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Gryffindor Fourth Year
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JT Forsfelle
Slytherin Second Year
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SPOILER!!: Professor Sissay Quote:
Originally Posted by Daemon 
A colourful description! Ayana smiled as she looked down at Eleanor's work. They all began somewhere. "Wonderful. What about this number nine, right here?" Ayana pointed at it in her notes, humming as she thought. "What is complex, of a high degree, in the object you have picked?" Yes, the elephants were cute, but she had a subject to teach.
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Ayana walked between the different tables, making sure to speak to each student in the time she had left. Golden robes swished as she suddenly spun and headed back to the front of the class, noticing the time and realising her very first lesson here at Hogwarts had come to an end. Waving her hands, she clapped once for the hubbub to die down, and for the attention to return to her. "Well done class, I'm very very proud of the progress we have made this lesson, and of all your various analyses of your objects. Our lesson is coming to an end, so if there is anything you feel you don't understand, please make sure to come to my office or ask your peers, because what we have learned to day will be the base of our entire semester!" Isn't that great! Ayana beamed at them all.
"As a closing note, I'd like to speak about one last thing that I saw crop up in some of your work. These numbers that we have revealed, they signify the very immediate state of the object you are analysing. While the middle number doesn't often change unless a cataclysmic even has befallen the object - our clocks are a good example of this - the nature of an object is often subject to constant change, depending on its state. If we repaired the broken clock, or we analysed a real elephant in its natural habitat and original size, or if we returned to the caterwhauling charm after several days, the phase, the state, the nature of the object we are analysing will very likely be different. The number revealing charm is often used by potioneers to check that their ingredients are in good condition, or by herbologists to make sure the specimen has reached its full potential before they pick.
More examples are much like what we have already spoken about in this lesson. Knowing the magical analysis of plants often help wandmakers pick the best ones for each specific wand. Cursebreakers learn about the ways the curse is affecting its vessel or the area its applied to, while curse makers," Ayana looked around the room with twinkling eyes, "often use the analysis to choose the best vessel for the curse. The applications are endless, as you can only imagine.
I would like you, as homework, to go out and analyse objects around the castle and the gorunds. See what you can learn about the world you live in, magical or not. You may analyse up to three objects. Please hand in a four to five inch essay by our next lesson. In addition, anyone who wishes to keep the object they worked on today is allowed to do so." Because, she already foresaw that question coming. Some had developed an interesting bond with their little elephants.
Ayana turned and tapped the board one last time, to reveal the same homework instructions she had just detailed verbally. Excellent! What a wonderful start to the term! Her first lesson had passed without a hitch, and she had a bright group of students who were ready to learn. Ayana was happy, very happy indeed.
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Complex? Eleanor automatically just stared at Professor Sissay in confusion. Higher degree of the elephant? She felt lost, but super happy to have gotten praise for her thinking. Looking down at her numbers again and at number 9 she looked up at Professor Sissay before she left her to go to over to someone else. "Erm, professor do you mean that number 9 means there is more to this elephant than meets the eye? Like it’s intricately constructed mechanically or something?" It was the only thing that Ellie could think of.
After more analysing and note taking Professor Sissay wrapped up the lesson and gave them homework. Ellie knew instantly what object’s she wanted to study for the essay like the Fat Lady’s portrait, her diary and her rat. Hopefully those would suffice? Professor Sissay hadn’t given them any range of objects they could analyse.
What she heard next made Ellie break into a broad smile. Professor Sissy was the best, she got to keep the elephant. It was now hers and no one else's. Picking up her belongings and making sure to not forget elfie the elephant Ellie passed the professor on her way out the door and beamed at her "Thanks for a fun lesson professor Sissay and most of all thank you for letting us keep the elephants. I already know what to call mine." And with that she left the classroom.
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