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Honestly? Gabi was looking forward to the end of term. After everything that had happened - she still was having nightmares about Mathys bleeding on the floor of his cabin - she was more than ready to have a nice relaxing summer to recenter herself. But first things first - she had to finish this school term. She'd done a ton of prep for her classes and wasn't going to let some ridiculous rogue paintings ruin her lessons! This one in particular was one she had been looking forward to for a while.
Gabi was situated on her desk, sitting on the edge of it very casually. Considering how this term had gone, she'd decided to let her hair down a bit, so to speak. They all deserved to take it a little easy after everything that had happened. She was even wearing flats instead of her usual heels!
The other thing the students would notice as they walked in? All the desks had been moved so they were clumped in to groups. Five groups, to be exact. At the center of each desk cluster was an item that would be pertaining to today's lesson.
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"Welcome! Please pick a table to sit at and examine the object in front of you," she told them all as they began to trickle in. "Please do NOT touch the items at the moment. There are no assigned seats, but try and spread yourselves out, please," she explained. They would be able to examine the items in a bit closer in a moment.
Come in, select a spot to sit, and get ready. The lesson will be underway soon!
OOC: Hey everybody! Welcome to your second and final HoM class for the term! Please select an item to sit by and make it very clear in your RP post which item your character has selected. As Gabi said, please try to spread out a bit so that each item has at least 1 person! Be sure to familiarize yourself with the Classroom Rules and Expectations as well as the SS RPG rules before posting. Thanks! Class will commence in roughly 30ish hours! Class has started! Please do NOT post your character entering late or face the IC consequences. Things are up in the air around here, as I'm sure they are for many people, so it all depends on how my work schedule turns out tomorrow.
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This was an interesting lesson, Jillian loved History. She's not one to contribute a lot but she does enjoy having a group of people sharing facts about it. In this particular lesson, it was obvious that all the items on each table belonged to one person in history- Neville Longbottom. Jillian didn't need to answer his name out loud since a couple of students already said it.
She smiled back at Jina. They have been hanging out lately and it was nice to be in the same group with her.
One question in particular that they were discussing was the Hufflepuff scarf. Longbottom was sorted in Gryffindor and there were a few guesses here and there about it. Jillian hummed under her breath and thought of why the Hufflepuff scarf was present. She can't be too sure of her answer but Professor Recard did say guesses were okay. "I agree with Claudine with this one" she said smiling at the second year Slytherin. "The Hufflepuff scarf is present because Neville Longbottom was married to one." she nodded.
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Nina didn't find questions like this to be helpful at all. It was silly to ask them what they thought the lesson would be about when they would all be finding out soon anyway. Though perhaps it was a good way for others to put their heads to use as she was well aware that many of her classmates were averse to using their brains.
Either way, Nina didn't want to raise her hand and offer a guess of her own. If she didn't get the answer correct it would be far too embarrassing. She didn't typically speak in this class either way, so this was nothing out of the ordinary and hopefully Professor Recard was used to it at this point. Like, no offense. At least History lessons this year were more tolerable than they had been in the past. Professor Curtains was an absolute disaster.
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Naya sat patiently sort of as students filed into the classroom. One by one, they all chose their groups..........only they seemed to choose every group but Naya’s toad group. Finally, her fellow fifth year Gryffindor (Bethania) sat down at an adjacent desk. Naya gave her a nod, as she was no longer a group of one. Soon thereafter, Nina joined the group. She got a nod of acknowledgement as well.
Thankfully, it was time for class to begin. Naya turned her attention to the professor. It seemed they were meant to guess the topic of today’s lesson based on the clues on each set of desks. Naya thought for a moment. Before she could come to a conclusion, the answers started coming. Naya agreed that Neville Longbottom sounded like a pretty good guess.......except for one thing..........the Hufflepuff scarf. She couldn’t figure out what that would have to do with the Gryffindor.
Naya didn’t have to think of a connection because her classmates came up with several. Made sense. At the moment, she couldn’t think of a better answer. Naya just decided to keep quiet, for now. If she could come up with something better, she’d raise her hand later.
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Bernie was nice, and Phoebe was glad they were FOR REAL friends now, not just housemates and co-parents. She smiled merrily at the girl, although her attention was soon arrested by the professor's words. Oh... oh, duh. She hadn't even been paying attention to what was on their desk, but it was definitely the Sorting Hat.
"It's not the real Sorting Hat?" Phoebe slid forward on the desks and got eye to eye with the hat, but it didn't even ripple. Smelled pretty accurate, like dust and firsty fear sweat. "Maybe we're gonna learn about Godric Gryffindor. This is his hat right here."
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"Oh hi, Phoebe! Of course you can!" Bernie beamed at her roommate, pleased that she wouldn't be sitting just with a prefect and Tom. There was nothing wrong with either of them, but Tom had helped her destroy the duelling arena at the start of the term, which meant he might drag her into trouble again, and Missa was friends with a certain Slytherin who had discovered her there in the duelling arena, and so, long story short, Bernie did not want to get expelled today, so it was good to have at least one generally rule-abiding friend at this table.
Now then, class was starting, and the second year began craning her head to look around the room at all the objects here and there. She had an idea of what they might represent, or rather who they might represent, and so she raised her hand and blurted out her guess as usual, before she really thought it all through.
"Neville Longbottom?" Was that who they'd be studying today? If so, she was utterly pleased, because he was a great Gryffindor and all.
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Isla had just greeted her new group mates, when she heard the all-too-familiar sound of the door sealing shut. The professors at Hogwarts were serious when it came to getting to class on time! Although, come to think of it, so were the teachers at muggle primary school, too.
As the professor listed all the items on the various tables, Isla tried to follow along with her eyes. As a pureblood, Isla knew most of the basics when it came to magical history. Even still, as a former muggle primary school student and as an ickle firstie, she still didn't know quite as much as the others.
She looked again at all the items as she tried to piece together what the lesson might be about. That was when Bernie spoke up, and the lightbulb in Isla's head came on. Former Professor Neville Longbottom! That was the guy that helped Harry Potter in that Wizarding War! "I agree with Bernie," she said, raising her hand. "I think we're studying Neville Longbottom."
Truthfully, Gabi wasn't very surprised that they got it right off the bat - it had been a rather easy question, if she did say so herself. Still, the two young girls got a grin from their professor as she nodded at them. "Very good guess, both of you," she told them, not QUITE confirming it just yet but yeah, they were right, obviously.
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While looking at the scarf, she noticed Heath join the group and smiled at him in a friendly way. Her friend Jillian also received a wave when she sat down next to her. "Hi, Jillian." Excited for class?
The first mini activity was to guess the main topic of the lesson. As the items on the tables were so different, she had difficulty piecing them together to figure out what they would be learning in this lesson. It did not help that she was still relatively new to studying British history. When the younger students gave their answer, she finally understood what the items were there for. It made sense! Neville Longbottom, a forgetful herbologist with a pet toad who drew the Gryffindor sword from the sorting hat. The Hufflepuff scarf though ... "Is it because he initially wanted to be sorted into Hufflepuff?" She said in response to the boy's question, raising her hand.
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Claudine was quite pleased that by the time Recard was ready to get started that there weren’t many others at table three. She nodded to Avalon and Carys; they were students she didn’t mind working along with. Oh? They were kicking the lesson off with the mini activity? Interesting. Claudine took the time to gaze at the objects once more as the hands up went up around her.
Neville Longbottom.
Right. That definitely could be the topic. The girl’s hand went up. “Or the fact that Neville married a Hufflepuff,’’ she spoke up, elaborating somewhat on Jina’s answer to Austin. As for the main topic, she chose not to give a response because… why repeat what was already said?
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This was an interesting lesson, Jillian loved History. She's not one to contribute a lot but she does enjoy having a group of people sharing facts about it. In this particular lesson, it was obvious that all the items on each table belonged to one person in history- Neville Longbottom. Jillian didn't need to answer his name out loud since a couple of students already said it.
She smiled back at Jina. They have been hanging out lately and it was nice to be in the same group with her.
One question in particular that they were discussing was the Hufflepuff scarf. Longbottom was sorted in Gryffindor and there were a few guesses here and there about it. Jillian hummed under her breath and thought of why the Hufflepuff scarf was present. She can't be too sure of her answer but Professor Recard did say guesses were okay. "I agree with Claudine with this one" she said smiling at the second year Slytherin. "The Hufflepuff scarf is present because Neville Longbottom was married to one." she nodded.
Is it correct?
"Very interesting theories, ladies," Gabi gave a little clap of excitement at how they were already a full step ahead of everyone! "Keep those thoughts in mind - we'll revisit them in just a moment," she told them. Without even realizing it, they had all started to move on to the second part of the activity, which would be started as soon as everyone answered.
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Bernie was nice, and Phoebe was glad they were FOR REAL friends now, not just housemates and co-parents. She smiled merrily at the girl, although her attention was soon arrested by the professor's words. Oh... oh, duh. She hadn't even been paying attention to what was on their desk, but it was definitely the Sorting Hat.
"It's not the real Sorting Hat?" Phoebe slid forward on the desks and got eye to eye with the hat, but it didn't even ripple. Smelled pretty accurate, like dust and firsty fear sweat. "Maybe we're gonna learn about Godric Gryffindor. This is his hat right here."
"Very good guess, but unfortunately, not quite correct," Gabi smiled at Phoebe in an encouraging sort of way. She was at least giving it a shot!
Maybe the sorting hat hadn't been a good option for this lesson, though - it seemed to be more of a distraction than anything else, because everyone was more focused on whether or not it was real than the topic at hand...
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Beth gave a slight nod of acknowledgement to her fellow group members and turned her attention to the professor as the lesson began. The figurative cogs in her brain remained still even after Recard had relayed her instructions to them, she didn't have any clue what the items around the room might represent. Five years on and history of magic still wasn't her best subject, but she didn't dwell on this as it made her think of her impending O.W.L.s and just...no, she didn't want to think about that.
Nevertheless, she listened in as Bernie and some of the other younger students brought up Neville Longbottom. It made sense that it would be him, for the most part at least. The plant, the remembrall, the toad...she was just confused about the Hufflepuff scarf and the sorting hat. He had been a Gryffindor, hadn't he? Who else was alive eons ago and was somehow connected to plants and to Hufflepuff?
She raised her hand, "Could it be Pomona Sprout?" It was a long shot, she knew, and Pomona Sprout wasn't that much of a history influencer, but she rather enjoyed being the nonconformist sometimes.
"Pomona was a good guess, but unfortunately that is incorrect," Gabi informed her with a small frown. But they did get credit for trying!
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Why would that be the case? Neville wasn't in hufflepuff. He was in Gryffindor...wasn't he?
"Then what's with the hufflepuff scarf?" Austin raised his hand. He didn't know.
"They're all connected, including the scarf," the professor smirked at the students who seemed very thrown off by the Hufflepuff scarf. Admittedly, she had chosen that item specifically for that very purpose! It would all make sense to them shortly.
"Excellent guesses, everyone! I'll admit some of you came up with suggestions I hadn't even thought of when I was picking out items," Gabi admitted with a small smile at some of the students who had truly been thinking outside the box. "However, most of you got it right - today's subject will be the life of Neville Longbottom, friend and ally to Harry Potter and a former professor at this very school," she paused, waving her wand so that the subject scribbled itself in chalk at the top of the whiteboard.
"Now, back to our mini activity - now that you know what the subject of the lesson is, I'd like all of you to go around, one by one, and explain how you think the item at your desks relates to Neville. Some of these objects could be interpreted in different ways...try and think of Neville's life as a whole, and how each of these objects could have affected him at different periods in his life," she encouraged them. There were the obvious answers for each item - but she wanted them to try and use their critical thinking skills as well before they moved on.
"Without further ado, let's get going!" she smiled at them all, turning to wave her wand once again at the board. Each item was written out on the board, creating five columns so that their answers would magically appear on the blackboard as they spoke. Gabriela turned back to the students and then called on the first hand that popped up.
OOC: What's this?! A lesson on Neville? Run by yours truly? WHO WOULD HAVE GUESSED?! In all seriousness, though, I hope you're all having fun and ready to think outside the box! For the second part of the mini activity, post your character giving a short answer as to how they think the item they got pertains to Neville's life. There's the obvious answers - but you can also think more critically like Gabi said. YOU DO NOT NEED TO HAVE POSTED IN THE FIRST PART TO GAIN FULL POINTS FOR THE MINI ACTIVITY. You will have at least 36 hours to finish the activity, however I'll probably check in in about 16ish hours to see how you're all doing!
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No, Phoebe, sad Phoebe, it was not the real Sorting Hat. Bernie held her hand in front of her mouth to make an aside to her friend: "'Snot the real deal. I checked with the professor when I came in." Obviously, if it HAD been real, Bernie would have jammed it on her head and began asking it some VERY important questions, most of which would have been about the hat's original owner.
So anyway, they weren't talking about THE Gryffindor today, but still a worthy one. Bernie eyed the hat once more and tried to think about how it had related to Neville Longbottom. She knew the toad and the mimblewhatnot minutaetonia plant, but the hat? "Was he supposed to be a Hufflepuff or something, but he got into Gryffindor?" she asked her group slash the professor, connecting the hat to the scarf in this instance. "I was almost in Hufflepuff m'self. I see the appeal."
As it turned out, if she'd cared more about cupcakes and less about blowing things up, Bernie would have been in a lot less trouble this year.
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When Isla had first made her guess about the topic of the lesson, she had completely forgotten that Neville Longbottom had been a Gryffindor. In all the history books she had read, she always had him pictured as a Hufflepuff, until that one moment when he slashed that snake. THEN she pictured him as a Hufflepuff. So as the conversation had continued right after her answer, she had already started to think about how each and every item related to Neville Longbottom.
Isla looked at the plant before her then raised her hand. "Well, the Mimbulus Mimbletonia is probably because he loved Herbology and used to be a Herbology professor," she said. That one was easy enough. She was sure there was probably way more to that than she knew, but she wasn't exactly an expert on Neville Longbottom. She could see the bits and pieces in his life on each of the tables. The toad, however, was a question mark for her. She had no idea what the connection between Neville Longbottom and toads could be.
Tom was sat in deep thought as a few of his fellow students took there turn, when it came to his turn, he raised his hand and for a few moment he forgot what he was about to say, but at the last second before saying he didn't know he thought about the hat. "Didn't the hat give Neville the sword of Gryffindor, because it thought he needed it?" He wasn't sure if that was the reason or not but he had read about that somewhere he was sure of it.
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Hers and Jillian’s remarks about Hannah Abbott surely excited Recard. But what was most interesting was that they were told to hold onto the fact. She would do just that, and in the meanwhile, think about her next response which would be about the Remembrall at this time around. He didn’t need much time to do so; her hand went up a very short while later to await her turn.
“Neville had a very bad memory,’’ the second year supplied. “It was hoped that the Remembrall would remind him that he had forgotten something… but Remembralls don’t outright tell anyone what they've forgotten.’’ Someone needed to invent an updated version of Remembralls.
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Ahhh. so they would be learning about Neville Longbottom today. Naya took a moment to think about how all of the items pertained to the Gryffindor. The toad was obvious, but was there some sort of deeper connection that she was not aware of? Maybe.
Finally, Naya raised her hand. “Neville Longbottom had a pet toad.” Yep. She went with the obvious answer. Was there more to add? “I think his name was Trevor.” Naya, queen of the random details. There had to be more that she could say, but right now, she was drawing a blank. The end. Answer done.
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No, Phoebe, sad Phoebe, it was not the real Sorting Hat. Bernie held her hand in front of her mouth to make an aside to her friend: "'Snot the real deal. I checked with the professor when I came in." Obviously, if it HAD been real, Bernie would have jammed it on her head and began asking it some VERY important questions, most of which would have been about the hat's original owner.
So anyway, they weren't talking about THE Gryffindor today, but still a worthy one. Bernie eyed the hat once more and tried to think about how it had related to Neville Longbottom. She knew the toad and the mimblewhatnot minutaetonia plant, but the hat? "Was he supposed to be a Hufflepuff or something, but he got into Gryffindor?" she asked her group slash the professor, connecting the hat to the scarf in this instance. "I was almost in Hufflepuff m'self. I see the appeal."
As it turned out, if she'd cared more about cupcakes and less about blowing things up, Bernie would have been in a lot less trouble this year.
It wasn't exactly what she had been going for, but Gabi was thrilled that Bernadette was thinking outside the box and thinking critically. "Very good answer! It is true that during his first few years, many were skeptical as to why Neville was sorted in to Gryffindor when he didn't seem to be very brave. However, he was a classic example of not judging a book by its cover - just because he wasn't brave in the classical sense, didn't mean he didn't show bravery in other ways," she explained. Like when he had stood up to Harry and his friends before they left to find the Philosopher's Stone.
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When Isla had first made her guess about the topic of the lesson, she had completely forgotten that Neville Longbottom had been a Gryffindor. In all the history books she had read, she always had him pictured as a Hufflepuff, until that one moment when he slashed that snake. THEN she pictured him as a Hufflepuff. So as the conversation had continued right after her answer, she had already started to think about how each and every item related to Neville Longbottom.
Isla looked at the plant before her then raised her hand. "Well, the Mimbulus Mimbletonia is probably because he loved Herbology and used to be a Herbology professor," she said. That one was easy enough. She was sure there was probably way more to that than she knew, but she wasn't exactly an expert on Neville Longbottom. She could see the bits and pieces in his life on each of the tables. The toad, however, was a question mark for her. She had no idea what the connection between Neville Longbottom and toads could be.
"Excellent job, Miss Bellchant," the professor smiled at her. "Neville LOVED plants, and always did extremely well in Herbology. It's no surprise that he eventually went on to become a Herbology professor here, and he was very well liked by his students," she added as an extra fun fact.
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Tom was sat in deep thought as a few of his fellow students took there turn, when it came to his turn, he raised his hand and for a few moment he forgot what he was about to say, but at the last second before saying he didn't know he thought about the hat. "Didn't the hat give Neville the sword of Gryffindor, because it thought he needed it?" He wasn't sure if that was the reason or not but he had read about that somewhere he was sure of it.
Gabi BEAMED at the Gryffindor as he had hit the nail on the head with his answer. "Good job Mister Simpson!" she told him. "That was the reason I picked the sorting hat - however, as others have stated, it could also mean a lot of different things. But yes, the hat DID give him the sword of Gryffindor in his time of need - confirming that he was, indeed, a true Gryffindor deep down," she elaborated. Honestly, one of her favorite stories about Neville.
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Hers and Jillian’s remarks about Hannah Abbott surely excited Recard. But what was most interesting was that they were told to hold onto the fact. She would do just that, and in the meanwhile, think about her next response which would be about the Remembrall at this time around. He didn’t need much time to do so; her hand went up a very short while later to await her turn.
“Neville had a very bad memory,’’ the second year supplied. “It was hoped that the Remembrall would remind him that he had forgotten something… but Remembralls don’t outright tell anyone what they've forgotten.’’ Someone needed to invent an updated version of Remembralls.
Claudine earned a nod of approval from Gabi as she listened to her answer. "Very good Miss Blaze! Remembralls are, in theory, a good idea - however, if you're very forgetful and there are many things you could have forgotten, they're not the most useful invention," she admitted with a small shrug. Gabi wasn't forgetful at all and didn't need one, obviously, but she couldn't imagine how frustrating it would be to know you had forgotten SOMETHING but not know WHAT it was...
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Ahhh. so they would be learning about Neville Longbottom today. Naya took a moment to think about how all of the items pertained to the Gryffindor. The toad was obvious, but was there some sort of deeper connection that she was not aware of? Maybe.
Finally, Naya raised her hand. “Neville Longbottom had a pet toad.” Yep. She went with the obvious answer. Was there more to add? “I think his name was Trevor.” Naya, queen of the random details. There had to be more that she could say, but right now, she was drawing a blank. The end. Answer done.
Gabriela smiled at Naya, pleased that she was at least giving it a shot - even if she was stating the obvious. That was ok, the toad was a hard one to think critically about! "Very good," she said with a nod.
She paused for a moment and waved her wand so that all the answers they'd given appeared on the board behind her, so the rest of the class could add to their notes while they waited to be called on.
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TOAD:
-Neville's pet toad, Trevor, that he had during school
HAT:
-Neville's sorting was questioned by himself and his peers when he first arrived at Hogwarts
-The sorting hat presented Neville with the sword of Gryffindor during the Battle of Hogwarts
MIMBULUS MIMBLETONIA:
-Represents his love for plants, and his eventual career as a Herbology professor
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-He had a notoriously bad memory in his early years
"Great job so far everyone! Let's keep going...there's still plenty we can deduce about Neville's life from these objects," she told them all, her eyes lingering just a moment on the scarf table, who had remained silent during the activity. Did they have anything to contribute?
OOC: Thanks for participating so far, guys! You still have about 24 hours to complete this activity! Remember you can still earn full points even if you didn't post your character guessing the subject of the lesson (catch up wouldn't make sense at this point as we've already moved on and revealed it to the students) and even if your answer has been posted by another member of your group, you can still have your character contributing the same idea (obviously phrased differently and in your own words) because I know some of these can be kind of hard!
As always feel free to nudge me if you need me!
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Well for the most part, the other things on the table was quite significant to Neville... kind of like his trademark. Except for the Hufflepuff scarf. Of course Jillian didn't stop thinking about how it does relate to him since he was from Gryffindor. She thought it was odd that Professor Recard had the hufflepuff scarf- maybe it was to set them off? Since they were allowed to guess, she hopes that hers would be correct "Professor..." she raised her hand a bit "I'm not sure but I guess this has something to do with Neville Longbottom's sorting during his first year at Hogwarts. He asked the sorting hat to be in Hufflepuff" she shrugged.
Uhmm... Yeah, still not entirely sure of her guess.
It was either that or the one about Hannah Abbott. Those were the only things she can think of. Unless her group have more to say.
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Dangggg, it wasn't the real hat at all? That was kind of a bummer. Not enough of a bummer not to participate in the activity, and definitely kind of a perk because now Phoebe didn't feel bad about leaning in and nudging the hat with her forehead. Hello, fake hat. How's it going?
"The hat belonged to Godric Gryffindor originally, and Neville was a Gryffindor. Probably why it was willing to help him out in time of need. Also does the real hat smell like this?"
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She gave Isla a smile and greeted her back when the younger girl had, and even Chloe who seemed to be talking to the plant?? Strange. But then class was moving on and it seemed they were to be guessing what the subject would be for today's lesson. Neville Longbottom; Carsyn already had a feeling that would be the subject matter even if the scarf was trying to mislead them.
Now to decipher what the items had to do with Neville. The plant was pretty easy, as Isla called out upon an easy correlation but Carsyn was almost positive there was something more to the plant. To this specific plant, because otherwise why wouldn't Recard have just selected ANY plant? Rubbing at her temple to try and recall where else she had read about it that was when it hit her. "Specific to the Mimbulus Mimbletonia, which is a rare plant, it was one that Neville had received as a gift in the summer before his fifth year. Ironically it was also made a password to the Gryffindor Common Room that same year which delighted Neville because he could actually remember it." It was the same year she was, so of course she would recall information such as this. Also, remembrall group, hope you're listening to piggyback off this answer.
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Okay, so Neville Longbottom had a pet toad named Trevor when he was a kid. How exactly did people know that kind of trivia about old people? Isla had no idea what kind of pets her parents had when they'd been at Hogwarts. Much less some historical figure from long ago. Speaking of random trivia, Carsyn even knew an old password to the Gryffindor common room from a super long time ago!
Isla really had to read up on random history facts...
So what else was she supposed to say about the plant? Isla flipped through her textbook in search of something else to say. She finally came up with a little something and raised her hand. "It says here that Neville Longbottom taught his friends how to use the plant as a weapon. Apparently, it shoots out Stinksap!" That sounded pretty cool.
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Heath had a hunch that the lesson was going to be about Neville Longbottom, even before Professor Recard confirmed it. The Hufflepuff scarf threw him off at first, but after hearing some of his classmates' reasoning, it made sense. Given the assortment of other items, he couldn't think of anyone else the lesson could possibly be about! Since his guess had already been said several times, he didn't say anything but listened intently as the class moved on to the mini activity.
So they were supposed to figure out how the object in their group related to Neville Longbottom… which was basically what Heath had already been doing since he saw the scarf. He'd learned from others' answers that Neville married a Hufflepuff and wanted to be one himself - both facts that were news to him - but he didn't want to just piggyback off of someone else's guess. He wasn't Yoda! But what else could he say about the scarf? He thought for several moments until the professor's voice distracted him. He almost smiled at her response to one of the other student's (Bernie) answer, especially the bit at the end about bravery. That sounded just like what his mum told him when he was disappointed about being put in Ravenclaw instead of Gryffindor! Hold on… that just gave him an idea!
He remembered his mum said she herself almost didn't go to Gryffindor; she was a hatstall between Gryffindor and Hufflepuff. Was it possible that the same thing happened to Neville Longbottom? It would sort of make sense. He raised his hand. "Was Neville Longbottom a hatstall?" he asked, realizing too late just how off topic the question sounded. He quickly added, "I was just thinking… it seems to me that despite being in Gryffindor, Neville had some Hufflepuff-ish qualities too, like loyalty and fair play. Maybe the scarf could represent that side of him, and if he had that side to him, it's possible that the hat took longer than normal to decide on a house…"
The more he talked, the more disjointed his reasoning sounded.* Yeah...he was just going to stop now before he embarrassed himself any more.
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Neville Longbottom? The least interesting of his class? And technically a murderer? Sure, he hadn't known (hopefully) at the time that he chopped off her head that Nagini had once been a person, but still. This didn't sit well with her at all. Nor did the fact that it seemed like everyone was just going to gloss over that fact. Like, what was wrong with people?
Unless that part of the lesson was coming up...?
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Well for the most part, the other things on the table was quite significant to Neville... kind of like his trademark. Except for the Hufflepuff scarf. Of course Jillian didn't stop thinking about how it does relate to him since he was from Gryffindor. She thought it was odd that Professor Recard had the hufflepuff scarf- maybe it was to set them off? Since they were allowed to guess, she hopes that hers would be correct "Professor..." she raised her hand a bit "I'm not sure but I guess this has something to do with Neville Longbottom's sorting during his first year at Hogwarts. He asked the sorting hat to be in Hufflepuff" she shrugged.
Uhmm... Yeah, still not entirely sure of her guess.
It was either that or the one about Hannah Abbott. Those were the only things she can think of. Unless her group have more to say.
Gabi appreciated the effort on the prefect's part, even though it was obvious she wasn't entirely sure of her answer. "That's a good answer, Prefect Kim! As some others have said, Neville was not entirely sure about his sorting when he first came to school. Hufflepuff seemed a much better fit for him, giving how timid he was," she elaborated with an encouraging smile at her.
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Dangggg, it wasn't the real hat at all? That was kind of a bummer. Not enough of a bummer not to participate in the activity, and definitely kind of a perk because now Phoebe didn't feel bad about leaning in and nudging the hat with her forehead. Hello, fake hat. How's it going?
"The hat belonged to Godric Gryffindor originally, and Neville was a Gryffindor. Probably why it was willing to help him out in time of need. Also does the real hat smell like this?"
"Exactly, it proved that he was INDEED a true Gryffindor," Gabi smiled at Phoebe's answer and nodded. "Although I don't know about the smell of the hat...I can't say I've been around it enough lately to tell," she added. She couldn't imagine the thing smelled PLEASANT after all this time.
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She gave Isla a smile and greeted her back when the younger girl had, and even Chloe who seemed to be talking to the plant?? Strange. But then class was moving on and it seemed they were to be guessing what the subject would be for today's lesson. Neville Longbottom; Carsyn already had a feeling that would be the subject matter even if the scarf was trying to mislead them.
Now to decipher what the items had to do with Neville. The plant was pretty easy, as Isla called out upon an easy correlation but Carsyn was almost positive there was something more to the plant. To this specific plant, because otherwise why wouldn't Recard have just selected ANY plant? Rubbing at her temple to try and recall where else she had read about it that was when it hit her. "Specific to the Mimbulus Mimbletonia, which is a rare plant, it was one that Neville had received as a gift in the summer before his fifth year. Ironically it was also made a password to the Gryffindor Common Room that same year which delighted Neville because he could actually remember it." It was the same year she was, so of course she would recall information such as this. Also, remembrall group, hope you're listening to piggyback off this answer.
Gabi chuckled a little and nodded. "That is an interesting story indeed. Part of the reason I picked THAT plant is not only because Neville is known to have had one in his possession, but because it was one of the first recorded instances we have of him showing his love of Herbology to others," she added. It was the start of him coming out of his shell, if you will.
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Okay, so Neville Longbottom had a pet toad named Trevor when he was a kid. How exactly did people know that kind of trivia about old people? Isla had no idea what kind of pets her parents had when they'd been at Hogwarts. Much less some historical figure from long ago. Speaking of random trivia, Carsyn even knew an old password to the Gryffindor common room from a super long time ago!
Isla really had to read up on random history facts...
So what else was she supposed to say about the plant? Isla flipped through her textbook in search of something else to say. She finally came up with a little something and raised her hand. "It says here that Neville Longbottom taught his friends how to use the plant as a weapon. Apparently, it shoots out Stinksap!" That sounded pretty cool.
"It does indeed," Gabi smiled at Isla and then raised an eyebrow. "And since that is an ACTUAL Mimbulus Mimbletonia there, my earlier warning to not touch it still stands," she reminded her - just in case the eager Slytherin forgot. She did NOT want to have to kick her out of her class because she smelled and was causing a distraction...
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Heath had a hunch that the lesson was going to be about Neville Longbottom, even before Professor Recard confirmed it. The Hufflepuff scarf threw him off at first, but after hearing some of his classmates' reasoning, it made sense. Given the assortment of other items, he couldn't think of anyone else the lesson could possibly be about! Since his guess had already been said several times, he didn't say anything but listened intently as the class moved on to the mini activity.
So they were supposed to figure out how the object in their group related to Neville Longbottom… which was basically what Heath had already been doing since he saw the scarf. He'd learned from others' answers that Neville married a Hufflepuff and wanted to be one himself - both facts that were news to him - but he didn't want to just piggyback off of someone else's guess. He wasn't Yoda! But what else could he say about the scarf? He thought for several moments until the professor's voice distracted him. He almost smiled at her response to one of the other student's (Bernie) answer, especially the bit at the end about bravery. That sounded just like what his mum told him when he was disappointed about being put in Ravenclaw instead of Gryffindor! Hold on… that just gave him an idea!
He remembered his mum said she herself almost didn't go to Gryffindor; she was a hatstall between Gryffindor and Hufflepuff. Was it possible that the same thing happened to Neville Longbottom? It would sort of make sense. He raised his hand. "Was Neville Longbottom a hatstall?" he asked, realizing too late just how off topic the question sounded. He quickly added, "I was just thinking… it seems to me that despite being in Gryffindor, Neville had some Hufflepuff-ish qualities too, like loyalty and fair play. Maybe the scarf could represent that side of him, and if he had that side to him, it's possible that the hat took longer than normal to decide on a house…"
The more he talked, the more disjointed his reasoning sounded.* Yeah...he was just going to stop now before he embarrassed himself any more.
"Neville's sorting DID take longer than normal, that is true," Gabi confirmed with a nod. "And very good point about him having Hufflepuff qualities! He was definitely loyal to his friends - and his house as well. Many people forget that, and it's a good reminder for everyone that just because you end up in one house, doesn't mean you can't possess qualities from another," she explained. It was a lesson that she herself had taken an embarrassingly long amount of time to figure out.
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Neville Longbottom? The least interesting of his class? And technically a murderer? Sure, he hadn't known (hopefully) at the time that he chopped off her head that Nagini had once been a person, but still. This didn't sit well with her at all. Nor did the fact that it seemed like everyone was just going to gloss over that fact. Like, what was wrong with people?
Unless that part of the lesson was coming up...?
Gabi paused for a second and looked over at the Ravenclaw. She seemed deep in thought but didn't say anything...hmm. She wondered what Whitney was thinking so hard about?
Once everyone had had a turn, she smiled and turned to the blackboard, reviewing their answers. "Very good everyone! You all pretty much touched on what I was hoping to get at with each item. For the toad - Neville was gifted a toad by his Uncle before heading to Hogwarts. Trevor was a staple of his Hogwarts career, even if he spent most of the time missing," Poor Trevor. At least he'd gotten a chance to get away from everything and rejoin his fellow toads in the Great Lake.
"The Mimbulus Mimbletonia, in addition to being one of the plants that Neville was well known for having, represents his love for plants and his future career. The remembrall represents his tendency to be forgetful, which unfortunately got him in to a bit of trouble on numerous occasions. The sorting hat represents Neville's sorting in to Gryffindor - the fact that he questioned it, and the fact that the sword presenting itself to him in his time of need confirmed that he was a true Gryffindor deep down. Finally, the Hufflepuff scarf, which seems to have stumped a lot of you, represented a few things - one, that many people thought he should have gone to Hufflepuff. And two, the fact that he married a Hufflepuff, Hannah Abbot," she explained. She paused and waved her wand so that all those facts - which just about everyone had gotten right - was on the chalkboard for them to copy down.
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TOAD:
-Neville's pet toad, Trevor, that he had during school
HAT:
-Neville's sorting was questioned by himself and his peers when he first arrived at Hogwarts
-The sorting hat presented Neville with the sword of Gryffindor during the Battle of Hogwarts
MIMBULUS MIMBLETONIA:
-Represents his love for plants, and his eventual career as a Herbology professor
-Owned a Mimbulus Mimbletonia during his fifth year and helped students learn to weaponize Stinksap
SCARF:
-Possibly could have been sorted in Hufflepuff
-Married Hannah Abbott, a Hufflepuff
REMEMBRALL:
-He had a notoriously bad memory in his early years
"Now, we only touched on just a few aspects of Neville's life. There is so much more that we know about him that we HAVEN'T talked about. So, my question to you is simple - tell me something you know about Neville Longbottom. It can be anything! Try not to repeat answers, and once we have a good collection of facts, we'll move on," she informed them all before pausing to wait for the first hand to go up.
She wondered if any of them would touch on the part of his life that this lesson was ACTUALLY about...
OOC: Great work everyone! Now on to the Q&A section of the lesson! Question one is as straightforward as it seems - tell me some facts about Neville! Try not to repeat answers, and please don't copy and paste straight from his Wikipedia page. You'll have about 24 hours to get this part done.
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Bernie studiously copied down the notes from the chalkboard, nodding at the reveal that the Hufflepuff he'd married was Hannah Abbott. Aha. Well that was that.
She put her quill down and had to think for a moment to come up with something they hadn't talked about yet. Maybe something not related to his school years? "Neville's parents were both aurors," Bernie stated, hand up. She'd read about them in her Harry Potter era history book.
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Naya was busy writing notes and listening to all of the answers given by her classmates. She paid special attention to the answers given about the Hufflepuff scarf because that was the one item that she was unsure about. After the professor had reviewed the information, she posed another question.
More information about Neville Longbottom was what they were asked to give. Naya raised her hand to share her thoughts. ”Neville Longbottom was born the same day as Harry Potter. For a while, no one was sure whether Harry Potter’s prophecy referred to him or Neville Longbottom.” How would things have worked out if Neville Longbottom had been the Chosen One? Thankfully, they would never need to know.
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Claudine made her notes regarding Neville, her quill moving from side to side on her book as her hand directed. She wondered if the poor man had gotten over his bad memory. If he hadn’t, he probably took potions to help with that. Note- taking finished, the second year set down her quill to listen to some answers. Her eyes flicked unimpressively to Naya. Ever since she realised how much time Cole spent talking to that fifth year, Claudine thought that Naya was a nuisance. It was for this reason that she was delighted to point out Naya’s error.
Claudine’s hand went up. “I believe Neville was born on 30th July. Harry Potter was born on the 31st. Different dates, same year.’’ Was she smug about this? Yes. Yes, she was.
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Isla blinked. Was it just her, or did the professor suddenly think she was going to test out the whole stinksap thing? As fun as it sounded, that thought hadn't even crossed her mind. Honestly!
Her first thought was the whole connection between Neville, Harry Potter, and their birthdays. Somebody beat her to that one, though, so it was back to the drawing board. After a few more seconds, a thought occurred to her, and she raised her hand. "He was a member of Dumbledore's Army. He even kept it going after Harry Potter left Hogwarts to hunt for horcruxes," she said.
There was so much more she could have said about Neville, all thanks to the page she'd turned to in her textbook. The guy was pretty interesting, even if she hadn't known a lot about him before.
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Heath was prepared for the fallout from his answer. He expected to be wrong. He expected to be misunderstood, but having a good point was the last thing he expected! He blinked, surprised by the professor's response, but there wasn't much time to think about it before they were moving on to something else.
Wow, that was… a lot of information to process at once. Heath listened, taking notes as quickly as possible, but he had trouble keeping up. He was glad when the information appeared on the board. So what else did he know about Neville Longbottom?
Heath considered the question. He read that Neville struggled academically and fell short of his family's expectations, and that stuck with him. He knew how it felt to be an outsider in your own family! He raised his hand and said, "Neville's early signs of magic - like wrapping his baby blankets tighter around himself - weren't glaringly obvious, so his family initially thought he was a Squib."
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Quite pleased with her answer, Jillian smiled at Professor Recard. She liked her a lot. She keeps her lessons interesting. Jillian wrote down in a piece of parchment details about the Hufflepuff scarf, in case her group needed a recall. Or you know, just in case. She placed it near her and returned her focus at the professor as she moved on.
Facts about Neville Longbottom... Hmmm... First thing that comes to her mind was his educational career here at Hogwarts. A lot of students did point out earlier about his position as a Herbology professor. "He worked for the Ministry before becoming a professor at Hogwarts" she contributed. The auror office was it?
Tom tried to think about something that Neville might have done, or his parents might have done, but he was struggling, in the end he decided to guess and so when it was his turn, he raised his hand and just blurted out the first thing that came to him. "Didn't he get the house points that broke Slytherins run of consecutive house cup victories?" He knew Harry had got a lot of points but that was only enough to make them tie, it was Neville points that took them over the edge right?
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