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Gissel · 10-22-2016, 03:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Squishy

The first question made Rosalyn smile even if Oliver obviously thought it was silly judging by his body language. There was no such thing as a bad question, however, and she was just glad that he was interested in a career in education. "I think it's very rewarding. Teaching allows you to share knowledge with others - and of course learn things in the process." Students could be teachers as well. "It can be a little intimidating at first if you're shy, but it doesn't take long to get used to being in front of a class." She herself hadn't had any issues with nervousness but there were a lot of people who didn't like being in front of an audience.

More could be said on the matter, but Oliver wanted to know about something else. "There is no need for extensive studying at university," she assured him. "Very good scores on OWLs and NEWTs are needed in the subject you would want to teach as well as patience because people who are just out of Hogwarts are too young to become teachers immediately." Basically there were no 18 year old professors. "Also remember that it is possible for a teacher to begin practical study of another subject if they decide to switch over to it." So Professors didn't have to stick to teaching the same subject for their entire career.

As Professor Newton began to talk about teaching, Ollie slowly grew less and less nervous, which he was beyond grateful for. "Yeeaah...I get pretty nervous sometimes. Especially if I'm talking to a large group." It had taken him about five years just to get comfortable answering questions in class, really.

And now he was actually learning more than he'd thought he would. He honestly never knew the whole teachers can switch subjects thing. But it didn't really make sense to him... "Okay, that's cool and all but what if I do really well in Charms and really badly in potions, so one day I teach charms, but then after a while I want to teach potions......I'd have to do something to make up for my bad score in Potions, right?" He wasn't sure if that made sense, but he really didn't know how else to reword his questions. Either way, these were all hypotheticals. He couldn't imagine ever wanting to teach potions.

10-22-2016, 03:05 PM	#22 (permalink)
Gissel Formerly: itsgisselx3 Ashwinder Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: GMT-6 Posts: 13,944 Hogwarts RPG Name: Amari Rey Fifth Year	Bashful Bowtruckle ♥ ♥ Lassie's Sweet Pea Quote: Originally Posted by Squishy The first question made Rosalyn smile even if Oliver obviously thought it was silly judging by his body language. There was no such thing as a bad question, however, and she was just glad that he was interested in a career in education. "I think it's very rewarding. Teaching allows you to share knowledge with others - and of course learn things in the process." Students could be teachers as well. "It can be a little intimidating at first if you're shy, but it doesn't take long to get used to being in front of a class." She herself hadn't had any issues with nervousness but there were a lot of people who didn't like being in front of an audience. More could be said on the matter, but Oliver wanted to know about something else. "There is no need for extensive studying at university," she assured him. "Very good scores on OWLs and NEWTs are needed in the subject you would want to teach as well as patience because people who are just out of Hogwarts are too young to become teachers immediately." Basically there were no 18 year old professors. "Also remember that it is possible for a teacher to begin practical study of another subject if they decide to switch over to it." So Professors didn't have to stick to teaching the same subject for their entire career. As Professor Newton began to talk about teaching, Ollie slowly grew less and less nervous, which he was beyond grateful for. "Yeeaah...I get pretty nervous sometimes. Especially if I'm talking to a large group." It had taken him about five years just to get comfortable answering questions in class, really. And now he was actually learning more than he'd thought he would. He honestly never knew the whole teachers can switch subjects thing. But it didn't really make sense to him... "Okay, that's cool and all but what if I do really well in Charms and really badly in potions, so one day I teach charms, but then after a while I want to teach potions......I'd have to do something to make up for my bad score in Potions, right?" He wasn't sure if that made sense, but he really didn't know how else to reword his questions. Either way, these were all hypotheticals. He couldn't imagine ever wanting to teach potions.