrr..Meow

He was so glad that the Professor hand't noticed that he was sleeping at his desk…. hearing the talking is what had woken him up and they were talking about classifications he thought so he lifted his head slowly to not attract attention and took out his quill and started to make notes.. he had to look like he was doing something and for sure the next question he would try to answer, now he just needed to wake up a little bit…… "hold back that yawn bay!!" he told himself as his face was contorted weird.

Brown eyes swept over Bay as she surveyed the classroom and she gave him an approving smile. She had not noticed that he had fallen asleep or might have been concerned.. but she did see what appeared to be note taking and that was productive.

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Originally Posted by Lissy Longbottom

Everyone was rattling off the Ministry danger classifications or whatever...but Caleb knew that wasn't what she was asking for. He tapped his fingers on his desk as he thought before raising his hand. "Isn't there something like...being of human intelligence or something like that? Which would include centaurs and merpeople, who have their own language and can communicate with humans and are just as smart as humans, but are considered 'beings' or something of the like..." he explained. He was doing a rubbish job of explaining it...but he got his point across, he was pretty sure...

Nessa gave Caleb an encouraging smile at his answer. He was pretty much on target. “Yes, typically beings are classified as those with more advanced intelligence.. though centaurs are not classified as beings. Any guess as to why?” Though they would likely get to that explanation a bit later.

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Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow

As for HER answer, the little Ravenclaw took a few minutes to think before raising her hand. "The definition of the classification Being had to undergo several changes before it became the one we use today. I believe that Stump guy is the one that is credited with the current definition."

Nessa beamed brightly at the young Ravenclaw as she was the next to provide an informative answer. “Why, yes, Grogan Stump was the Minister for Magic that helped to shape our current classification system.. very good.” She sent that information to the board with a flick of her wand.

“Just out of curiosity,” she said, addressing the whole class. “Did anyone have Grogan Stump as their Wizarding card during our lesson on those?” She couldn’t quite remember, but she didn’t always have the best memory.

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Originally Posted by Compootor

"If I've understood the question correctly, Professor, you're referring to the three classifications of magical creatures: Spirits, Beasts and... Beings I think was the third one?" He spoke slowly and calmly, making every attempt to obscure how uncertain he was about his answer.

Nodding towards Andrew to call on him, she listened to his answer before nodding in the affirmative. “Yes, that’s exactly what I am referring to,” she smiled. “The three official classifications given by the Ministry are Spirits, Beasts, and Beings.” Did everyone hear that? That was what she needed and it was up on the board now anyway. Now, perhaps they could add a few more creatures to the lists.

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Originally Posted by Squishy

All the answers she could give we're already being said by others, so Lux didn't really see the point in raising her hand. Instead she took out her notebook and began writing down what was being said.

Still looking around the classroom for anyone else who might have an answer, brown eyes fell on a silent Lux. At least she was taking notes. Hopefully she was taking notes on the relevant answers though.

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Originally Posted by ArianaBlack

Zander raised his hand to answer, but then promptly lowered it when someone else went to mention the X's. That someone else who was talking about how X's meant kisses and how kisses meant cooties? Did all boy's have cooties? 'Cause..... He kissed, ahem, someone on the train and.... He didn't give her cooties did he? That would be bad. Did she know? Did she know that some boys have cooties, but then she kissed him anyways!?

And another silent student.. though Nessa thought she saw Zander’s hand in the air. No..? She watched him for a moment to give him a chance to answer then moved on to the rest of the classroom. Perhaps she had gotten all the answers she was going to.

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Originally Posted by Mad Eye Touz

"OH yeah, yeah just like they said Professor. ME PERSONALLY, I like the beasts. They can talk and junk, but also eat your face with gravy. I mean, that's something." It really was. "Like TROLLS and WEREWOLVES. Man. So cool. Werewolves got a whole department thing in the Ministry." Yep.

Well, that was more like the attitude that she had come to expect from Zahra. Nessa smiled widely at the enthusiastic girl as she provided her creative answer. “Some do talk.. some I am sure could eat one’s face with gravy..” That was certainly one way to put it. “Werewolves are considered beasts only part of the time though, but yes I believe they do have their own little section at the Ministry. We may talk a little more about them as well.”

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Originally Posted by Bazinga

Oooh and it was time to get started, gosh she loved Nessa's hair! It was so long, maybe she should charm her own to be that long for the fun of it. She wondered if someone might like it long or even shorter. Hmm shorter might be fun. Her mind drifted to these things until students started answering a question. Whoops, what was the question? The Divination Professor listened trying to catch up.

As she was looking for anyone else to answer, her eyes fell on her best friend who appeared to be deep in thought and she couldn’t help but to smile. She did hope she knew that she was allowed to answer the questions too, though Nessa was sure that she was allowing the students to have a chance. But another’s perspective was almost always a good thing and she was sure Cassie’s thoughts would only be a positive contribution.

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Originally Posted by Cassirin

Beasties, yeah? And ghosts. And spiders. No.... no one said anything about spiders. Dot propped up on one elbow and then on two as she considered the question. "What about magic ones and... not magic ones?"

Nessa gave the young Slytherin an encouraging smile before answering. “Well, today we are more focused on magical ones.” Though that would be a way to classify creatures in general she supposed.

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Originally Posted by Optimist

Puck grinned at Professor Glendower, “nice hair Professor” she quietly complimented and then returned her attention to the class at hand still in her fairy gear. Her face as straight and prim as ever she just felt the laughter bubbling through her mind and body as she tried not to laugh. “The creatures that are no problem to competent wizards are given an X-X-X rating.” She piped up and glanced around daring ANYONE to comment.

Nessa smiled widely at the girl’s compliment, then listened to her answer. It seemed she fell in with the slightly confused group of the class. “I suppose that is likely true.. but we aren’t talking about the rating system, instead we are discussing the official classification of beings, beasts, and spirits.” She pointed at the information they had begun to compile on the board.

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Originally Posted by Tegz

All the answers were probably said already right? Ruby hadn't really been paying attention. She was lost in her own world, chewing on her quill, zoning out. Basically quiet Ruby was quiet.

How odd.

No answer? Nessa looked over at Ruby who was obviously deep in thought over the contributions of her classmates. It was probably best to get moving with the rest of the lesson anyway.

Nessa took a deep breath before addressing the entire class. It seemed some were very confused given some of the answers she had gotten even after specifically asking that they not give her those. “Alright, class, as you can see from the board,” she began, gesturing to the information written there. “There are three official classifications given to magical creatures – Beings, Beasts, and Spirits. And we are talking magical creatures in the most general of terms. That includes people too. We are not talking about the rating system that the Ministry gives to what we consider to be animals as this is not Care of Magical Creatures class.” She supposed it needed repeating so hopefully everyone was paying attention this time and perhaps the visual aid of the board would otherwise help them to grasp the concept.

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Originally Posted by blackboard!!!

Beings – intelligence, cognizant comprehension, input in shaping magical laws

Wizards/Witches
Veela
House-Elves

Beasts – some have speech but most don’t, can be vicious or savage, no input in magical laws

Dragons
Trolls
Werewolves (during transformation)
Merpeople

Spirits

Ghosts
Poltergeists

Grogan Stump - Minister for Magic credited with instating current classification system and definitions

Nessa pointed to the board as she continued. “Now here is a list of what we have come up with so far. This is very incomplete and I’m sure that we can come up with a little more to fill this in.. so what other creatures would fit under these headings? What are the traits of each of the classifications or how are they determined? What defines beast, being, or spirit? And start to think of why these classifications are in place.. What reasons would we need this organization of creatures?”

OOC – Please provide an answer to one or more of the questions Professor Glendower has posed to the class (specifically the last paragraph) about Being, Beast, or Spirit classification. Please remember that it is not about the X rating system the Ministry assigns to Magical Creatures.

10-22-2014, 04:36 PM	#60 (permalink)
emjay Pygmy Puff Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: working Posts: 18,281 Hogwarts RPG Name: Phoenix Marchbanks Ravenclaw Fourth Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Wiley Whittebrook Hufflepuff Second Year x12 x5	Unforgivably Cursed \| adultescent SPOILER!!: answers Quote: Originally Posted by Holmesian Feline Benny listened to the first question posed to the class and eagerly raised his hand to answer. "There are creatures marked XXXXX, the highest level which means extremely dangerous and known to kill wizards and something only experienced wizards should handle." Nessa’s beamy smile fell just a bit as she called on Benjamin. Wait.. didn’t she just ask the class to not give her the rating classifications that told how dangerous a creature was? ”Yes, there are..” she began slowly. ”But that’s not what we are looking for today.” She did not want to be discouraging though because he was technically right and she did appreciate the attempt. It was just that they were on a slightly different topic, but she still gave the boy an encouraging smile. Quote: Originally Posted by DaniDiNardo Lex raised her hand, happy enough to give a response to the NORMAL Professor. "There's the classification 'X' which means 'boring' and you can already guess why if you knew the types of creatures with that rating." Flobberworms and the like, they...didn't do much.... Was it just her or did the head girl look visibly relieved.. or maybe just happy to be there? Nessa determined it was the latter and she gave Alexa a big smile which soon turned a bit thoughtful. Maybe she hadn’t been clear enough? Nessa wasn’t sure how to be any more clear to say this and not that, but it seemed not everyone understood. She’d have to clear that up quickly. “Yes, that’s probably true,” she said brightly, chuckling a bit at the girl’s humor. “But we’re going to be talking about a different type of classification today actually..” Quote: Originally Posted by kayquilz So...Professor Glendower seemed normal EXCEPT for the outfit. Hmph. She wondered if she was just dressed like this for LULZ? At least she wasn't trying to be like...a wicked witch or something. THank MERLIN. This made Eden feel a loooot better and she even sent the professor a wave...right...oops. Eden still wasn't used to this...greeting the professors thing. And it was more than halfway through the year. But honestly, Eden had no idea what she meant. If she wasn't talking about..how dangerous a creature was, then what WAS she talking about? The first few answers confused here--weren't those the classifications Professor Glendower didn't want? Confusion. She flipped open her notebook and wrote the date at the top, wondering who else would answer..because Eden wouldn't..nope...she just...listened and paid close attention. But she was HERE, wasn't she?! Heh. Nessa’s brown eyes caught a movement and she looked over to see Eden giving her a wave. Smiling widely, she gave her a happy little wave back then waited a moment to see if she had a contribution to the discussion. No? Well, note taking was always good as long as she was writing what they were actually meaning to be talking about today. Quote: Originally Posted by Felixir Notes, Toby did his best to take notes, and as it was early in the class, things looked promising. By the time Glendower finished talking, Toby was still writing, and that gave him extra time to try and think up an answer to give. Eventually he looked up and raised his hand. "There's, uhh... 'Beings'," he offered. "Which I think are like... creatures classed as smart enough to understand and have a say in laws and stuff." He had an inkling of what creatures might be in that category, but juuuuust in case he was all wrong in his answer, decided to leave it at that. One could not miss the relieved look of gratitude on Professor Glendower’s face upon hearing this Hufflepuff’s answer. Maybe she had been clear enough after all. “Yes! Exactly, Toby.. thank you.” She beamed at the boy then flicked her wand at the board to begin a list. “Beings is one of the classifications and the creatures that fall under this heading need to have enough cognizant comprehension that they are given an input in things like laws.” Thank you for paying attention, Toby! Quote: Originally Posted by SilverTiger She still raised her hand, however. “Professor, there’s the ‘beast’ classification. That’s like dragons and stuff that can’t speak to us. They can’t ask for laws and stuff.” Since the older Hufflepuff had talked about having a say in laws and everything. It wouldn’t hurt to sort of piggyback off his answer, provided it was right. And good, they seemed to be back on the right track again. Nessa smiled approvingly at Brooklyn and gave her a nod upon hearing her answer. “Correct. Another classification would be Beasts.” Wand flick at the board. “These are typically what we would think of as animals in the wizarding world. Dragons are one, yes.. mostly ones that can’t speak, but there are some that fall under this category that can speak. But no say in laws..” Good contribution to the discussion. Quote: Originally Posted by Harry174 Angel looked at the Professor as she said why not... now this was hard she didn't want to get into trouble but the Professor had just started her mind going again about that night in the dorm. "Let's just say people you think would be there to protect you aren't always there." Angel pouted. "Someone I thought the world off decided to be mean and decided they would do something horrible." Angel was starting to get annoyed now... she was sure the Professor was wishing she hadn't asked. "And yes I'm Angel." Angel said truthfully. "But can we please not mention a certain person?" Angel didn't want to talk about her sister she was still fuming about the whole thing. Angel raised her hand and answered the question even though she was still very much annoyed. "How about they rate the beast they don't understand high and those they do low." Angel thought the whole system was biased and she wasn't that bothered the Professor had made her grumpy by asking that question and her eyes kept wandering to her sister... she wasn't going to do anything today was she? Uhh… what? Professor Glendower fixed who she now knew for certain to be Angel with a curious look. She really did not know what she was on about, but it seemed a bit concerning. Not that right now was the time for it. “I see..” she began, not wanting to delve too far into it right now, but that didn’t mean she couldn’t talk to her if she wanted to later. “I’m sure this is a discussion for another time, but my office door is always welcome if you feel the need to talk to someone,” she added kindly. That was part of her job, to mentor as well. Moving on.. Did she have an answer to her question? It appeared that Angel fell into the group that did not seem to understand her question. She did not want the rating of mild to dangerous beasts. “I suppose that’s possible,” she began with a soft smile. “But we won’t be discussing that today.” Perhaps she could ask Professor Thompson. Quote: Originally Posted by Hera Weird. Magical Creatures was for MAGICAL CREATURES... not History. Sheeeessshhh... but still, this was something he knew a little about. Raising his hand, Zeke offered his insight. "The rating XX means that the creature is harmless and can become a pet." Yep. That's what it was. Trying to keep her pleasant smile, Nessa raised an eyebrow as Zeke offered his answer. At this point, she wasn’t sure if half the class was trying to play a joke on her or what, but she had been certain that she asked them to not recite the ratings of beasts. But she told herself that she had the patience of a saint and she kept her reassuring smile as she shook her head. “I suppose it does, but that sort of thing is Professor Thompson’s expertise. We are interested in the official classification of all wizarding creatures not the rating system today.” She pointed up at the list on the board that she had started given a few of the other answers. Quote: Originally Posted by Daydreamer11 As the first question was posed, Jasmine raised her hand to respond. "Spirit is one of the classifications that the Ministry uses. That would include ghosts, poltergeists and things of that nature." As more answers were given, Jasmine copied the information into her notebook. Maybe this class would be OK after all. Nessa nodded at Jasmine to call on her, seeing that her hand was raised and she beamed happily at her answer. Yes, just what she was looking for! “Correct.. Spirit is also one and those creatures would fall under that heading.” Wand flick at the board added a few more notes. Quote: Originally Posted by Edward Penguin Ian heard someone speak about bed and he latched on to that. Beings include humans, veelas and the like. He scribbled here and there as other answers were given. Nessa smiled at Ian as he offered his answer as well. “Yes, very good..” She added a couple more notes onto the board with her wand, nodding approvingly to him as he scribbled down his own notes Quote: Originally Posted by SpiritWolfe Malfoy Hearing the first question of class she began jotting down notes on her parchment even as she raised her hand to answer it. "Professor isn't there a section for those that do not have a set classification? Like Dementors and house-elves." Hadleigh asked as she gave her answer. She had remembered reading about this over the summer and asking her father questions on it. Maybe this was a question for the CoMC Professor but since Professor Glendower was asking she thought it was alright to answer. Nessa called on Hadleigh, then gave her a mysterious sort of smile. “Well..” she began, “House-elves do fall under the Beings category.. but where would Dementors fit? We may get to that in just a bit..” Smiling, she added house-elves to the board as well. Quote: Originally Posted by PhoenixStar Oh, so Adi noticed that something was off with her. She could tell even if he didn't comment on it. Then Angel started whining about how bad her day was. AJ's eyes rolled HARD to the back of her head. "Maybe SOME people shouldn't start fights they can't finish." Just saying! AJ never looked in the direction of her sister, and she didn't feel bad about ruining her hair. Leave it to Angel to whine to a professor. If her sister went and snitched on her, her hair would end up being the least on her concerns. What was the question again? AJ was mad all over again, and the anger was over powering everything else. Something about creatures and their classifications. Her hand was in the air. "The ministry pretty much just chooses what they think are cool animals versus lame animals, and they label them." Which was kind of rude actually. What if she went around labeling the students like that? Angel would be a big fat lame-o label right about now. What… was this? Nessa gave Aubrey a look, then shifted her eyes to Angel. Some sort of sisterly row she supposed, but they didn’t need to get into it right now. She chose to ignore it for now as nothing seemed to far out of hand, instead deciding to focus on the girl’s answer. “I guess that’s one way to look at it. The rating system anyway.. but that is not what we’re looking for today..” She supposed she could understand why some people were getting confused as the two systems had such similar names, but she did ask them to not give her that one. Quote: Originally Posted by Expecto-Penguin Kace smiled as the Professor greeted him. He always loved coming to this class. As the lesson was starting to progress he heard the first question. He heard the previous students answers and thought about what did he know about the Magical Creatures department. He remembered his cousin's girlfriend talking about it. He remembered hearing about the Pest division. He raised his hand to give his input. "Professor I know there is a division dealing with Pests. They can deal with chizpurfles and serious Bundimun infestations." That is all he knew about that division. Umm.. Nessa smiled faintly, mostly because she always tried to be encouraging and didn’t want to tell students they were wrong. And, while Kace was technically correct in what he said, he was a little off base. “Yes, I would imagine..” she started. And though she’d expect the Ministry to have that, she didn’t really know for sure. “But we are getting a little off-topic. We aren’t too worried about pests, just with the three main classifications.” SPOILER!!: dueling sisters and Adi Quote: Originally Posted by Harry174 "Some People can finish stuff." Angel replied to her sister. "But they care about some other people so much they can't bring themselves around to do anything bad and so they leave." Angel rolled her eyes, she had been looking straight towards the Professor and had been trying to stay away from looking at her sister. Quote: Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19 At least Glendower had her usual bright smile. Maybe things weren't so bad...but she was green. That was a bad thing. Right? Aha. So something was up between those two sisters. Adi's eyes flicked from AJ to Angel. Did AJ do that to Angel's hair? He could see her doing it, all right. Annnnd she was getting fired up again. Adi put a hand on her upper arm and squeezed gently. "You're in class,'' he reminded her. Whatever was going on between the two, they could fix it later. Magical Creatures? Adi perked up. Anything with Magical creatures was going to get his full attention. Hand up immediately, he answered, "They can be classified as Beings, Beasts and Spirits, Professor.'' Nessa gave an unimpressed look between Angel and Aubrey. While she did love the performing arts, could just one of her classes be drama-free? In the real life drama sense of the word at least. She didn’t mind drama if the lesson called for it as it sometimes did, but this was not what she had bargained for. And she could tell that the girls had some sort of row that needed to be worked out elsewhere. “That’s enough, girls,” she said kindly but firmly. “If there is an issue that I can help you two work out then please see me after class, otherwise let’s conduct ourselves properly please.” She gave a smile to Adi as he gave a similar reminder to one of the girls. “Thank you, Prefect Rehman.” While she could handle anything serious, it was nice to see the prefects taking responsibility even if he wasn’t their prefect per se. Quote: Originally Posted by Sararara Norah smiled back at the professor. Smiley professors were the best kinds, uh huh. Oooh creatures! The second year bounced a little in her seat. Maybe they could go outside! Professors that let you go outside were definitely the second best kinds. She didn't know much about classification of creatures, but she put her hand up anyway. It wasn't like smiley professor was gonna yell at her or anything. "They say something about X's, right? I always thought X's were kisses but the more X's they give a creature means it's more dangerous. I guess that makes sense 'cause kisses are dangerous too, if they're with a boy who has cooties." Putting her hand back down again, the Hufflepuff grinned at Professor Glendower. That was totally the best answer. Yep, on point. Oh dear. Nessa still smiled at the girl though she was taken aback a bit by her answer. Cooties.. really? That seemed like something a five year old would be concerned with, not necessarily a nearly teenage girl, but ok. “Oh, we’re not talking about the one with the X’s, no..” Whether they were kisses, or cooties, or ranking of danger. “So it’s nothing we need to be worried about anyway,” she answered brightly.. sort of. Quote: Originally Posted by hermionesclone ANYWAYS. Question about classification? And not the ones that said how dangerous a creature was? Okay. Once he had wrapped his head around that and actually managed to come up with a good enough answer, Grayson raised his hand in the air. "Wasn't there some sort of big fight among creatures about what classification they should be?" he started, "Like the Merpeople. THEY would have been classified as Beings but they didn't want to share the status with Hags. Probably 'cause they didn't like them." Nobody did. "So Merpeople are classified as Beasts." Oh she was always so pleased when students not only understood what they were meaning to be discussing but also delved a bit deeper than just the basic facts. “Why, yes, that’s correct!” she said a bit enthusiastically, quite happy with Greyson’s answer. “There have been ongoing disputes about exactly where certain creatures fit within the classification system. We’ll be discussing that as well.” Good job. Quote: Originally Posted by Grrr..Meow He was so glad that the Professor hand't noticed that he was sleeping at his desk…. hearing the talking is what had woken him up and they were talking about classifications he thought so he lifted his head slowly to not attract attention and took out his quill and started to make notes.. he had to look like he was doing something and for sure the next question he would try to answer, now he just needed to wake up a little bit…… "hold back that yawn bay!!" he told himself as his face was contorted weird. Brown eyes swept over Bay as she surveyed the classroom and she gave him an approving smile. She had not noticed that he had fallen asleep or might have been concerned.. but she did see what appeared to be note taking and that was productive. Quote: Originally Posted by Lissy Longbottom Everyone was rattling off the Ministry danger classifications or whatever...but Caleb knew that wasn't what she was asking for. He tapped his fingers on his desk as he thought before raising his hand. "Isn't there something like...being of human intelligence or something like that? Which would include centaurs and merpeople, who have their own language and can communicate with humans and are just as smart as humans, but are considered 'beings' or something of the like..." he explained. He was doing a rubbish job of explaining it...but he got his point across, he was pretty sure... Nessa gave Caleb an encouraging smile at his answer. He was pretty much on target. “Yes, typically beings are classified as those with more advanced intelligence.. though centaurs are not classified as beings. Any guess as to why?” Though they would likely get to that explanation a bit later. Quote: Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow As for HER answer, the little Ravenclaw took a few minutes to think before raising her hand. *"The definition of the classification Being* had to undergo several changes before it became the one we use today. I believe that Stump guy is the one that is credited with the current definition." Nessa beamed brightly at the young Ravenclaw as she was the next to provide an informative answer. “Why, yes, Grogan Stump was the Minister for Magic that helped to shape our current classification system.. very good.” She sent that information to the board with a flick of her wand. “Just out of curiosity,” she said, addressing the whole class. “Did anyone have Grogan Stump as their Wizarding card during our lesson on those?” She couldn’t quite remember, but she didn’t always have the best memory. Quote: Originally Posted by Compootor "If I've understood the question correctly, Professor, you're referring to the three classifications of magical creatures: Spirits, Beasts and... Beings I think was the third one?" He spoke slowly and calmly, making every attempt to obscure how uncertain he was about his answer. Nodding towards Andrew to call on him, she listened to his answer before nodding in the affirmative. “Yes, that’s exactly what I am referring to,” she smiled. “The three official classifications given by the Ministry are Spirits, Beasts, and Beings.” Did everyone hear that? That was what she needed and it was up on the board now anyway. Now, perhaps they could add a few more creatures to the lists. Quote: Originally Posted by Squishy All the answers she could give we're already being said by others, so Lux didn't really see the point in raising her hand. Instead she took out her notebook and began writing down what was being said. Still looking around the classroom for anyone else who might have an answer, brown eyes fell on a silent Lux. At least she was taking notes. Hopefully she was taking notes on the relevant answers though. Quote: Originally Posted by ArianaBlack Zander raised his hand to answer, but then promptly lowered it when someone else went to mention the X's. That someone else who was talking about how X's meant kisses and how kisses meant cooties? Did all boy's have cooties? 'Cause..... He kissed, ahem, someone on the train and.... He didn't give her cooties did he? That would be bad. Did she know? Did she know that some boys have cooties, but then she kissed him anyways!? And another silent student.. though Nessa thought she saw Zander’s hand in the air. No..? She watched him for a moment to give him a chance to answer then moved on to the rest of the classroom. Perhaps she had gotten all the answers she was going to. Quote: Originally Posted by Mad Eye Touz "OH yeah, yeah just like they said Professor. ME PERSONALLY, I like the beasts. They can talk and junk, but also eat your face with gravy. I mean, that's something." It really was. "Like TROLLS and WEREWOLVES. Man. So cool. Werewolves got a whole department thing in the Ministry." Yep. Well, that was more like the attitude that she had come to expect from Zahra. Nessa smiled widely at the enthusiastic girl as she provided her creative answer. “Some do talk.. some I am sure could eat one’s face with gravy..” That was certainly one way to put it. “Werewolves are considered beasts only part of the time though, but yes I believe they do have their own little section at the Ministry. We may talk a little more about them as well.” Quote: Originally Posted by Bazinga Oooh and it was time to get started, gosh she loved Nessa's hair! It was so long, maybe she should charm her own to be that long for the fun of it. She wondered if someone might like it long or even shorter. Hmm shorter might be fun. Her mind drifted to these things until students started answering a question. Whoops, what was the question? The Divination Professor listened trying to catch up. As she was looking for anyone else to answer, her eyes fell on her best friend who appeared to be deep in thought and she couldn’t help but to smile. She did hope she knew that she was allowed to answer the questions too, though Nessa was sure that she was allowing the students to have a chance. But another’s perspective was almost always a good thing and she was sure Cassie’s thoughts would only be a positive contribution. Quote: Originally Posted by Cassirin Beasties, yeah? And ghosts. And spiders. No.... no one said anything about spiders. Dot propped up on one elbow and then on two as she considered the question. "What about magic ones and... not magic ones?" Nessa gave the young Slytherin an encouraging smile before answering. “Well, today we are more focused on magical ones.” Though that would be a way to classify creatures in general she supposed. Quote: Originally Posted by Optimist Puck grinned at Professor Glendower, “nice hair Professor” she quietly complimented and then returned her attention to the class at hand still in her fairy gear. Her face as straight and prim as ever she just felt the laughter bubbling through her mind and body as she tried not to laugh. “The creatures that are no problem to competent wizards are given an X-X-X rating.” She piped up and glanced around daring ANYONE to comment. Nessa smiled widely at the girl’s compliment, then listened to her answer. It seemed she fell in with the slightly confused group of the class. “I suppose that is likely true.. but we aren’t talking about the rating system, instead we are discussing the official classification of beings, beasts, and spirits.” She pointed at the information they had begun to compile on the board. Quote: Originally Posted by Tegz All the answers were probably said already right? Ruby hadn't really been paying attention. She was lost in her own world, chewing on her quill, zoning out. Basically quiet Ruby was quiet. How odd. No answer? Nessa looked over at Ruby who was obviously deep in thought over the contributions of her classmates. It was probably best to get moving with the rest of the lesson anyway. Nessa took a deep breath before addressing the entire class. It seemed some were very confused given some of the answers she had gotten even after specifically asking that they not give her those. “Alright, class, as you can see from the board,”** she began, gesturing to the information written there. “There are three official classifications given to magical creatures – Beings, Beasts, and Spirits. And we are talking magical creatures in the most general of terms. That includes people too. We are not talking about the rating system that the Ministry gives to what we consider to be animals as this is not Care of Magical Creatures class.” She supposed it needed repeating so hopefully everyone was paying attention this time and perhaps the visual aid of the board would otherwise help them to grasp the concept. Quote: Originally Posted by blackboard!!! Beings – intelligence, cognizant comprehension, input in shaping magical laws Wizards/Witches Veela House-Elves Beasts – some have speech but most don’t, can be vicious or savage, no input in magical laws Dragons Trolls Werewolves (during transformation) Merpeople Spirits Ghosts Poltergeists Grogan Stump - Minister for Magic credited with instating current classification system and definitions Nessa pointed to the board as she continued. “Now here is a list of what we have come up with so far. This is very incomplete and I’m sure that we can come up with a little more to fill this in.. so what other creatures would fit under these headings? What are the traits of each of the classifications or how are they determined? What defines beast, being, or spirit? And start to think of why these classifications are in place.. What reasons would we need this organization of creatures?” OOC – Please provide an answer to one or more of the questions Professor Glendower has posed to the class (specifically the last paragraph) about Being, Beast, or Spirit classification. Please remember that it is not about the X rating system the Ministry assigns to Magical Creatures. __________________ started like a knight in a fairytale_______________________________________________ ended like a moth in flames______________________ ______________________don't you worry I'll be fine _________________________________________________you were good for the plot line Last edited by emjay; 10-22-2014 at 09:24 PM.