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Professor Jeorge Leroy
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Originally Posted by Charely Potter  At the first question, he didn't have to ponder for long as he thought about the stuff they had at home. Once the fifteen-year-old was called on, "Video games." Jan said. He knew they were for fun and video games came in many forms. Some were mindless button-mashing entertainment but a good portion had in-depth stories that reminded him of a good book. If he needed to elaborate, he would happily do so. There were two types of students: Ones who gave a simple but straight to the point answer, and those who provided him with an essay that hadn’t been warranted. This student was one of the former, absolutely fine in Professor Leroy’s books considering he hadn’t asked for any more than that. “Correct. Games have been in existence for many centuries but their transition to a digital format is more recent. The first video game was thought to be created in 1958 and was based on the sport of tennis. Their popularity didn’t grow until the 1970’s and 80’s when gaming consoles were introduced to the general public.” Quote:
Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19 With the lesson starting, the Slytherin picked up his pen. There were no notes to be written just yet so he just fidgeted with the object by twirling it between his fingers. He raised his hand and awaited his turn. He thought Jan’s response of video games was an excellent one. When it was his turn, Ary spoke up. “Concerts like a performance dance or a music concert.” There was nothing quite like live theater. “Live performances were arguably one of the oldest forms of entertainment. We are going all the way back to the Ancient Greeks some 2700 years ago and its popularity doesn’t seem to be going anywhere. The first concert was believed to have been on 1672 when a violinist charged for admission to listen to him playing.” Don’t ask him the violinists name, he was human not a machine. Quote:
Originally Posted by Holmesian Feline Nadia wordlessly acknoweledged her brother as he first acknowledged her own presence before bringing her attention back to Professor Leroy as he began the class for today. So they hadn’t been misguided by the set-up of the room in their curiosity over today’s lesson topic. Entertainment. Which was definitely meant to be fun which leaned towards an amusing class. As for an answer to the professor’s question, she mused for a moment as the other two gave their response before speaking up. “Watching sports games…” she answered when it was her turn. Just because it was an entertainment style enjoyed by both muggle and magical folk shouldn’t diminish the entertainment value. Right? It was perfectly acceptable to give an answer that correlated between the muggle and the wizarding world. “Muggles have a much broader spectrum of sports they enjoy watching and whose popularity varies between countries. The most watched and well attended sports internationally are football and cricket but these aren’t necessarily the most popular sports individually.” Take the US for example who favored American football and baseball. Quote:
Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie She hadn't ever tried her hand at video games personally, but she certainly knew of their popularity and the mention of a dance performance just made her lean over her desk a bit more to see if Professor Leroy was still warming up or not. She hadn't been to any concerts either but she had heard a lot about them from Big Grumpy Bear Brother Joseph and had received a concert recording of Joshua Miller's latest European tour so she knew sort of what it all sounded like. Sporting events was something she was a tad more familiar with, only because of attending quidditch and gobstone matches at Hogwarts and the occasional U-17 event to support her peers and friends. The nice thing about aaaaaaaall these things was that they were not exclusively muggle nor exclusively magical, which was a really nice concept to consider. Her own hand was soon raised to offer her own contribution. "It's...something much simpler than what my classmates have suggested already ... also doesn't require any electricity like almost all the suggestions thus far can require on some level... but... jigsaw puzzles are another great form of entertainment," she smiled and brushed a couple of wild curls away from her face. It was a task that proved to be a little more complicated than initially thought since a couple strands of her hair got tangled up with her nose ring but a crisis was easily averted. "A perk to them being that not only are they fantastic for cognitive function, but they can be cheaply made and incredibly long-lasting AND recyclable." Simple didn’t mean wrong, sometimes the simplest of things were the most enjoyable in life. Miss Walles’ answer was anything but simple however as she rambled on about what made a jigsaw so good. “As I mentioned to Mr Grunt earlier, games and puzzles have been in existence for centuries. The first jigsaw puzzle was thought to have been a cartographers map glued to a wooden board and cut into the individual countries which was able to be assembled and disassembled at will.” Once again the specifics weren’t necessary. Quote:
Originally Posted by Nordic Witch 'Just in time Miss Snakebark' Rose heard from Professor Leroy before he closed the classroom door for newcomers. Something told her that being late to his lessons wasn't something she'd want to experience, but knowing herself she knew it was bound to happen at least once this term. Anyways the lesson took off, and Rose listened to everyone elses answers before raising her hand to add her own to the mix. When she was called on Rose said "Solving crossword puzzles is something I like doing for entertainment since its both fun and educating." Among other things like dancing and listening to music. The aforementioned answer swiftly moved onto a very similar one. “Many muggles enjoy doing the daily crossword in their broadsheet newspapers as well as having specific puzzle books. They’re not exclusive to crosswords either, other examples include wordsearches and dot-to-dots.” He could continue the list but it was something they could explore in their own time. Quote:
Originally Posted by AlwaysSnapesGirl The first question, at least, wasn't too difficult. She raised her hand. "Books are a form of entertainment," she said. "Fictional ones primarily, though nonfiction works can also entertain the right person." Herself, for one, though she could enjoy a work of fiction too when she was in the mood for it. Quote:
Originally Posted by SilverTiger For now, though, she’d stick with what she knew. Which so far nobody else had suggested, so she spoke confidently when it was her turn. “Comic books, and webcomics. Those are definitely entertaining, and lots of times they get adapted into movies and shows too.” And comics didn’t require electricity either, for the most part. Webcomics, maybe, but it was all reading in some form. With pictures. Professor Leroy wasn’t an avid reader but he could appreciate that some enjoyed getting lost in a fictional world through the pages of a book. “The origins of books are widely disputed however the first is thought to be a book of poetry from around 2100 BC. The first novel is said to be the Tale of Genji from the 11th century. Every nation have books traditional to their culture.” He answered Miss Schultz. “Comics however..,” he nodded at Miss Kensington. “..are more accessible in that the reader doesn’t necessarily have to be fully literate to enjoy. A picture can tell a thousand words after all..” Quote:
Originally Posted by PhoenixRising "Not just watching the sports games or performances, but actively participating in a sport or activity could be considered a form of entertainment." Emma said to piggy-back off what was mentioned. Back to sports. “That’s true. You do not have to be a professional to play sports either, many are played recreationally to pass time, especially ones that don’t require a ton of equipment to play like football.” As long as the participants had a ball, a goal could be made out of anything. Quote:
Originally Posted by Emzily Everything that the other students had suggested sparked an idea within him and he raised his hand, lazily, “Devices that sit in your ears and allow the user to listen to music.” Solomon did own a pair of headphones, a truly magnificent invention, in his opinion. He absolutely wouldn’t be able to explain the process of HOW these music devices produced the music, though.
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Originally Posted by MadMadamMalfoy Her suspicions were all but confirmed as Professor Leroy asked the first question. Sydney was only half listening to her classmates’ answers, too preoccupied with her own. Her thoughts immediately went to one thing, and her hand shot up. ”Radio, Professor,” She said after being called on. ”Muggles used to listen to radio shows for entertainment, though they're not as popular now.” She wanted to go into detail about how radio inspired other, more modern forms of entertainment, but that was technically giving more than one answer. Professor Leroy did not expect anyone to know how muggle technology worked nor was this the lesson in which he would attempt that explanation either. Mr Duck’s answer was therefore sufficient. “Yes, we don’t have to always listen to live performances of music as muggles have invented several technologies to enjoy music on demand.”
The radio, as Miss Masters mentioned, was one of the earliest forms. “Music, podcasts and even dramas can all be listened to on the radio.”
Entertainment was a broad spectrum that would largely be dependent on what the individual enjoyed and therefore subjective. Take for example Jeorge who in the right frame of mind could enjoy each of the suggestions the students made but who knew many who found the concept of watching muggle sports boring. “Some excellent suggestions and most examples have been covered. Although quite similar to movies, muggles also enjoy television which is shown on a much smaller screen than in a cinema and is broadcast directly into muggle homes via a receiver like an aerial or a satellite dish. Television programmes can range massively between short movie-style to live performances to talk shows to regular life-imitating daily broadcasts shown across hundreds of channels giving muggles a diverse choice of what to watch on any occasion.” “I trust that everyone is aware of what a movie is, if not I’d suggest you quickly catch up in your textbook before we move on.” He did not have the time nor the inclination to cover the most basic of topics when the students should have read up on them before. “Movies, or films, or motion pictures, can be produced all over the world but today we will be concentrating on this place.” He tapped the ‘Hollywood’ on the board. “Specifically in a time period called the ’Golden Age’, between the years of 1927 and 1960 when films transitioned from early silent movies to sound and from black and white to color.”
“Before I go into too much detail, I’d like to know what you first think of when I mention Hollywood.” He’d left his description deliberately vague to test their pre-existing knowledge. ooc: Thank you for your contributions. You have 12-18 hours for this question.
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