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Goblinfrog · 10-23-2018, 12:21 AM

Alice listened as each student answered the most recent questions. When one student was finished, she would point to the next to allow them to give their answer. "You may answer first, Skyler," she said (first-naming the girl), seeing that the Slytherin looked ready, and she nodded slowly at her words. Daisy was next. "You need not concern yourself with answering wrong. I asked for your honest opinion and you provided it. I share this opinion as well." She gave a short, approving nod to the Hufflepuff before pointing at Drew and crossing her arms. He was obviously a shy speaker. Obviously smart, but he needed self-confidence to get his ideas better across, or so she thought. "Hmm," was her only comment to him before she moved on to Juni. "I think that was definitely a factor," the History of Magic teacher concurred.

The History of Magic teacher listened with crossed arms and a pointed expression as Jessa Cambridge completed her assignment. Annoyance flashed across her features for a brief moment, but this was quickly replaced by a forced expression of pointed interest to the rest of the head girl's words. Silence. Alice took a deep breath and mentally counted backwards from five in her mind. "Very well, Ms. Cambridge," she said when she had calmed herself enough to speak. "I accept your answer, but I must express that I am disappointed in your complete lack of interest on this subject. Perhaps after today you will reconsider." Then she averted her gaze from the head girl and tried to avoid eye contact with her for the rest of the lesson.

She pointed to Chloe next. "This is an interesting answer," she retorted, though she did not gaze directly at the Ravenclaw as she spoke. This was to avoid accidentally looking at Jessa, who, as a Ravenclaw, was sitting the same row as Chloe. "I, too, believe that I suffered from only being exposed to other Ravenclaws. For example, I could never perform magic very well while a student, and people expected me to because of my house. I was surrounded by magical geniuses. Although I have heard that your magic is fine, Ms. Chloe, I understand completely where you are coming from."

Daisy's answer also got a few comments from the History of Magic professor, who was relieved at an excuse to look away from the Ravenclaw table. "Yes, it is fairly common for a student to possess traits from more than one house. If you believe Hufflepuff traits are the most dominant in you, then I am sure the Sorting Hat would agree. He respects free will."

Eyes still on the Hufflepuff table, she nodded slowly at Davis's answer. "As a Ravenclaw, I have always valued the loyalty of Hufflepuffs," she said, thinking this was the right time for a little subliminal message. "Sometimes we must obey our superiors even if we personally find them distasteful, and this is something Helga Hufflepuff understood well."

Unfortunately, Derf decided it was a good idea to mention Jessa's name, just as she was doing her best to ignore the head girl completely. Alice ignored this and instead focused on what he was actually saying. "You are right. The real reason we have multiple houses is because each founder wanted a different vision of Hogwarts. One point to Hufflepuff."

Still determined to avoid the Ravenclaw desks, Alice turned toward the Gryffindors and pointed to
Stasya. She nodded approvingly at her answer, somewhat mollified. "Four points to Gryffindor. Well learned, Stasya...well learned."
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Now they could move on to the main activity. Alice was no longer in a mood to read out loud what she had written for the mini activity. Not that she would show her anger, at least not now.

"Let's move on to the main activity, the clock is ticking," she said, turning around and climbing back on top of her desk, where she resumed her Yoga pose. "I divided you into four houses largely for this activity. Today we are going to pretend that we are creating a wizarding school. We will pretend that we have the location plotted out and we have the funding. Now, I want you all to pretend that you are like the four founders in that you want a house system with four houses - like Hogwarts and so many other schools. Decide among yourself which value your house will represent, and what creature shall in turn represent your house. You can pick up to three virtues for your house, and please don't recreate your own house. I forbid you from talking to students from another house while you are doing this, you will work as a team within your own house. At the end of the activity, I shall call upon you and we shall see what houses you have created."

And with that, she closed her eyes and began to hum.

10-23-2018, 12:21 AM	#54 (permalink)
Goblinfrog DIMC & MO Billywig Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Riley's Brain Posts: 3,262 Hogwarts RPG Name: Lola A. Second Year	Replies + main activity Mischievous Niffler Alice listened as each student answered the most recent questions. When one student was finished, she would point to the next to allow them to give their answer. "You may answer first, Skyler," she said (first-naming the girl), seeing that the Slytherin looked ready, and she nodded slowly at her words. Daisy was next. "You need not concern yourself with answering wrong. I asked for your honest opinion and you provided it. I share this opinion as well." She gave a short, approving nod to the Hufflepuff before pointing at Drew and crossing her arms. He was obviously a shy speaker. Obviously smart, but he needed self-confidence to get his ideas better across, or so she thought. "Hmm," was her only comment to him before she moved on to Juni. "I think that was definitely a factor," the History of Magic teacher concurred. The History of Magic teacher listened with crossed arms and a pointed expression as Jessa Cambridge completed her assignment. Annoyance flashed across her features for a brief moment, but this was quickly replaced by a forced expression of pointed interest to the rest of the head girl's words. Silence. Alice took a deep breath and mentally counted backwards from five in her mind. "Very well, Ms. Cambridge," she said when she had calmed herself enough to speak. "I accept your answer, but I must express that I am disappointed in your complete lack of interest on this subject. Perhaps after today you will reconsider." Then she averted her gaze from the head girl and tried to avoid eye contact with her for the rest of the lesson. She pointed to Chloe next. "This is an interesting answer," she retorted, though she did not gaze directly at the Ravenclaw as she spoke. This was to avoid accidentally looking at Jessa, who, as a Ravenclaw, was sitting the same row as Chloe. "I, too, believe that I suffered from only being exposed to other Ravenclaws. For example, I could never perform magic very well while a student, and people expected me to because of my house. I was surrounded by magical geniuses. Although I have heard that your magic is fine, Ms. Chloe, I understand completely where you are coming from." Daisy's answer also got a few comments from the History of Magic professor, who was relieved at an excuse to look away from the Ravenclaw table. "Yes, it is fairly common for a student to possess traits from more than one house. If you believe Hufflepuff traits are the most dominant in you, then I am sure the Sorting Hat would agree. He respects free will." Eyes still on the Hufflepuff table, she nodded slowly at Davis's answer. "As a Ravenclaw, I have always valued the loyalty of Hufflepuffs," she said, thinking this was the right time for a little subliminal message. "Sometimes we must obey our superiors even if we personally find them distasteful, and this is something Helga Hufflepuff understood well." Unfortunately, Derf decided it was a good idea to mention Jessa's name, just as she was doing her best to ignore the head girl completely. Alice ignored this and instead focused on what he was actually saying. "You are right. The real reason we have multiple houses is because each founder wanted a different vision of Hogwarts. One point to Hufflepuff." Still determined to avoid the Ravenclaw desks, Alice turned toward the Gryffindors and pointed to Stasya. She nodded approvingly at her answer, somewhat mollified. "Four points to Gryffindor. Well learned, Stasya...well learned." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Now they could move on to the main activity. Alice was no longer in a mood to read out loud what she had written for the mini activity. Not that she would show her anger, at least not now. "Let's move on to the main activity, the clock is ticking," she said, turning around and climbing back on top of her desk, where she resumed her Yoga pose. "I divided you into four houses largely for this activity. Today we are going to pretend that we are creating a wizarding school. We will pretend that we have the location plotted out and we have the funding. Now, I want you all to pretend that you are like the four founders in that you want a house system with four houses - like Hogwarts and so many other schools. Decide among yourself which value your house will represent, and what creature shall in turn represent your house. You can pick up to three virtues for your house, and please don't recreate your own house. I forbid you from talking to students from another house while you are doing this, you will work as a team within your own house. At the end of the activity, I shall call upon you and we shall see what houses you have created." And with that, she closed her eyes and began to hum. Last edited by Goblinfrog; 10-23-2018 at 01:07 AM.