Originally Posted by Bazinga

His eyes fell on Daxton first, he knew the boy would not do the work. He had come to figure that much out. He wasn't giving up on Daxton though. Nope, he was going to keep trying until he found something that worked. Hence the art lesson. Julien was not comfortable paint in this room, but his effort was to try and reach some of the more hands on students and different levels of learning. He would soon show them why it was fun to know charms. Charms were an amazing piece to life if you knew the right things to do.

Though it didn't seem like Daxton was the only one that felt the need not to do anything. There were a few. Seriously did parents not teach respect anymore or you know if instructions are given shut up and just do them when it is a Professor. He stared at the first year a bit, the over eager one that seemed to now have an attitude on top of it..



"The point is to learn why we do what we do. I can give you words and movements all day, but do you truly understand why you need to do it. Can you appreciate it that way? I can answer for you, no, you can't. In my classroom I do things to hep all learning styles learn as well as give explanation and examples behind the learning." Though she should have known that by now. It was November and classes had been going on. "Please focus on your creation so you can really know the why soon."

Merlin....



When Blaise spoke up the vein that was about to pop went down again and a rare smile crossed his lips. "You are still young yet Blaise, you keep working on Incendio and you will get it. Working hard to achieve something don't make you a slow learner nor does it make it out that it is harder for you. It just means you are dedicated and determine to succeed. Charms do make your life easier. What if you are somewhere there is no other way to get fire, but with your wand? Will you just freeze because you can't start the fire by rubbing two rocks together? We have a very lucky gift with magic that we should embrace and try our best to master. Before teaching and even now I do love to experiment with charms, try to make new ones that can help with life."

He glanced at the rest of the class. "What Blaise is saying speaks lots of truth for younger wizards. You are use to using tools that aren't magic so it does come easier. I myself will pick up a broom once in awhile, but if I can just stay in my chair and wave my wand wouldn't that be easier? Now I had you start with finger paints because as a young child you probably have finger painted. It's messy, it's fun for the child, and it drives parents and adults nuts. Perfect combination, but what if you could bring that finger paint to life or at least make it seem that way. I saw a hand earlier what if that hand could wave?" He turned and flicked parchment to the board and went over, "I'm not a good artist, but if I was going to make a stick figure person and wanted him to walk I could either draw or paint a few stick figures to indicate he was walking or use magic." Lifting his wand he he traced the stick figure, " Animatae"

Watching the stick figure move around the page he finally glanced at the class. "Is this more of an entertainment thing then making our lives easier, yes, but isn't it more interesting then just a standing still figure? You can use the drawing that you have already made or you can make a new one, but please go ahead and bring it movement. The wand movement is just tracing your drawing and then saying the words, Animatae." Not where he was going to start with the lesson, but teachable moments.