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Originally Posted by Lislchen  Before he had the chance to react to anybody who had raised their hand to answer his question, the classroom door opened to reveal a young girl. A young girl who was MAJORLY late. Without a word at first, Jeremy's gaze followed the girl as she took a seat next to another girl.
"5 points from-" His eyes flickered towards the girl's robes for a moment to make out her house. "-Slytherin for tardiness." As much as he disliked taking points, he would absolutely not tolerate arriving late for class and interrupting his lesson. Now, back to the lesson... Text Cut: Answers and Replies OOC: You ALL get participation points, don't worry. These are just some extra-points for especially creative answers. ;] Jeremy couldn't help but just stare at the girl for a moment. Clowns? Why would he do a lesson about clowns? Well, he supposed it could be fun but he would probably have to leave the classroom for the time being. And by the look on Daisy's face she would have to join him. "No, sorry, this lesson is neither about clowns, nor about juggling." He even managed a small smile when he said that. No, this lesson was so not about clowns.
Luckily. He couldn't refrain from grinning at the girl's excitement about answering the question. And she was right of course. "Exactly. Well done, Louisa." He was slowly getting the hang of remembering their names. Rounders, hmm? He HAD heard about Rounders but had never actually played it. Or maybe he had, just not called it Rounders. Either way, it was presumably a rather British sport. And as far as he knew it was close to Baseball. Like a simplified version of it or something. "Yes, it could be used for both of those sports, though, today we'll rather focus on Baseball." Clever Head Boy.
Which reminded him, where was the Head Girl? Another Slytherin girl. Yes, he had finally figured out what the four houses were at Hogwarts. Slytherin=green, Gryffindor=red, Hufflepuff=yellow and Ravenclaw=blue. The fact that he was already half-way through reading Hogwarts, A History might have helped too.
But back to the lesson. "Correct, Miss...?" Somebody had failed to introduce themselves there. "It can be used to play certain kinds of sports with it, mainly, as your classmates have suggested, sports which involve hitting balls." Like Baseball...or that Rounders game. O_____________o
Somebody was on a high horse there, hmm? He had a signed broom of a famous Quidditch player? "Legendary." Was all he replied with an eyebrow slightly raised. Even though, there was still a slight spark of curiosity left in him, Jeremy decided not to ask who the broom had belonged to. Probably his legendary father.
A cricket bat? "No, that's a Beater's Bat." Like he had just said a few minutes ago. He hadn't brought actual Baseball Bats when they had enough Beater's Bats here at Hogwarts. Would have been rather stupid. "But yes, it could be used as a Cricket Bat too." With a lot of imagination. "We won't though." Because it didn't actually look like a Cricket Bat.
And there he was, believing that this boy couldn't surprise him any further...until he said that part about Muggle Riots. "I have never heard of anything like a Muggle Riot Season." Was all Jeremy managed to say, for once speechless at the boy's little story. BlinkBlink. Was this boy for real? The way the girl clapped her hands slighlty before putting one up to catch his attention, made Jeremy grin a little. That had just been downright cute. "Yes, you're right, it could be used for Rounders." Whoa, as if Muggles went around beating each other up whenever they disliked them. Though, of course, some actually did. Sadly so. Wizards and Witches settled with cursing them. What was better, he didn't know. "Yes...or that." Then with a small wink at the girl he added, "Though, obviously we're NOT going to hit each other with those bats today." Would be a rather weird topic to do a lesson on, right? Bad Trixie, very bad Trixie! Yes, Jeremy HAD caught the look she had given the Head Boy and eyed her suspiciously for a moment. Mental note NOT to give Trixie one of the bats later on. Probably for the best. Especially for Oliver...and the rest of the class. "Yes, correct, Trixie, these bats can be used for Baseball...or rather, we'll be using them for Baseball." Because the actual Baseball bats were of course larger than the one he was holding.
The part about not letting Trixie near the bats? Yes, he mentally underlined that after seeing the grin on the girl's lips. Way too dangerous. "Yes, Brant, we will be. Later." First they had to get some theoretical stuff over with, like the rules and things like that. With a grin for the Gryffindor Prefect he moved on to the next student who was raising their hand. Her hand actually. It was the girl who had been terrified scared to be late for class. Cricket, another one who thought this looked like a Cricket Bat. Maybe it was just him who thought they were two completely different looking bats. "Correct, Vashti. This looks a lot like a smaller version of a Baseball Bat." And not like a Cricket Bat. Another no-name girl. "Yes, correct, Rounders, though, we'll rather focus on Baseball in this lesson." Jeremy gave her a warm smile before he started chuckling in amusement. "Table Tennis?" He held up the bat in his hand as if to examine it closer looking for a resemblance to a table tennis racket.
If you varied the wooden bat a bit, you could probably play golf with it too. Or chess. Well, duh. Was Jeremy's initial reaction to Evelyn's answer. Of course, he couldn't actually say that out loud. And he wouldn't either. Ever. Not in front of his students. On second thought, okay, maybe he would but he wasn't going to now. "Yes, Evelyn, they do. Could you be a little-" More vague. "-more specific about what things they hit with bats like these?" It took Jeremy a moment to actually understand what Treyen was referring to. Baseball balls who had a mind of their own? No, of course they didn't. They were inanimate objects after all...unlike, oh, of course, Bludgers, that's what the boy was talking about. Obviously. "Absolutely correct, Treyen." He smiled at him warmly. Had Savannah just honestly asked what a cricket was? Even though he was pretty sure she meant Cricket, as in the sport which had been mentioned a few times by some of her classmates, Jeremy answered the question she had asked. As in A cricket. "They look a lot like grasshoppers. If you want to I can show you one after class. I'm sure there are quite a few out on the Grounds." Then with an innocent smile he added, "Or maybe some of your friends want to show you what a cricket looks like." Or rather, what a cricket sounds like. They would probably have to immobilize one first to be able to actually LOOk at it.
And she was still refusing to wear flat shoes? "Oh well, your choice. I'll find something else for you to do which does not involve wearing flat shoes." If you looked closely, then the grin he gave her might have appeared to be a little wicked.  Had he embarrassed her?! Well, there was nothing to be embarrassed about. He hadn't known anything about Quidditch either until he had started school. Though, something told him that Alice did NOT want him to go into detail about it right now. She probably preferred to just skip over the subject of Quidditch for now. "Good, and that's absolutely correct, Alice." Jeremy replied with a nod and a smile. Jeremy grinned at the two girls who had both mentioned a few different options on what Muggles could do with that bat. However, also both had mentioned the correct answer, or rather the topic of this lesson, because there was no correct and incorrect answer strictly speaking. "Let's stick with the second option, okay?" He replied with an amused wink at both of the girls. Oh, he liked that girl. Not that he knew her name. Again, somebody had NOT introduced themselves. "I'm glad you think so. You will like this lesson then, I hope." He gave her a friendly grin, glad that yet another one already KNEW how to play Baseball. Aww, was the girl that nervous that she had started to stutter? Or did she always stutter? This reminded him of the Lawson boy...Jake. Why the name 'Lawson' was so familiar, Jeremy still hadn't figured it out. "Yes, absolutely correct, Emmaleigh. This bat does not look exactly like ANY of the official bats used in Muggle sports but we'll be using it as a Baseball bat for now." He smiled at her soothingly, hoping it would calm down her nerves. If the stuttering was because of her nerves that is. Smiling down the young Slytherin, Jeremy nodded in agreement at her answer. "Absolutely correct, Alexandrie." Pretty name she had there, really pretty. He played Quidditch in Texas?! Raising an eyebrow at the boy in surprise he chose not to comment on him telling him about his shoulder. Well, what was there to say really? 'Aww'? He HAD said that it was fine again so why tell him in the first place? "Yes, baseball is correct, Rex." Oh, she was a clever one. Listening to the girl's little story Jeremy nodded slowly, genuinely interested. "Oh, really? You even took part in one? I'm sure that was very-" Disturbing? He was really anti-violence. "-interesting to watch. Two points to Gryffindor for sharing this with us." He smiled at Chloe before adding with a grin and a wink, "Though, I would personally suggest going to see a psychotherapist instead of smashing up cars." Obviously. Almost dismissing the boy's answer as one which was of course correct but had been said a few times already, his eyebrows shot up at the mention of laundry. Now that he got to think of it, it WAS true. "Yes, absolutely correct. Wooden bats are still used in some less economically developed countries to do the laundry. 2 points for out-of-the-box thinking." He smiled at the boy broadly. He wouldn't have thought of that. Was that a groan he heard? He wasn't FORCING anybody to be here so why were they if they obviously didn't like it? Though, he immediately changed his opinion on the girl as soon as she mentioned the bat NOT looking like a Cricket Bat. "Correct, thanks, Mia. We'll be using it as a Baseball Bat today." Mainly because it doesn't even LOOK a lot like a Cricket Bat. Yes, for Merlin's sake he KNEW that the Beater's Bat more closely resembled a Rounder Bat because the Baseball Bat was bigger, thank you very much, Ms. Marlowe. "Yes, correct, Sidney. And despite the fact that it's a little too small for an actual Baseball Bat, we will still use it as one for this lesson." Later, after they had got the theory over with. "Lion?" Now Jeremy was confused. Majorly. Why would this call himself a lion? Leaving that question aside for the moment, he listenend to Patroclus' answer...which was changed half-way through. Yes, that last part was often associated with Baseball bats, and in this case of course also Beater's bats. "True, though, nowadays the batons used do not look like this anymore." He held up the bat a little as if the prove his point. "You're right, though, Patroclus, they used to and are still often associated with batons." Then with a small smile he added, "1 points for Gryffindor for the creative answer."
Still, why had he called himself a lion?! Oooh, this one knew what she was talking about. Good, at least he could be sure that somebody could answer his next questions. Maybe. "Why yes, you're right, this lesson will be about baseball." Then with a small smile he added, "And we'll leave the assigning positions for later." Though, he certainly noted that the girl might be one to help him demonstrate later. "I didn't catch your name, though." Probably because she hadn't said it...but he was being polite. And finally, ANOTHER one who thought it irrelevant to introduce himself. "You're quite right, though, I still don't know your name." Was all he replied with one eyebrow slightly raised. Now, this was going to be interesting. Jeremy moved his gaze towards one of the unhappy teenage girls as he noticed one of them raising her hand. He almost said 'Yes?' when she paused for a moment before saying...Muggles could crack walnuts with it? She wasn't serious, was she?!
Though, something made him think she was. "Well, thanks for that creative input, Destiny." He almost turned back towards the class to resume his lesson when he thought of something. Something which made him smirk a little. "Though, on second thought, maybe you're right." And with that he fished a walnut out of his pocket (no, don't ask why he had one in the first place). "Would you like to try that?" He asked the Slytherin girl with an innocent smile as he placed the walnut on the floor at a (hopefully) safe distance of him and the rest of the class. As he waited for Destiny to either agree to try or refuse Jeremy - still on the other side of his desk, as far away from the walnut as possible - turned to face the class again. "Now, in the meantime...I think we've by now all agreed that this lesson will NOT be about hitting somebody or vandalizing but rather about Baseball. Like in most games, there are two opposing teams. Can anybody tell what they are called?" He asked, his eyes flickering over to Destiny to make sure she wasn't sneaking up on him with the bat see how she had decided.
Kurumi gulped as she realized she had already forgotten her manners in class. " Oh, I'm sorry I didn't introduce myself first," she squeaked bowing in her seat. " My name is Kurumi Hollingberry. I'm a first year Gryffindor." Somewhat of a nice recovery, but she made it a point to write down to always say her name after answering a question in class - at least after the first time. Lisa: I'll consider this answer OOC when giving participation points. ;]
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Last edited by Lislchen; 09-21-2010 at 10:34 AM.
Reason: adding OOC note. ;)
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