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| | Term 26: August - November 2010 Term Twenty-six: Triwizard Tournament (Sept 2072 - June 2073) | |
10-06-2010, 11:32 PM
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The weather had turned, and it was most definitely January... both inside and outside the classroom. Tate rubbed his hands together as he moved around the classroom, building up the fire in both braziers. In just a few moments, the classroom would be snug and warm, but at the moment...? Brr.
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10-07-2010, 02:25 AM
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Simon listened to what the headmaster had to say and debated on how to answer the question. In some ways it was all a matter of point of view if you really thiught about it. Finally the Gryffindor fifth year raised his hand to answer. "Thinking outside the box would mean to not go for the obvious answer to things," he replied lowering his arm. "To try and find an answer or solution that is hidden."
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Originally Posted by Cassirin  "Let's move on, though. I didn't poison you, but I want to keep you on your toes. Just furthering the lesson on vigilance, which we covered in depth last time. I found your homework responses very enlightening." He rubbed the back of his head thoughtfully. "Last time, I asked you to consider the adage 'the best defense is a good offense.' Today's adage is 'think outside the box.' It's a very Muggle saying... not really sure what this box is they refer to, but does anyone know what it means?" Brittany Grew up in the muggle world and even she didnt know what the box they were referring to was. * Shrug* She raised her hand before speaking. " Well Its and expression for not always thinking the logical thing. Its like a math problem. There is one set way to do it but if you look at it another way im sure you can get the same answer just in a different way." She said hoping the professor understood her analogy.
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10-07-2010, 02:28 AM
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| | Kappa
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Crud. He didn't poison them. Which meant, no birds attacking flobberworms, and no sides hurting from laughing.
Fine then.
Sighing, the Slytherin leaned back in her seat, moving her attention towards the Headmaster and pausing the little tapping noises she was doing with her fingers on the desk top. That was the question? It was a MUGGLE saying!? Holy Merlin! She didn't know that!
Raising a brow, her hand matched it's movements as it went in the air to answer the question. "Doesn't it mean...to not think of the obvious answers or ideas? But to think of something that practically no one else would think of automatically?"
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10-07-2010, 02:29 AM
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Lexi averted her eyes as Tate agreed with her about the whole barkeep incident. She hated thinking about that. Then in response to his next question Lexi raised her hand again and said, "Well, sir, I think it means to think outside of the obvious answer. If you think about things a little differently then you are thinking outside of the box." That was HER idea of it anyway. Heh.
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10-07-2010, 02:29 AM
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| | Doxy
Join Date: Oct 2009
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Originally Posted by Cassirin "That's a very fine distinction, but I'm not entirely certain it matters. The fact is that sometimes people we trust let us down, regardless of the reason for it. Whether their emotions are justifiable to you, whether they were overcome by a hunger for power or greed or it was just simple fear, sometimes... it happens." Personal experience, of course.
"Ugly things. Bad taste. But just candy. And sometimes making light of the scary things makes them a bit less scary." Dakest should remember that Tate often took this point of view. Well. Now they all had heard his philosophy.
"Let's move on, though. I didn't poison you, but I want to keep you on your toes. Just furthering the lesson on vigilance, which we covered in depth last time. I found your homework responses very enlightening." He rubbed the back of his head thoughtfully. "Last time, I asked you to consider the adage 'the best defense is a good offense.' Today's adage is 'think outside the box.' It's a very Muggle saying... not really sure what this box is they refer to, but does anyone know what it means?" A small nod left Sabel's head as he considered the Headmaster's words. It was true. A let down was a let down no matter what packaging it came in. Frowning slightly, his eyes flicked over to his very silent Hufflepuff. Trust...true trust seemed very hard to come by these days, even if it was in so simple a thing as whether someone would do or be as they said they would. Trust in people, as a whole, was even harder. Thank you fourth year....
Reaching out, he wrapped an arm around Arya's shoulders, giving her a gentle hug. He couldn't help but wonder if her silence was due to the mention of that year, or something else entirely, but he wasn't used to it.
Thankfully his concern caused a sidestep in his mind pathway from the mother comment to the question. "Thinking abnormally or creatively...or abnormally creative."
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Riley raised his hand after a bit of thought. "Well I think that it is meaning you need to think creatively and not predictable." the Gryffindor nodded. Nobody liked boring old stuff, new and creative things were always better.
Unless you were talking about good-ole butterbeer, or chocolate frogs, scarfs, shoes, butterbeer, butterbeer....
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10-07-2010, 02:33 AM
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Ahh!
Destiny was great with muggle sayings and she totally knew what 'thinking outside the box' meant. Sure, everyone else gave good answers, but Destiny..she was going to give a GREAT answer!
She raised her hand slowly for dramatic effect, "It means to literally think outside of the box. Like, how are you supposed to think while inside one, right? The lack of oxygen would make your brain all wonky and you wouldn't be able to think straight."
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| | Billywig
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Jenny took another tiny sip from her cup of hot chocolate. Her heart was still beating frantically from that question the Headmaster asked earlier and she nearly spilled her hot chocolate over her worn sweater and pants. Whew.
"I think it means to look for and think beyond the obvious answers. It's quite handy when you're stuck in a desperate situation and you have nothing around you much to help you." Jenny said. She was quite sad that she couldn't add to that answer, but then again, DADA isn't her best subject.
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Originally Posted by Cassirin "Let's move on, though. I didn't poison you, but I want to keep you on your toes. Just furthering the lesson on vigilance, which we covered in depth last time. I found your homework responses very enlightening." He rubbed the back of his head thoughtfully. "Last time, I asked you to consider the adage 'the best defense is a good offense.' Today's adage is 'think outside the box.' It's a very Muggle saying... not really sure what this box is they refer to, but does anyone know what it means?" Ermmm..... "Trying to find other creative solutions to a problem? Something that isnt the most obvious solution, but could get the problem resolved anway?" at least thats what the lad thought it meant. Other than it being a coded message for 'lie through your teeth'.
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10-07-2010, 02:36 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2010
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cassirin "Let's move on, though. I didn't poison you, but I want to keep you on your toes. Just furthering the lesson on vigilance, which we covered in depth last time. I found your homework responses very enlightening." He rubbed the back of his head thoughtfully. "Last time, I asked you to consider the adage 'the best defense is a good offense.' Today's adage is 'think outside the box.' It's a very Muggle saying... not really sure what this box is they refer to, but does anyone know what it means?" " Um," Emmaleigh said raising her hand, "IT means that you don't have to always do things the normal way for them to be correct. Its thinking beyond your assumptions. Sometimes the only way to get something done is to approach it diffrently.' | |
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10-07-2010, 02:37 AM
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| | Mooncalf
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Cameron frowned. Think outside the box? That was an old muggle saying that school teachers told bored, uncreative students. What DID it actually mean?
"It's supposed to mean think creatively. I suppose in the context of THIS class, think outside the box is trying to think of options that aren't predictable. Thinking outside the box is sorta like.. thinking outside the regular parameters of what you'd find in duel."
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10-07-2010, 02:44 AM
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Arya had long abandoned her hot chocolate in favor of fiddling with the hair band around her wrist. The whole conversation about Remi, even though short, had silenced her. She didn't like to think about the events of her first year, let alone talk about them.
Her mind began to drift when she felt an arm wrap around her, glancing up at Sabel, she spared him a small smile, slowly focusing her mind on the current discussion. Thankfully it had changed.
"It means to think creatively." She responded after a moment. "Do or say something that someone wouldn't expect you to. Something that's....not the norm."
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10-07-2010, 02:45 AM
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| | Manticore
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"Yeah, it sounds like we have a consensus, or at least a generally shared perspective on what it means to 'think outside the box'. It means that there is often an obvious answer to a question, and then there are less obvious paths to equally viable answers. Thinking outside the box is about being creative and open-minded, and it's about being willing to look at every scenario as a blank sheet of paper, rather than as a tunnel, forcing you down the same path to the same answer."
Hm. Rather poetic. He should write that down.
"So how does this apply to Defense?"
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10-07-2010, 02:49 AM
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| | Kappa
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Muggles! Yeah, he liked them. Inventive.
How does that apply to Defense?
Treyen's hand was raised when he answered, "Trying things no one expects or use all resources available to protect one self?" yes, that, his hand was put down when he finished.
It was like Gilderoy, you see, he did things no one did, perhaps that's why he was so awesome.
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10-07-2010, 02:50 AM
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| | Puffskein
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Originally Posted by Cassirin "Yeah, it sounds like we have a consensus, or at least a generally shared perspective on what it means to 'think outside the box'. It means that there is often an obvious answer to a question, and then there are less obvious paths to equally viable answers. Thinking outside the box is about being creative and open-minded, and it's about being willing to look at every scenario as a blank sheet of paper, rather than as a tunnel, forcing you down the same path to the same answer."
Hm. Rather poetic. He should write that down.
"So how does this apply to Defense?" Brittany thought for a second. How did it apply  ??? "Well I guess instead of using the obvious defense you opponet will think you would use might make it easier for them to defeat you so if you use something they wasnt expecting it might get you the upper hand." She hoped that was right but if not... she tried
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10-07-2010, 02:50 AM
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| | Doxy
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He was relieved when Arya returned the smile and finally spoke up. It seemed whatever had been troubling her had passed, for which he was extremely grateful. Though, he couldn't say as he would forget it, and considered talking with her once class was over. For now, he let his arm rest around her shoulders, considering Tate's monologue.
"It means that sometimes certain ways of protecting yourself won't work, and you'll have to think quickly and creatively to keep all your limbs together." Cue memories on his duel with Danika.
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Originally Posted by Cassirin Hm. Rather poetic. He should write that down.
"So how does this apply to Defense?" Kellen raised his hand, "You shouldn't think that there's just one spell for one type of monster or situation?" | |
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| | Chimaera
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"In defense you sometimes need to do the unpredictable else your opponant has a chance of knowing your possible future actions ahead of time, allowing them to control you by their own moves," Simon replied. The boy thinking of his older brother's stories of his work, or at least what the older Bennett could reveal to him. "Thinking outside the box could have you using spells for different purposes then most would think of giving the added element of surprise."
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| | Billywig
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Jenny was still shivering even though it became a lot warmer now. Maybe it's because that's how her body works? It is weird sometimes (especially since she is super clumsy).
"Well um...whenever you meet a dark creature, one of the most obvious things you would do is to panic or run away. That doesn't work very often, since the creature would just outrun and outmaneuver you. When you think outside the box, you think rationally and calmly and try to come up as many defense spells as you can." Jenny paused. Maybe she should use another example or not use any examples at all.
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Originally Posted by Cassirin "Yeah, it sounds like we have a consensus, or at least a generally shared perspective on what it means to 'think outside the box'. It means that there is often an obvious answer to a question, and then there are less obvious paths to equally viable answers. Thinking outside the box is about being creative and open-minded, and it's about being willing to look at every scenario as a blank sheet of paper, rather than as a tunnel, forcing you down the same path to the same answer."
Hm. Rather poetic. He should write that down.
"So how does this apply to Defense?" Emmaleigh wasn't too sure if she was even thinking along the correct lines, but she raised her hand any ways. " Um, maybe its being unpredictable, like not getting tied down to one or two certain spells. If who ever you are figthing against knows your style, then they know how to beat you. But I guess it also could mean using the resources around you." | |
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| | Mooncalf
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Marie thought about that last question for a minute before raising her hand. "It could mean that just because a defensive spell seems like the most obvious one to use, it is not necessarily the best one to use. You need to think what would be better not easiest." | |
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| | Chizpurfle
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It wasn't too difficult for her to push aside all thoughts of her first term, and focus on the questions that Tate was asking them. She suppressed the urge to leaned against Sabel, knowing that doing so coupled with the coldness in the room would only cause her to grow sleeeepy.
She raised the arm that wouldn't jostle Sabel's to respond to the next question. "It means don't always react the same way in a duel or when protecting yourself. Do something that you attacker wouldn't expect."
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"Well it is very important to try different tactics to defend yourself. Also if you use some spell that your opponent isn't expecting that is always a plus. I think it is also very important to have a lot of different spells in your arsenal so as not to become reliant on a few certain ones," she said with a slight grin. Looking away from Headmaster Hottie she noticed that Sabel's face was cut and stuff. Hmmm. He probably fell down again or something. Heh.
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| | Mooncalf
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Well.. she'd just said, hadn't she?
"In a due.. you can't do what's predictabe because your opponent will expect that, won't they? You've got to think outside the box and do something different - something unexpected. That way, you have an advantage." Heh. She was so smart today.
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"Yes, exactly," Tate nodded enthusiastically, even as his fixed gaze was on Dakest's arm around a younger student. "Hands to yourself, Mr. Dakest. This isn't the time for snuggling."
He turned back to the rest of the students. They most certainly seeeeeemed to understand this concept, and it wasn't one that was particularly difficult. Until. Until they were in the field and the only spell they could remember was Protego. "Let's give this a try. In the absolute strictest sense, I want you to list as many offensive and defensive spells as you can. One each so everyone has a chance. I don't want to hear spells that have other purposes, nor do I want you to do that thinking outside the box just yet. I just want to know those dueling spells we all use, that can ONLY be used in dueling." ooc: Going to bed, but I'll be back on at about 5 pm EST tomorrow. You guys are doing great 
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