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Roman Gellar
Slytherin First Year
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SPOILER!!: Kaycee Quote:
Originally Posted by LilFox06  Kaycee shouldn't be as entertained by the Professor struggling to ignore her. But she was. So. Yes. She might have a perma amused smile.
"Isn't compost like organic recycling?" she asked. "So, like, apple cores or something can be used."
Which, was gross to think about. Who would want just a pile of rotting food with worms and grossness in their garden? Of course, it probably made sense. The type of people that had gardens were probably in to that rotty buggy thing. “It’s...exactly what recycling is...since recycling is reusing anything in a new way...there is no destruction of matter, m’dear...only the transferal of energy. Compost is like that.” He explained to...Miss Richards. “Apple cores! Yes! A very popular component of compost.” SPOILER!!: Henric Quote:
Originally Posted by Symphora Henric raised his hands,"We can use fruit waste like apple cores, melon rinds, and orange peels, they are good materials for composting! Oh and leaves as well! And one of the difference between is that when composting it helps make the soil more nutrient richer whereas fertiliser make the plants grow stronger."
Oh yeah. He did his reading alright. Henric always saw how his mother plant in her back garden which gave him some sort of an idea too. Thank youuu Mum....
Another apple cores...but Henric named quite a few other good ones from the food department. “I particular enjoy orange peels--because they smell pretty good for awhie--unlike the apple cores.” Which..blegh. They smelled pretty awful. “LEAVES are good, too, YES YES!” he was getting excitable again. Hopping.
Henric was...pretty much on point. “Composting...goes with soil, as fertilizer goes with the actual plants--yes--the roots, specifically!” he nodded. SPOILER!!: Charlotte Quote:
Originally Posted by Tegz Charlotte liked classes where she knew things. She liked other people knowing she was smart because it would only support her campaign to bring down the faulty sorting hat and be put in Ravenclaw where she BELONGED.
Her hand went up and she bounced a little bit.
"Other plants! Like dead ones. Like if you got some flowers and then they started to wilt and die, you could compost them! Or mowed grass, or any off cuts or fallen leaves basically!" She flexed her fingers in the gloves, honestly eager to be making compost. WHO CARED ABOUT THE SMELL they were going to be playing with plants and she DID love plants! “All very good--” as they were all giving their answers, Paul made sure that a LIST was being compiled on the blackboard for them….so they could write this down. If they wanted.
Paul advised it.
“ It’s a nice way of….reusing what comes in death...to bring about new life. Sort of like...a phoenix, in a way…….” he trailed off, geiitng lost in his own thoughts for a second... SPOILER!!: Dot Quote:
Originally Posted by Cassirin Dot was sulking over no one complimenting her at ALL, like she was invisible again, and she totally missed the first question. Which was fine, whatever, because her answer would have been dirt, and she probably would have been wrong. She didn't care. Stupid class where you got dirty and other girls got flowers and no one even knew she was there.
Maybe she WAS actually invisible? Dot glanced at her arm, but it was there in all its freckled glory. Hmph. Just unimportant.
She caught the second question, though, and her freckle arm shot up in the air. Wait, what was the question? "It's garbage. It smells terrible. Do plants think that we smell terrible? I mean, not that they think but... anyway, food garbage, by the smell of it."
Oh, Miss Wojack. Paul smiled kindly at her...she seemed...a little out of sorts right now. “Interesting question, Dot. Do I think plants think we smell terrible?” He sighed. “I think...to plants...IF they could smell--they’d think we smell artificial.” Not necessarily terrible. SPOILER!!: Oliver Quote:
Originally Posted by littledhampir Oliver was not taking notes.All they were talking about was plants, and what they needed to live. He obviously already knew that, considering he had just answered the question about it. Not that he would have taken notes anyway, but whatever. He was seated close to his sister, intentionally avoiding the eye of one Charlotte Kettleburn.
Question! Oliver's hand shot into the air. Wait, what had the question been? His hand slowly lowered again. Oh right, compost. What could be composted. Uh, Oliver did not know what composting meant. Had that already been covered? Had he just missed it? He did hear the part about it having to be natural. Well, what was more natural than a human being? His hand raised into the air again.
"A person!"
...wait...what? Paul blinked at the child…….a HUMAN compost?! That sounded like a horror film that would plague his deepest, darkest NIGHTMARES. Paul just….oh gosh. He was appalled again.
APPALLED. AGAIN. “....Mr. Borze...Borze...Oliver! Do you know what compost is?” he asked softly. “Listen to your classmates….and what they’ve all suggested? What do you THINK compost is, m’boy?” Use those critical thinking skills, eh? SPOILER!!: Norah Quote:
Originally Posted by Sararara Oooooh name nutrients? It was like he KNEW. Mind reader Myers. That sounded like the real deal. Norah beamed at Professor Myers. "I sure can, professor. Where did she even START? Everybody knew about the water and carbon dioxide stuff, so she could skip over those. "Plants need loads of different nutrients-I think there are 17 chemical ones, maybe 16. Some of those are Nitrogen 'cause cells need those AND because it's used in the chlorophyll they use for photosynthesis." She paused for a moment to remember that time in first year when she'd accidentally called it 'photography.' See that? That was called learning stuff. "Another nutrient is Phosphorous and they need that for photosynthesis too, especially in turning all the energy into energy they can use in their itty bitty plant parts. Then there's potassium and calcium and magnesium 'n all those." The other ones weren't as important anyways, or at least she couldn't remember the specific uses so she could pretend they were less important.
"Compost helps plants get all the nutrients they need 'cause the soil doesn't always have them all, so compost has to be made of things that all the organic stuff that plants need for their cells to function right." Because all those nutrients she'd just said were IMPORTANT. "The cool thing is that compost is that it can be made of loads of different natural things, 'cause almost all organisms need some of the same basic stuff to survive, so a lot of things can be helpful in compost. I read that it doesn't even have to be plant waste, and that you can use fish as compost because they have lots of nutrients too, and can help fertilize a plant and make the soil full of good nutrient-y stuff." Had she said too much? She was starting to feel a little bit like Sophie Brown after doing so much talking to answer a question. Sophie Brown was a rad feeling. Was it this exciting every time the head girl knew stuff or was she used to it by now?
….Paul stared at Norah the entire time she spoke. His lips had piqued into a smile, and he ruffled his hair….because wow.
He was very impressed. “Nitrogen is very important--and--” oh she had MORE? Paul sat on the edge of the table, in front of the bins, and just smiled as he watched her. Look at her...look at those wheels turning. This was learning. THIS was what teaching was about, wasn’t it?
Paul wanted to cry. “By all means, Miss Kittredge, you should just--come up here and teach the class--Merlin--three points to you! Three points for being...well, informed. Smart.” He BEAMED at her before calling on someone else. SPOILER!!: Damien Quote:
Originally Posted by nicole black
He was just chilling, minding his own business, half-listening to the class while letting his mind wander off to more enjoyable pastimes like baking, or snogging playing basketball or snogging hanging out with Evie, or even reading for pleasure, or blowing bubbles or snogging or y'know snogging. So wrapped up in his thoughts was the golden haired lad, that he didn't notice the Professor's twitching or agitated demeanor until he was being yelled at.
HOLD UP.
HOLD. UP.
HOLD. EVERYTHING. UP.
Since when did Professors yell at him? He was a chill dude, one that caused no trouble aside from opening the chamber of secrets last term, WHAT HAD HE DONE??
....The toothpick? MYERS WAS UPSET ABOUT A SPLINTER OF WOOD? Rorie would have been cracking up. "........... Aight?" Damien scratched his head and pulled the toothpick from his lips before pocketing it. "I wasn't cleaning my teeth, just so everyone knows what's up." because that would have been gross and Damien had better manners tan that, he just liked chewing on toothpicks.
Psh.
Settling back comfortably in his chair, Damien once again turned silent, he only knew one thing about compost and fertilizer and it was that both were disgusting and dirty. Blergh,
Sigh.
Maybe he’d been too mean to the boy. Maybe he should...apologize. Merlin. But no time for apologies now----he was teaching a class! He’d write one up later and have it sent Damien. Did the boy think he was mean, now? SPOILER!!: Zander Quote:
Originally Posted by ArianaBlack Aside from the weird meditation thing, Zander was feeling GREAT. Herbology was GREAT. And that little Rooney kid was real sweet saying Zander was an inspiration or whatever. Merlin, the seventh year didn't FEEL like an inspiration.
But anyways.
He was sort of distracted watching the little Ravenclaw bring the entire set of flowers over to Sophie though. That was nice. Though it meant there wouldn't be any flowers for Zander to give to her...
As for the first question, he really didn't feel the need to answer because everyone else had already gone ahead and done that. It was a pretty basic question too, so eh. No harm done. Not enough to make Myers think he didn't care or anything, right? 'Cause of course Zander cared. This was HERBOLOGY they were talking about here. Ahem.
"Some people put weeds in compost," he chipped in.
Weeeeeeds. Paul nodded. “Weeds are so..interesting. It depends on the weed--and also, funny how weeds are not good for our plants while they’re inhabiting the same space--but when in compost, they can be helpful. Very good, Mister Adair!” SPOILER!!: Adi Quote:
Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19 Notes. Adi had to get it alllll down. This would be like gold for his studies. Of course, he could always make Paulina study with him for the subject... just had to bribe her with a ton of crackers. LOL. He cracked himself up even in his head.
Anywaaaay...
Compost!
Cool!
That would explain the awful stench in here but it certainly got Professor Myers going. Just look at the man all excited. Hehe. But to answer his questions. Adi had almost raised his hand but stopped short at one answer. Human? Waaaah?! Surely that kid was JOKING. Slightly amused, he raised his hand completely. "Chicken manure is a great nitrogen source, Professor. And compost give nutrients to the soil and fertilizer gives nutrients to the plants, I think.'' It was something like that, if he had read his books properly.
CHICKEN MANURE! Paul smirked. “It’s a wonderful nitrogen source--very good--and YES exactly!” he clapped for Adi. SPOILER!!: Sophie Brown Quote:
Originally Posted by feeheeheeny After her nice little spiel, Sophie got a.. "plants are brilliant little guys" out of the professor.
Professor pls.
An amused smile playing upon her lips, Sophie let that be all on the topic and turned her attention to the blackboard as students spoke and plants' needs were added to it. Yes, yes, all things she already knew, simple things, nothing worth writing down. Good for the new kids, less exciting for a seventh year, but useful all the same.
Composting was a... fun topic, really, and Soph started to raise her hand to offer up something to the discussion... until Norah Kittredge started talking, and the Head Girl's hand went down.
Sweet Merlin. That was... the most Sophie Brown-like spiel Sophie Brown had ever heard. Could... um... Norah get some house points for that? Could Soph suggest that to Myers? Would he get mad? Probably. Would he get mad if she started CLAPPING for Norah? Probably. But there she was, marveling over the Hufflepuff prefect and hoping with bright, shiny eyes that her friend got the praise she deserved... until she became aware that she COULD reward Norah, at which point she hurried to retrieve a flower and delivered it to the Hufflepuff with a bright smile.
"That was brilliant." And back beside Rooney she went.
Paul noticed that, shooting them both a smile as Sophie delivered the flower to Norah’s desk. The flower practice...it was so nice. He thought he might keep it for every term...not just this year.
Hmm.
It was something to certainly think about. “It was brilliant. It was.” SPOILER!!: Paulina Quote:
Originally Posted by Squishy Paulina grinned as Professor Myers praised her answer. It was always nice to hear from one of her favourite teachers. Still smiling, she began jotting down the different points off of the board. Even though she already knew this stuff she didn't see harm in writing it down.
And WHY was he lecturing Damien on the use of toothpicks? Eyebrow raise.
Anyway.
They were dealing with compost which wasn't really a surprise for Paulina because she had a feeling that was what was going to happen. There were SO many things that could go into compost. Seriously she could list a number off if asked to but she was going to keep things short and sweet since there were other people in the class and she needed to be fair.
Paulina raised her hand to answer. "A lot of food items can be used in compost. Even tea bags or grounds can be used. Egg shells and potato peels..." Those were just to name a few. "Without getting all technical, the simplist way to distinguish between compost and fertilizer is that fertilizer feeds PLANTS and compost feeds SOIL." She'd go more into depth if he wanted to, but it seemed that the Hufflepuff Prefect had it covered. She must be into Herbology too. “Tea bags--cool---” he nodded at her. “ A lot of herbologists like to use egg shells…” For some reason, Paul thought...egg shells were so weeeeeeird. “And yes! Fertilizer and compost--good way of explaining it, Miss Holiday!” SPOILER!!: Candice Quote:
Originally Posted by Poolicious Candice didn't offered any answer for the first question because everyone else already mentioned what she's about to say so she didn't see the point repeating it again.
Composting? That's what they're going to learn today? That might explained the awful smell. And then the Professor asked the next question. Materials that can be used for composting? Someone already mentioned garbage, leaves, apple core. OH! She had one. The Gryffindor raised her hand. "Gelatin, Professor."
Paul thought this was a rather curious answer. Gelatin. “Well--you certain can compost that, yes, Miss Messer--” he chuckled a little. SPOILER!!: Yoongi Quote:
Originally Posted by DuckyLinJi His answer had been completely ignored by the Professor who instead shook his head and Yoongi somehow knew what was going to come. The flower. Of course. Couldn't there be a lesson where he could keep a flower for himself? He wanted to say something back but the little force behind the kind words did not go unnoticed. "Alright, fine" he sighed and took the flower from behind his ear. SNIFF bye bye pretty flower.
Now, who to give this to? Seriously, his first instinct had been giving it to the person closest by him. But then Norah caught his attention and his jaw dropped as she was EXPLAINING like really explaining all that. He didn't get any of it, like Potions, Herbology was not his strongest subject. He only got good grades because he was good at the practical parts of the lessons.
Placing his notebook down (after writing down his notes) , the Gryffindor walked his way over to the Hufflepuff Prefect before holding out his hand to give her the purple flower. "Here, for you and you told me you weren't good at anything" he grinned as he playfully poked the top of her head.
As he turned around, he looked at the Professor with a 'happy now?' smile and walked back to his notebook and at the same time he heard another students getting yelled at for using a toothpick. ...................right.....
Oh, and as for the answer to the question....he wasn't going to answer. Mainly because he didn't really know and also because hello, anyone heard Norah's answer? Anyone else's answers would sound dull.
Awwww. Another flower for Norah. It was filling Paul with the warm fuzzies! He smiled and nodded approvingly at Yoongi before moving on. SPOILER!!: Olympia Quote:
Originally Posted by elllla_Wtwins Professor Myers gave them all a look that practically screamed NOOOTES!!! Notes about.. compost. Compost. This was a slightly different turn than Olympia was expecting, but all the same she picked up her quill and quickly wrote down the notes on the board.
What can be composted? Somehow, Olympia knew this and raised her hand. The Professor didn't seem to mind her answer about plant food so she figured he would appreciate this also.. hopefully. "Cardboard egg boxes, Professor?" It was kind of a question. "And small twigs.. but you'd have to watch out incase you were trying to compost Bowtruckles." The Gryffindor smiled and nodded. CoMC was another favourite lesson. “YES--cardboard anything, actually--which I find so INTERESTING!” because whow ould think CARDBOARD would make a good compost?! “Very good!” SPOILER!!: Janelle Quote:
Originally Posted by Daydreamer11 Janelle took notes as the professor finished the discussion on what plants needed to grow and be healthy. Then the talk turned to compost. What could be used for compost? So many things could be used and the students' answers reflected that fact. Janelle had an answer, a good one too. Raising her hand, she hoped that she would get called on before someone else thought of her answer.
"Worms are used in compost. They turn the garbage into even better stuff for the plants, right?" The whole process sounded pretty gross, but the outcome was positive.......so it was a good thing overall. As for the difference between compost and fertilizer, Janelle had some thoughts, but wasn't really sure how to explain everything. “YES. While we aren’t composting the worms, exactly--using the worms IN a composting process is highly advised for many plants--worms are GOOD for them. Excellent point, Miss Guidry!”
Worms, lovely worms. SPOILER!!: Hady Quote:
Originally Posted by SpiritWolfe Malfoy Whoa.
Lots was being said and Hady well she needed to do something very Hady-ish right now. Sitting down she pulled out a clean sheet of parchment and her self inking quill. Tugging off a glove she took to take her notes (lots of um) in her fine neat little writing.
Upon hearing some of her mated answers to the newest question all she was able to focus on was getting ready EVERYTHING done. Especially Norah's reply because hello, that was just brillian! Bravo Norah! Hady sent the girl a grin.
Not having anything new to share Hady once more kept quiet for now. She was patiently waiting to make compost for the plants.
Hady was being awfully quiet today. Paul was a little worried--but then again, he could remember having days where he just...wasn’t into talking during class. It was okay. He just shot her another encouraging smile before moving on to another worrying student…. SPOILER!!: Dax Quote:
Originally Posted by Felixir Even as the professor started to look towards him, Daxton quickly averted his gaze before they could make eye contact. He did not expect to be addressed at all, seeing as he had not offered up any answer, so when he heard his name spoken Daxton was initially a little surprised. Perhaps he had been spotted hiding from the initial hand-holding in the lesson.
Daxton glanced back at Myers. See him in his office? ... Well... alright. This would not be the first time he had been asked to see a teacher after class. In fact, this was the third time, by his count. He was quite used to the request, so gave a simple nod of his head, silently turning his pen between his fingers.
As for the question, the first answer that came to Daxton's mind was... well, dead things. Dead bodies. Carcasses. Granted, he was no expert in either compost or decomposing dead entities, but it sounded like a logical enough answer to him.
Not that he provided the answer at all. It was something he was not a hundred percent sure of, and even if he was the type to say an answer out loud, he would not have done so for that very reason. The possibility that he might be wrong was too high, so Daxton instead added the suggestion to his notes, followed by a question mark.
... And then suddenly sneezed again, managing to bring his arm up to his face just in time to muffle the already quiet sound. Ugh. Plants. Much more interesting when you looked at them in books. Awful when you got anywhere near them.
Just like the smell in here, by the way. Even though Daxton was sneezing a fair amount, that did not stop him from being able to smell the very obvious stench of manure in the room. It was vile. He pulled the neck of his school sweater up and over his nose and mouth, making a now-hidden disgusted face, and resumed his silence, though it was still punctuated by the odd unwelcome 'kitten sneeze'.
Daxton.
Paul grabbed a tissue box he kept in here when he taught classes--NOT by any of those bins, thank you--and just set it down on Daxton’s table in front of him. If he didn’t want to use them--fine. Paul just...gah.
He wanted to help. SPOILER!!: Maggie Quote:
Originally Posted by Lislchen After the meditation circle (during which Maggie hadn't QUITE been able to get rid of all of her negative thoughts) Maggie missed out on the first question. Like, people had already said all the things she knew about plants. Air, water, sunlight. What else was there really? So instead of raising her hand she'd started doodling on her parchment a little. Totally paying attention and stuff.
Would Myers notice if she wrote Kaycee a note and levitated over to her?
She was tempted to try.
Giving that one boy who'd suggested 'human' (Oliver) a long stare, Maggie eventually raised her hand to contribute. "Straw?" Or something like that. The smell coming from those bins was REALLY bad. And she'd thought she might be immune to bad smells after that detention. Apparently not. She wrinkled her nose and even reached up to rub it with her hand.
Ew.
Maggie had gotten a flower from Zeke, earlier. Yes, Paul was definitely keeping tabs. He liked to see who was hardly getting flowers--and who got very many. Hmm. “Straw, yes, Miss Traulton--I like using straw.” she and Mr. Browne...Paul looked between them quickly before calling on Mr. Browne. SPOILER!!: Zeke Quote:
Originally Posted by Hera
Yes, his soul and things, which is apparently what the flowers were for. For touching souls and things, ergo, she won. Zeke nodded, his smile easy and casual. Maggie's little curtsy thing though, was no only cute, but it caught him by surprise. With a slight head tilt, he returned the gesture with a small bow. Why did he do it? He didn't know... nor did he care.
But apparently learning and things were going to happen. Was there a limit on how many flowers he could hand out during the lesson? Could he just give them ALL to Maggie?
The second he said they weren't fertilisers, he knew they were compost things... but... wasn't compost and fertiliser the same thing?? He always thought it was. Like how the English language had a hundred words that all meant the same thing, or there about. As far as he was concerned, his answer was correct.
But... apparently they were different, so he was lost as to HOW that was the case. Instead, Zeke listened to everybody else suggestions as to what compost was, listing all sorts of degradable stuff. Hand up, he contributed his two knuts worth. "Biodegradable things, Sir, so like, anything that was once living." Yeah. How was that for a sensible answer?
“That is a very important characteristic of WHAT makes something a GOOD item in a compost. VERY good, Mr. Browne!” he clapped for the boy. All of this was going on the board, yes? Paul turned to check--yes yes, it was. Thank Merlin for magic. Quote:
Originally Posted by Harry174 Angel looked at the Professor and smiled. "It's okay." Angel really thought that it was after all she and her sister did look alike and for a new Professor it might be hard to tell them apart. She raised her hand when she heard the next question. "Is compos made of stuff that can rot, so that it can make the grass new, though different type of compos is used for different plants." Paul thought about Angel’s question for a moment. “I guess...so. Rotting is not a word we typically use for materials in compost---and also, it’s important to realize than you can’t just add….anything to compost. Which I will be explaining in just a feeeeeew minutes!” He grinned and looked around. “Anyone else have anything to add? You’ve all done so WELL so far!” They had a nice little list...Paul wanted to add some things, but they had compiled a niiiiiiice little list.
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