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Maybe it was the meanings of his negative arrows that had put him off with his last reply to Tanner's question but Adi himself was confused about his own reasoning. Like what did he just say? Haha. "Er, I fail to see it too, Professor,'' he admitted, not at all embarrassed to admit his confusion. But a few moments later, he was beginning to understand thanks to his classmates and Tanner herself.
Seeing Adi's countenance during his response made Tiara proud. "
That is true wisdom, Mister Rehman. Never be afraid to question your own beliefs and assumptions for fear of looking a fool. It is those who fail to analyze themselves that are the fools," she finished, nodding her approval.
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Hera BUT... he had questions, and so he raised his hand to attract Professor Tanner's attention.
"Professor, I can't see a negative arrow, is there one?" he asked. Because yeah, unless he missed something, he couldn't find one that resembled any in his textbook.
And also... "I think my negative arrow might be wrong, is this possible?"
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No there is not," she told Zeke. "
Wrong in the sense that you used the wrong spaces on your grid? If so, no." That part was usually fairly simple to figure out for students. "
However, it is possible that your arrow does not describe you very accurately. You likely have a long life ahead of you, so you never know how you will grow and change in the years to come. It may turn out that the arrow is accurate after all."
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Sararara She nodded solemnly at Professor Tanner's response. "Sorry, Professor. It makes more sense now." Misunderstanding was something Norah was VERY good at. She had a whole lot of practice, uh huh.
The professor shook her head at the girl. "
There is no need to be sorry, my dear. This is all part of the learning process." How could one learn if there were never mistakes and misconceptions?
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Shanners More books. Rooney nodded. "I'll take a look later, thanks Professor!" He was always a fan of reading up on things, even if he understood them. Different points of views made different things click in your mind and he was also a fan of that. The clicking and the view points. Just anything, really. Truly. He fell back into listening carefully, checking his textbook and notes alongside things being said and that he had already written down.
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Where had he gone wrong in his twelve years of life. "Professor, the textbook says I'm mentally dull. I don't think I'm mentally dull. Am I mentally dull?" And no. He was not crying.
But he WAS mentally dull.
APPARENTLY.
The boy was crying. Well, practically crying. And though she had not been in education very long, she knew enough to not draw attention to this fact. "
Absolutely not, Mister Bronwyn. Anyone that is interested and engaged enough in their learning to want to do extra reading and research is not anything of the sort. Put that from your mind this instant." She was hoping that the slightly stern approach would emphasize how utterly preposterous she thought his suggestion had been, which would in turn ease his mind.
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feeheeheeny ...But ohhhh no, it had caused ROONEY SADNESS. "Don't let anyone, 'specially a dead guy from centuries and centuries ago, try to tell you 'bout your life, Rooney. You know who you truly are, 'n so do we. You're brilliant 'n creative 'n a beautiful artist 'n a dynamite chef 'n you're the furthest thing from mentally dull." Just so he, and the entire class, knew.
And then it was Sophie Brown to the rescue once more. That made twice in the same lesson. This girl was on fire today! "
Thank you for the vote of confidence in your housemate, Miss Brown."
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Harry174 Angel then looked for the negative arrow and at the minute there was now nothing there. "Professor, The headmaster doesn't seem to have any negative arrow." Angel thought that it was cool that the headmaster was so positive according to his arrow.
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You are correct, my dear. What do you think that says about him?" Never a straightforward answer for this professor! She was all about pushing their thinking.
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SpiritWolfe Malfoy Hady gave a nod of her head in reply to Professor Tanner. "Yes I do agree with that as well. Not everyone is genuine in what they do either... but in the general idea most are." Or at least that's how she saw it.
Hady was an interesting young lady. She would not have pegged her for a Slytherin, personally. "
What a refreshingly positive outlook on other people, Miss Lynch!" Tiara hoped that she would maintain that attitude for quite some time, even when her peers would eventually grow jaded and cynical.
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BanaBatGirl Interesting. "Is it true, professor, what the textbook says about Headmaster Botros?" That he was an over-planner?
She had wondered this herself, actually, when preparing for the lesson. "
I would say that he has the positive traits of planning and organization, but has learned to avoid the pitfalls mentioned in your text. Having only known the man at his current stage of maturity," which was a nice way of saying his advanced age, "
I cannot speak to how his personality, strengths, and weaknesses have evolved throughout his lifetime." Surely the boy must know more about the man than many first year students would because of his mother. He likely had his own opinion on the matter.
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Ah, time was making fools of them again! "Okay, class dismissed! Well done today, everyone!" Truly, it had been a good class. Some good discussion points had come up, and many of the students had clearly been engaging in complex thoughts surrounding the material. Success!