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When you first enter the Muggle Studies classroom, you can instantly hear National Anthems and Marches from all over the world playing softly in the background. There are a variety of national flags hanging from the rafters and a soft breeze has been charmed to blow the flags slightly occasionally. Around the room are campaign posters, both Muggle and Wizards, from centuries in the past.
Professor Cerulean is at the front of the classroom flipping through a Muggle magazine looking up occasionally watching students enter the classroom. On the board is a simple greeting,
"Welcome to Muggle Studies and get ready to Rock the Vote!"
On each desk, there is glass of red and blue layered jello with whipped cream and a white spoon. Beside the glass, is a cup of cherry Muggle kool-aid.
Come in and have a bite and wait for class to get started!
OOC: Class will start later this evening! Come in, have a seat and a bite, and start some conversations. See you in a lil while.
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Minerva smiled as class began. She was excited to learn more about the elections and the voting. Since doing her internship over the summer she was very interested in the board and how they became members. Plus, learning more could help her on the committee that was lead by the professor.
As she asked the first question Minerva put up her hand, "Professor, there was Abraham Lincoln's second election. It was right in the middle of the civil war and they were afraid that he would not get elected because of the state of the war and if he did get elected again that any chance of reconciliation with the south. No country had ever held elections during a military emergency, but Lincoln said you could not have a free government without elections."
Putting her hand down she sat listening to other answers. She knew more muggle because she grew up muggle, but she was interested in learning more of the wizard elections as well.
Ethan pursed his lips together slightly as class began. This lesson was about elections and voting? That was one subject the sixth year knew very little about.. mainly because he had almost no interest in it. Sure, he knew he should care about politics since they affected life as he knew it.. but the whole concept seemed so very dull.
He listened to all the other answers and jotted down a few notes and doodles. A few of them sounded vaguely familiar.. but most not. The Ravenclaw stole a glance at Minerva as she gave her answer. He didn't know who that guy was.. probably a Muggle American.. but her answer sounded really smart. He didn't know of any that were exceptional or even stood out a little, so Ethan chose not to offer anything just yet. Instead he kept his quill to his parchment.
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Eliza listened and nodded as Professor Cerulean gave her speech about voting and elections. She always had a good introduction prepared, Eliza had noticed. I'll bet she gets a really good review from these board people, she thought as she stole a glance at the two adults seated in the room. She remembered hearing about that election with the messed up ballots and all of the trouble it caused. It was still hard for her to believe that something could get so out of hand, but it seemed to happen in all sorts of things.
She raised her hand to mention something she had heard or read at some point, she wasn't sure which. "Professor, there was George Washington, the first president of the United States of America. I heard that he was sort of appointed or encouraged to be president by his peers. He didn't want to be president really at all!" She wondered if anyone else had heard about that too. She thought it was really interesting that he would take on that responsibility because of a sense of duty, even though he didn't want to. She wished more people would do good things even when they would rather not. And wouldn't it be nice if there was some sort of morality or decency test that could keep all of the bad sneaky people out of leadership positions? She wondered if anything like that would ever be developed.
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Ohh, elections. This made Sierra think about her father. He'd been elected to the position of Minister of Magic, although it'd been more of a 'people's choice' thing rather than a voting thing. Although, she guessed those two things were one and the same.
Memorable elections... Sierra raised her hand. "Well, a few Ministers before my father, there was a woman named Reagan Taylor. She won the election against the previous Minister, Mr..." Uhh, what was that man's name? "...Cooper?" She said that last part like it was a question. "Anyway, it's memorable to me, because it's the first election I really remember, and because my dad took over afterwards."
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Alex raised her hand because she had a good answer to share. She said, "Professor there was a memorable election in the United States in 1948. Thomas Dewey ran for President against Harry S. Truman. Everyone believed Dewey would win the election, even the newspapers printed that he had won. It turned out that Truman actually won the election. It was a huge upset." Alex loved that story because the underdog came out on top.
“But enough about that, can anyone share some examples of memorable elections from either the Muggle or Wizarding world that you can remember or have heard about? Remember we are be biased in this lesson so don’t be mean about other Political Parties. We are just talking about the Election and Voting process and not so much the different parties involved.” she said asking the students their first question...she held the marker ready to make notes on the board.
OOC: Class has officially started so all conversations should be over...remember not to rp your charrie coming in late or Professor Cerulean will take off points.
Please have fun with your answers....they can be real or made up....doesn’t matter! Remember the professor is always watching!
Melody sat there taking down notes. Muggle studies how interestingboring. Her parents taught her about muggles was boring to her. They couldn't use magic so why would they have interesting lives? Something told Melody that this was going be a long non responsive class.
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She smiled at the young girl, “Hullo yourself, Alice...” she said with a smile trying to mimic the girls hello, “Glad to see you this term...I’ve got your usual sleeping spot in the corner ready for you...” she said jokingly with a little wink...o yes she does see you in the corner...
.. wait, WHAT? Cerulean knew about the naps that she took in the corner? Alice's face froze as she stared back at the woman, her eyes as wide as saucers. That was.. unexpected. But there would be no dozing off today, she assumed. The Professor was WATCHING her, and she knew it.
Pity. She really did need to catch up on her rest.
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Gemma’s eyes rose up and she instantly became nervous as she saw not one...but two...Board of Governors walked into her classroom. She debated getting up and saying hello to them, but then she knew they were here to observe her...so did she stay professor driven or should she be professional...she decided on the professor part since that’s what she needed to focus on. She gave each of them a little wave and made a mental note to visit with them after the lesson
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The professor stood up once it seemed the seats were all filled and walked towards the dry erase board at the front of the class. She smiled at the students and felt the usual butterflies in her stomach. After so many years of teaching, she still got them on the first lesson of the term.
“Welcome everyone to our first Muggle Studies class of the term. I want to remind you that this is a Muggle Studies classroom so please refrain from using magic in the classroom unless I specifically ask you to. I will use a few tricks along the way,” she said motioning up to the flags waving in the magic wind and then with a snap the music stopped in the background, ”to set the tone and decorations of the class, but overall we’ll try to stay away from magic in here on a regular basis.”
She turned towards the board and wrote out the word ‘VOTE’ in all capital letters and then turned back to the students, “As many of you have noticed and heard, we are having an important Hogwarts Board of Governors election this term. It is an exciting opportunity for us to vote for those individuals that will best represent us and make decisions for our school’s success and future,” she paused and let that sit in.
“Voters choose their leaders and in doing so give authority and legitimacy to government. The rights of citizens to vote and participate in periodic, democratic elections are internationally recognized human rights. They are also essential to a country’s peace and stability.
Achieving fair and free elections around the world has become a matter of concern for international organizations that promote peace and human rights.” she continued as she started pacing the stage a little bit.
She stopped in the middle of the stage and looked over the students knowing that some of them were probably already getting to tune her out, “There have been some pretty amazing elections over the years in both the Muggle and Wizarding Worlds. For instance, in 2000, the Muggle world had an election that rocked the world in the United States. It was full of controversy surrounding who had actually won the Presidential election and the country actually had to wait a few weeks before they even knew who the official President was...and this was all over what they called a hanging chad...so pretty much a piece of paper that was stuck to some ballots that were cast. Many times these elections are ridiculous no matter what Political Party you are in.” she paused again and walked towards the board and picked up her marker.
“But enough about that, can anyone share some examples of memorable elections from either the Muggle or Wizarding world that you can remember or have heard about? Remember we are be biased in this lesson so don’t be mean about other Political Parties. We are just talking about the Election and Voting process and not so much the different parties involved.” she said asking the students their first question...she held the marker ready to make notes on the board.
OOC: Class has officially started so all conversations should be over...remember not to rp your charrie coming in late or Professor Cerulean will take off points.
Please have fun with your answers....they can be real or made up....doesn’t matter! Remember the professor is always watching!
Muggle elections? Wizard elections?
Alice knew none. Well, she did know ONE, but Selina had already named it. The Kingsley Shacklebolt one. But she wouldn't have named it anyway, probably, because it made Milton happy, which was reason enough not to state it. Selina had already taken care of that, though, so there was nothing to do but sit. And STARE at the people who actually knew this stuff. Aliens, the lot of them. That's what they were.
Who paid attention to Muggle politics, anyways?
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So that was why Rock the Vote. Their lesson was all about elections and voting and all the processes that came along with it. Ugh. Awareness, that was the whole point of this. So they'd understand how the election goes and be knowledgeable enough for the coming BoG elections in their own school. The Ravenclaw found it helpful in every aspect, but it didn't dutifully meant that it caught her utmost interest.
Despite this, she still took the effort in writing down several significant points that Professor Cerulean had mentioned. Putting emphasis on 'controversy'. Yep. It was twins with the word 'election'. She even wondered for a brief moment why it seemed as though there weren't controversies about the candidates that had bubbled up yet.
"....Many times these elections are ridiculous no matter what Political Party you are in."
She nodded reverently at that statement. True enough.
When they were asked to share examples of unforgettable elections throughout history, however, Beezus only listened to her peers and crossed her arms. Wizarding and Muggle elections sure did have similarities but all the same, also had differences. Mhmmm.
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SPOILER!!: Ira :P
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Muggle Studies. Ira yet couldn't decide whether she liked the subject or not.. Not that she didn't like muggles, quite the opposite, seeing she herself was muggleborn, but the subject was boring for her. It just wasn't as interesting as Arithmancy for her.
But still, she came in just for Professor Cerulean. Well, she was nice. And the one who made such a subject interesting to study. Entering the class, she smiled and greeted, "Hello Professor Cerulean! Had a nice summer?"
Then she went towards the back benches and just as she was about to sit down, she noticed a familiar face. o__O Was that Zhenya?
Beaming, she tapped on her friend's shoulder.
Text Cut: Zhenya!!
"ZHENYA!!!" she shouted a bit loudly, and then lowered her voice a bit, "Where were you??!!"
Zhenya was minding her own business, not listening to what conversations were going on around her, when she heard a shout. And... it was her name. It made her jump, wondering who had said that? She looked up and saw Ira. She gave a friendly smile and waved, "Hey Ira." Ah, and the question of her whereabouts. She lightly bit her lip and said "I uh... was in Russia," and shrugged a little. Without going into the very lengthy back story of everything, it was difficult to explain why. "I had some family problems." That was essentially why she had left.
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Professor Cerulean looked up from her magazine with a smile, “Hello Zhenya! I did...thanks for asking...and yourself?”
Zhenya gave a small shrug to Professor Cerulean and said "It was good, thanks."
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The professor stood up once it seemed the seats were all filled and walked towards the dry erase board at the front of the class. She smiled at the students and felt the usual butterflies in her stomach. After so many years of teaching, she still got them on the first lesson of the term.
“Welcome everyone to our first Muggle Studies class of the term. I want to remind you that this is a Muggle Studies classroom so please refrain from using magic in the classroom unless I specifically ask you to. I will use a few tricks along the way,” she said motioning up to the flags waving in the magic wind and then with a snap the music stopped in the background, ”to set the tone and decorations of the class, but overall we’ll try to stay away from magic in here on a regular basis.”
She turned towards the board and wrote out the word ‘VOTE’ in all capital letters and then turned back to the students, “As many of you have noticed and heard, we are having an important Hogwarts Board of Governors election this term. It is an exciting opportunity for us to vote for those individuals that will best represent us and make decisions for our school’s success and future,” she paused and let that sit in.
“Voters choose their leaders and in doing so give authority and legitimacy to government. The rights of citizens to vote and participate in periodic, democratic elections are internationally recognized human rights. They are also essential to a country’s peace and stability.
Achieving fair and free elections around the world has become a matter of concern for international organizations that promote peace and human rights.” she continued as she started pacing the stage a little bit.
She stopped in the middle of the stage and looked over the students knowing that some of them were probably already getting to tune her out, “There have been some pretty amazing elections over the years in both the Muggle and Wizarding Worlds. For instance, in 2000, the Muggle world had an election that rocked the world in the United States. It was full of controversy surrounding who had actually won the Presidential election and the country actually had to wait a few weeks before they even knew who the official President was...and this was all over what they called a hanging chad...so pretty much a piece of paper that was stuck to some ballots that were cast. Many times these elections are ridiculous no matter what Political Party you are in.” she paused again and walked towards the board and picked up her marker.
“But enough about that, can anyone share some examples of memorable elections from either the Muggle or Wizarding world that you can remember or have heard about? Remember we are be biased in this lesson so don’t be mean about other Political Parties. We are just talking about the Election and Voting process and not so much the different parties involved.” she said asking the students their first question...she held the marker ready to make notes on the board.
OOC: Class has officially started so all conversations should be over...remember not to rp your charrie coming in late or Professor Cerulean will take off points.
Please have fun with your answers....they can be real or made up....doesn’t matter! Remember the professor is always watching!
Elections? Zhenya hardly knew what the word politics was. She didn't recall ever really learning anything about any elections. The only thing she knew about was once in Russia when the President was overtaken. She didn't even know much about it, just that it was so silly. She raised her hand and said "Professor, well, I know in Russia a long time ago there was a President and I think he kept doing things that the people didn't really like, so the Vice President stepped up and knocked this guy off the lead. But all I really remember learning was that the Vice President thought that the Public had had enough with the President, so the next day there was a vote of the Politic people and they decided to vote the Vice President into the head role, and people weren't happy!" She remembered one night listening to her grandparents complaining about it... STILL! So, it must have been within the last 10 years, she thought.
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SPOILER!!: professor
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The professor stood up once it seemed the seats were all filled and walked towards the dry erase board at the front of the class. She smiled at the students and felt the usual butterflies in her stomach. After so many years of teaching, she still got them on the first lesson of the term.
“Welcome everyone to our first Muggle Studies class of the term. I want to remind you that this is a Muggle Studies classroom so please refrain from using magic in the classroom unless I specifically ask you to. I will use a few tricks along the way,” she said motioning up to the flags waving in the magic wind and then with a snap the music stopped in the background, ”to set the tone and decorations of the class, but overall we’ll try to stay away from magic in here on a regular basis.”
She turned towards the board and wrote out the word ‘VOTE’ in all capital letters and then turned back to the students, “As many of you have noticed and heard, we are having an important Hogwarts Board of Governors election this term. It is an exciting opportunity for us to vote for those individuals that will best represent us and make decisions for our school’s success and future,” she paused and let that sit in.
“Voters choose their leaders and in doing so give authority and legitimacy to government. The rights of citizens to vote and participate in periodic, democratic elections are internationally recognized human rights. They are also essential to a country’s peace and stability.
Achieving fair and free elections around the world has become a matter of concern for international organizations that promote peace and human rights.” she continued as she started pacing the stage a little bit.
She stopped in the middle of the stage and looked over the students knowing that some of them were probably already getting to tune her out, “There have been some pretty amazing elections over the years in both the Muggle and Wizarding Worlds. For instance, in 2000, the Muggle world had an election that rocked the world in the United States. It was full of controversy surrounding who had actually won the Presidential election and the country actually had to wait a few weeks before they even knew who the official President was...and this was all over what they called a hanging chad...so pretty much a piece of paper that was stuck to some ballots that were cast. Many times these elections are ridiculous no matter what Political Party you are in.” she paused again and walked towards the board and picked up her marker.
“But enough about that, can anyone share some examples of memorable elections from either the Muggle or Wizarding world that you can remember or have heard about? Remember we are be biased in this lesson so don’t be mean about other Political Parties. We are just talking about the Election and Voting process and not so much the different parties involved.” she said asking the students their first question...she held the marker ready to make notes on the board.
OOC: Class has officially started so all conversations should be over...remember not to rp your charrie coming in late or Professor Cerulean will take off points.
Please have fun with your answers....they can be real or made up....doesn’t matter! Remember the professor is always watching!
West sort of listened with a squint-y concentrate-y face, one that this professor wouldn't be familiar with since he'd never actually been to her lessons before, but NOW he was a third year and could do elective classses.... so he was trying this one out.
He was about to answer when Sierra said something that interested him.
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Memorable elections... Sierra raised her hand. "Well, a few Ministers before my father, there was a woman named Reagan Taylor. She won the election against the previous Minister, Mr..." Uhh, what was that man's name? "...Cooper?" She said that last part like it was a question. "Anyway, it's memorable to me, because it's the first election I really remember, and because my dad took over afterwards."
"Brennan Cooper." Paaaause. Oh yeah, hand up. He did that. "He's my second cousin even though he's real old and all." Sixty three, West was pretty sure, "That's Mo's uncle."
But that wasn't what West's answer actually was gonna be, he was just interested from hearing Sierra, that was all.
And actually, he wondered if this professor would actually know if he made something up or said something real. He did know some stuff that was obscure enough that probably she wouldn't have heard of it anyway and could THINK it was made up. He decided NOT to make something up. Yeah. But first...
"Professor, its sort of hard to talk about memorable elections without talking about the parties involved and stuff isn't it? Because its what people represent and stand for and everything what actually makes people care enough to think any election is memorable anyways, right?" So he started with a question? Anyways. In saying that, he thought hard to give an answer and kept his hand up.
"The English General Election of 1689 was the last election where Wizardkind officially had a vote in any of the United Kingdom Elections, because that same year King William III & II and Queen Mary II began their reign and they turned down a delegation of Wizards who were asking to be protected under Muggle law, since their Bill of Rights, even if it was good for lots of things, didn't protect Magical folk. So after that we went into hiding, and we stopped legally being able to vote in their elections too." So that was kind of important right? Ever since then, in the United Kingdom at least, Wizarding Politics had become more important, even life and death in a lot of ways.
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Elise just stared at the professor and West and Sierra and whoever was answering all these strange questions. How did they know so much? Elise was just sitting there, trying to find the answers in her useless textbook. So she'd just settle for writing down what everyone was saying.
Alex raised her hand because she had a good answer to share. She said, "Professor there was a memorable election in the United States in 1948. Thomas Dewey ran for President against Harry S. Truman. Everyone believed Dewey would win the election, even the newspapers printed that he had won. It turned out that Truman actually won the election. It was a huge upset." Alex loved that story because the underdog came out on top.
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Ohh, elections. This made Sierra think about her father. He'd been elected to the position of Minister of Magic, although it'd been more of a 'people's choice' thing rather than a voting thing. Although, she guessed those two things were one and the same.
Memorable elections... Sierra raised her hand. "Well, a few Ministers before my father, there was a woman named Reagan Taylor. She won the election against the previous Minister, Mr..." Uhh, what was that man's name? "...Cooper?" She said that last part like it was a question. "Anyway, it's memorable to me, because it's the first election I really remember, and because my dad took over afterwards."
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Eliza listened and nodded as Professor Cerulean gave her speech about voting and elections. She always had a good introduction prepared, Eliza had noticed. I'll bet she gets a really good review from these board people, she thought as she stole a glance at the two adults seated in the room. She remembered hearing about that election with the messed up ballots and all of the trouble it caused. It was still hard for her to believe that something could get so out of hand, but it seemed to happen in all sorts of things.
She raised her hand to mention something she had heard or read at some point, she wasn't sure which. "Professor, there was George Washington, the first president of the United States of America. I heard that he was sort of appointed or encouraged to be president by his peers. He didn't want to be president really at all!" She wondered if anyone else had heard about that too. She thought it was really interesting that he would take on that responsibility because of a sense of duty, even though he didn't want to. She wished more people would do good things even when they would rather not. And wouldn't it be nice if there was some sort of morality or decency test that could keep all of the bad sneaky people out of leadership positions? She wondered if anything like that would ever be developed.
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Sky thought over that question while taking a bite of her (delicious) jello. Most of her classmates had already named the ones that had come to mind, while a couple of others had clearly not been listening to the professor. She resisted the urge to roll her eyes as a student came in late, immensely glad that said person had not been a Slytherin. Finally she had it and raised her hand while swallowing a second bite of jello. "There's the election of U.S. president Kennedy, or JFK, who was the first ever Catholic president. In fact, he was so important, they named one of the country's busiest airports after him!" Yep, right in her own hometown, too.
So far, Roxanne was impressed with the class. And the children's answers (except the one's that had decided to be lazy and repeat the professor's example, of course). Though, her brow did raise when a young Hufflepuff just decided to blow, late, into the classroom like there was a tornado after her. Really? Didn't the child have an alarm clock? Hopefully the professor would punish her for disrupting class like that....
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Minerva smiled as class began. She was excited to learn more about the elections and the voting. Since doing her internship over the summer she was very interested in the board and how they became members. Plus, learning more could help her on the committee that was lead by the professor.
As she asked the first question Minerva put up her hand, "Professor, there was Abraham Lincoln's second election. It was right in the middle of the civil war and they were afraid that he would not get elected because of the state of the war and if he did get elected again that any chance of reconciliation with the south. No country had ever held elections during a military emergency, but Lincoln said you could not have a free government without elections."
Putting her hand down she sat listening to other answers. She knew more muggle because she grew up muggle, but she was interested in learning more of the wizard elections as well.
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Seth nodded at Peyton's gesture. Of course she could eat the jello sitting in front of him! He didn't like eating sweets, didn't sit well with him. He gets extremely hyperactive, quite quickly.
Anyways focusing his attention back at the Professor he politely raised his hand. Before he didn't know much about muggle politics, but just to indulge the purpose of this lesson he had read several books about muggle American Presidents.
"The one I know about, through reading several books about. Is about the tall, honorable man, President Abraham Lincoln back in 1864. He won by a landslide against his opponent from the South, George B. McClellan." Seth replied, as yes he had brought that book with him. It was safe inside his backpack, along with many other books.
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Alex never really paid attention to politics, even when his own father stepfather was appointed to Minister of Magic. He had read a few things in the newspapers that his mother had pulled up from the basement when Alexander had first started working at the Ministry, so he could learn from the mistakes that old politicians had made and better his chances for a promotion. One story popped in to his head and he quickly raised his hand before he forgot it.
"I think this one time...in 2000, I believe it was, something happened in Florida during the US presidential election and they had to recount the ballots. It ended up in Bush winning the election and a lot of people said that if he hadn't gotten those extra votes, then the other guy, Al Gore, would have won," he said. That was how it had gone, right?
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Finally a class Ofim could answer questions in. Not only was he muggle born, he LOVED history.. and this kinda tied into that, right?
"Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the ONLY President of the United States to serve FOUR consecutive terms." he answered the Professor with a smile
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Laura looked at the Professor and raised her hand. "Well the United Kingdom General Election of 2010 was very confusing as it resulted in a Hung Parliament and it took nearly a week for two parties to come to terms on an agreement so they could have a Government." Laura had heard about that and thought it had been funny.
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After taking a seat next to Anya, Milton dug into his colorful jiggly stuff. It was WEIRD. It was like, solid, but NOT solid because it was wiggly and jiggly. He had seriously never seen this stuff before. Was this muggle food? Or did his mom just shelter him from the jiggle all his life?
Milton spent the first couple minutes of the lecture poking his jello and watching it wiggle around. Until he heard:
"Aww yeah!" Milton exclaimed loudly before he could stop himself. He even added a little fist-pump. It wasn't everyday that your great-distant relative is mentioned in your class. Milton looked at Selina and then at Cerulean after his outburst. "My bad. Continue." And he would just continue playing with his jiggle wiggle jello stuff.
Also, awkward 'cause Vivi's mom was in the back. Milton glanced back quickly. Hey, Mrs. Branxton... Heh.
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Elections? How boring! Theodore was disappointed, since all of the lessons last term had been super AWESOME with all the superheroes and stuff. He'd even brought his cape in his bag JUST in case more of the awesome would commence.
OH well.
But he'd learnt the basics of elections from his muggle schools, so he raised his hand lazily, "Winston Churchill..." He said, thinking about his facts carefully, "... was elected as prime minster of the United Kingdom during the.... second world war." Yes, he'd learnt all about him in History classes. Not that he could recall any particular facts ABOUT the guy and his leadership.
He was actually surprised that no one else had mentioned him yet.
Or maybe he'd gotten the question wrong. Ehhhhh, not too bothered either way really. The third year's eyes drooped a little but he remained awake like a boss.
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Christmas thought about the question and raised her hand and said "Well the election i remember is when Nicolas Sarkozy beat Jacques Chiraq to become prime minister of France and then he lost his position in 2012 when the opposition beat him"
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Alyssa thought of numerous muggle government elections she had heard of. But she remembered on that would always remain in her memory.
She raised her hand when no one else offered an answer and said. "The elections I remember is the US Presodential elections where a Senator from the State of Illinois, Barack Obama, became the first African American to be the President of the United States of American."
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Ella sat quietly, writing down notes and doodling on her parchment. The blonde didn't know too much about elections but she did think the whole idea of voting was pretty neat. They should have a great ice cream election here at Hogwarts and decide on a school flavor. Yeah, she'd totally vote for Oreo if that ever happened. Just saying.
As far as an election she could name from history, there was one she recalled hearing about. Raising her hand, the fifteen year old sat quietly until she was called on. "Professor, Artemisia Lufkin was the first witch to be elected Minister of Magic. She's got her own chocolate frog card and everything." So yeah, she was pretty important as far as Ells was concerned. You go, girl.
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Messer turned his attention to Professor Cerulean when she started the lesson. They're talking about elections? He didn't really know much about Muggle Politics or just Politics in general. But he did remember about a muggle election when he still lived in Denmark.
The fourth year raised his hand up in the air. "When I still lived in Denmark, there's parliamentary election." He didn't know whether its a big news in other countries or not but its certainly a very big event for Danish people because he remembered his grandfather always talked about it over and over during that election time. "They hold the election was in order to elect the 179 members of the Danish parliament" he said. "And if I'm not mistaken only citizens on the national register are eligible to vote in this election." he quickly added.
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Her hair was being ruffled. Peyton's first reaction was to elbow the person doing that, but she heard Richard's voice and of course, the princess part. She glanced up at him, a big smile on her face. "Hi, Richard," she said with a mixture of a giggle. Hehe.
Oh? He was fixing her hair? Howcuuuuute! *___*
She let him do whatever it was to her hair, she knew he wouldn't make her look like a clown. He was nice. Yep. He was. Before he walked off, Peyton waved at him. Richardjustdidherhair!
She was quickly distracted when Seth blocked her view from Richard. "Hey..." He was in a good mood. Whyyy? Was he up to something? And he didn't tease her. Seth Aguirre was definitely up to something.
Interesting class? Peyton glanced around and shrugged. Maybe. She wasn't into politics unless people were voting for her to be ruler of the world.
Peyton was about to ask why he was in a good mood and WHAT had gotten him in a good mood and if he was going to eat his jello. It was yummy. And if he didn't want his then she would. But, Professor Cerulean began the lesson. Instead, Peyton gestured his jello with her green-gray eyes.
You gonna eat that?
Peyton turned her attention to the front of the classroom. She liked this professor so far. She called Peyton by her first name and didn't make her feel so old. Peyton took out her notepad and pretty new quill her dad had send her. It had her initials on it. Woot! Woot!
The snake stared, scribbled, and staaaared. She didn't know nothing about muggle politics. Okay, maybe not ANYTHING because her brother's family was involved in it...or something like that.
OH!
She may not get the entire gist of politics, but she had a story to share! Peyton raised her hand. "There was this voting election for Mayor some years ago in Massachusetts - I lived there some time - and my family helped with promoting and stuff." So she wasn't the best at politic-story-telling, but she was going with it. "Our party won." Of course they did! Johnathan's father was like, the best mayor ever!
It still amused her that wizards helped in muggle politics. Not that they used magic to help out. Her father was against cheating, unfortunately, and he wanted to do it the "muggle way". That, and it was his best friend, Mr. Walker, who was running for mayor, so her dad definitely didn't want to get him in trouble.
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Muggle Studies always gave Selina a really full stomach. This class was the most delicous class that she had in her class load. It was sort of a party every time that she had this class, which meant that she never bothered eating before she came. There was never any doubt that she wouldn't be eating. Food!
As she nommed on the food, the class started and Selina perked up almost automatically. She had to at least attempt to leave something about muggle culture. She had limited knowledge on the subject because, well, she grew up in the wizarding world. But what she found odd was that the first question addressed wizarding world voting as well. Um, okay? The seventh year could do that.
She rose her hand and answered cautiously, unsure as to why they were taking wizarding policy, "One election, professor, that is sort of famous is the election of Kingsley Shacklebolt to minister of magic. He was the head of reform after the Great War." He was sort of very important.
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Jory tried to think of an election most people would be familiar with. But he didn't really know about any except one he read about that had taken place in the United States. He raised his hand.
"The Presidential Election in the US in the year 1960,'' the Puffer began. "It was one that was famous because all fifty of the country took part for the first time. The results came were close with John F Kennedy getting 49.7 percent of the votes and Richard Nixon 49.6 percent.''
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Now this seems like a very interesting question to start a muggle studies lesson. I am sure I am gonna like this class. Now for the question, I know....
Oichi raised her hand and responded, "I have cousin who lives in the US. She told me about their 2000 election in Florida that caused a stand still in the presidential election that lasted a week. It was crazy!", Oichi responded excitedly.
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Zhenya was minding her own business, not listening to what conversations were going on around her, when she heard a shout. And... it was her name. It made her jump, wondering who had said that? She looked up and saw Ira. She gave a friendly smile and waved, "Hey Ira." Ah, and the question of her whereabouts. She lightly bit her lip and said "I uh... was in Russia," and shrugged a little. Without going into the very lengthy back story of everything, it was difficult to explain why. "I had some family problems." That was essentially why she had left.
Zhenya gave a small shrug to Professor Cerulean and said "It was good, thanks."
Elections? Zhenya hardly knew what the word politics was. She didn't recall ever really learning anything about any elections. The only thing she knew about was once in Russia when the President was overtaken. She didn't even know much about it, just that it was so silly. She raised her hand and said "Professor, well, I know in Russia a long time ago there was a President and I think he kept doing things that the people didn't really like, so the Vice President stepped up and knocked this guy off the lead. But all I really remember learning was that the Vice President thought that the Public had had enough with the President, so the next day there was a vote of the Politic people and they decided to vote the Vice President into the head role, and people weren't happy!" She remembered one night listening to her grandparents complaining about it... STILL! So, it must have been within the last 10 years, she thought.
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Oh skies and heavens above! How could she be late?! For the first class even!
Alice quickly made short way to class after over sleeping in her "special spot". Sprinting as fast her little legs could take her whilst eating a slice of toast that she had prepared before falling asleep in front of an interesting novel lent to her by one of the bigger girls in the dorm.
"Oh why, why today of all days, in the one class I might actually be good in!" she whined, harshly twisting the door knob and thrusting it open with, maybe, a little bit too much force.
Smooth. Alice could already feel her face just burn with different shades of red. Knees buckling beneath her. Really? She could've just been a normal student and simply and calmly push the door open. Now not only had she disrupted the class, was late beyond measure (in her head at least) but now she had a poo defenseless door knob in her hand, far away from it's home on the door.
"A-Ah!" she stuttered frantically, eyes shifting from the awkward gazes around the room (that once again she imagined) to the floor,"I-I'm so sorry to be late Ma'am! I, uh, um, o-overslept and um Ipromisethatit'llneverhappenagain!"
Before she could embarrass herself even more, Alice made a bee-line over to Alexa, taking the spot next to her, eyes only slightly moist from feeling like such a delinquent.
Gemma smiled as the students gave their answers…she was pretty impressed that they were familiar with some different things in politics, both Muggle and Wizard. But then her smile disappeared as someone came into her class late. She glared at the girl as she walked into the room…and carrying the doorknob of the classroom door.
She cocked her head to the side as the girl apologized…she hated being mean to students but being late was her major pet peeve..it was a manners thing as well…”Well, I’m sorry that you overslept but it’s your responsibility to come to class on time…and not to destroy the entrance as you come in…” she said glancing at the doorknob and then flicking her finger…the doorknob took off out of her hand and onto the desk at the front of the room, “I’m sorry but ten points from Hufflepuff.” she said sadly…she hated taking points way from the houses but she knew that was the only way many students learned from their mistakes.
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"Professor, its sort of hard to talk about memorable elections without talking about the parties involved and stuff isn't it? Because its what people represent and stand for and everything what actually makes people care enough to think any election is memorable anyways, right?"[/B] So he started with a question? Anyways. In saying that, he thought hard to give an answer and kept his hand up.
"The English General Election of 1689 was the last election where Wizardkind officially had a vote in any of the United Kingdom Elections, because that same year King William III & II and Queen Mary II began their reign and they turned down a delegation of Wizards who were asking to be protected under Muggle law, since their Bill of Rights, even if it was good for lots of things, didn't protect Magical folk. So after that we went into hiding, and we stopped legally being able to vote in their elections too." So that was kind of important right? Ever since then, in the United Kingdom at least, Wizarding Politics had become more important, even life and death in a lot of ways.
She focused back in on the conversation right when a question was asked and instantly her usual smile returned, “O goodness…I didn’t mean not talk about them at all…you are correct that would be hard to do…I just don’t want the class to become a political forum for debate over the different parties….you can definitely mention them but I just don’t want things to get heated if someone insults a specific party.” she said hoping that made more sense…
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For a moment she thought to simply not listen but then she heard something that caught her attention. Her hand rose. "Does that mean we get to have a vote as well?" Wasn't it only grown ups who got to vote??? If not then she knew who got her vote; that lovely Mr. Vinteren who gave her a chocolate frog. NOTHING beat that.
But then she quieted down again because, well, not following up on politics meant not knowing about elections and other useless things that people seemed fixated on. It was stuuuuupid.
The professor turned towards the girl as she asked her question, “O…by ‘us’ I meant the wizarding community.” she said with a little nod up and down.
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As the students spoke, she continued added each example to the list. She finally stood back and examined the list with a smile and a nod up and down and then she turned back to the class.
”These are all great examples! There have been lots of elections along the way that have been pretty memorable and many of them, not all of them, but many of them have come down to a single set of voters, such as young voters. “ she said as she circled the word VOTE on the board. “Many time younger voters don’t think their vote counts, but it truly does make a difference and can sway a whole election…this is the reason that many campaigns try to cater to the needs and wants of younger voters.”
She walked towards the first row of desks and then continued, “Speaking of young voters…How old do you have to be to vote in different regions or countries? For instance, in the United States, you must be 18 to vote.”
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She walked towards the first row of desks and then continued, “Speaking of young voters…How old do you have to be to vote in different regions or countries? For instance, in the United States, you must be 18 to vote.”
Jory raised a hand. "The country in which I was born, Guyana, also sets their voting age from 18,'' he said.
Laura smiled at the Professor and raised her hand. "Well here in the United Kingdom you have to be 18, though some people are trying to make it so you have to be 16." Laura had heard about that and thought it was a good idea.
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Elections?!
Okay, how would Kat know about elections anyway? Not that she was unaware, no, but she's never been part of one. She wasn't even of age yet. The Slytherin sat there on her seat, quiet, as she took a sip from her Kool-Aid. Of course, she was also listening to the other people answer too. There were elections from the US... not that it was too interesting. She was British, for your information. Also from the Ministry too. Now that one was more interesting. Kat was mentally taking notes of them, too, in case these came out in her OWLs.
Now, it was about the legal age of votations. At least, in this field, she knew something. Her aunt, uncle, and cousins live in France and they've been storytelling her about how they vote in the Muggle ways. Weird, but interesting right? So do her grandparents in the US... Canada, actually. This time, she wasn't going to let that go. She was totally going to SPEAK now. "It's 18 and above as well in Canada, Professor," she said. "My grandparents live there, and they share with me some of their stories and knowledge." For now, it seemed like the age of 18 was dominating the class. Well, okay.
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Alyssa frowned when she saw one of her younger housemates stroll in late to class and then frowned even more when the Professor had no choice but to take 10 points from their house. 'I will need to ask Belle to remind the young 'uns about not being late for class. ' Alyssa thought to herself.
But now back on track, she thought for awhile before raising her hand,"Professor, the voting age for the citizens in the country of Singapore is 21 years old. That's the legal age for everything there."
Jen thought about this for a minute...she raised her hand.
"Professor. Um...before a certain war, the legal age was 21..?.." It was more of a question then a statement.
She forgot what special day they changed the law.
Alice still felt a bit disheartened by her tardiness, it was bad enough that she had to suffer the embarrassment but now she felt as if she had let down her own house.
She had to make up for it! Yeah; now she was determined to get back those 10 points, even if meant staying up late to make sure every bit of homework was flawlessly done, she would do it.
She quickly raised her hand.
"In Jamaica you have to be 18 to vote but you also need a voting licence, otherwise they won't allow you into the polls!"
Well, looks like those summer trips to the Caribbean where finally paying off!
Okay, so Ira was just growing more and more disinterested in the class. Elections and votes? Borig. That was the only word that popped in her mind.
She slunk back in her seat, wanting to escape Professor's notice, hoping that she wouldn't caught napping looking sleepy. Because she really was feeling sleepy. Stifling a yawn, she drank some water, and looked up.
Legal age.. Was it 18 or 21? Now Ira decided that she had to answer at least one question. Something was better than nothing, yes? SO she raised her hand up and answered, "I thought that 18 was the legal age almost everywhere." But apparently not so. And that just went on to show Ira's lack of general knowledge. "But it is, in England."
Seth nodded in agreement when he heard his house Prefect mention that 18 was the legal age to vote, almost everywhere.
He politely raised his hand to answer "In Spain the legal age to vote is 18, as well." Seth replied. Of course he knows this because he's from there, obviously.
Muggle studies has definitely hooked him into the whole political side, he didn't know he had? Hmm, very interesting.
Belle was keeping up with the lesson. Belle was from the united states and knew the legal age to vote was 18. Now that she was listening to her classmates, it seemed like 18 was legal all around the world. It sounded logical...
Belle was sitting patiently and listening. She was never big into politics. She wanted to learn as much as possible.
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"Isn't it 18 in almost all countries?" Alex said, wrinkling his eyebrows as he raised his hand. "I know it's 18 here in the United Kingdom."
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The professor cocked her left eyebrow as she saw a new face enter her classroom. She always loved watching the faces of students change as they walked into what they thought was going to be a boring Muggle Studies lesson and then she was impressed d when the young girl introduced herself, “Well, welcome Josephine! I’m glad to meet you and you are very welcome...I try to always have food and drink in my lessons...call it bribery...” she said with a little giggle and a little sarcasm in her bribery comment.
Gemma’s eyes rose up and she instantly became nervous as she saw not one...but two...Board of Governors walked into her classroom. She debated getting up and saying hello to them, but then she knew they were here to observe her...so did she stay professor driven or should she be professional...she decided on the professor part since that’s what she needed to focus on. She gave each of them a little wave and made a mental note to visit with them after the lesson
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The professor stood up once it seemed the seats were all filled and walked towards the dry erase board at the front of the class. She smiled at the students and felt the usual butterflies in her stomach. After so many years of teaching, she still got them on the first lesson of the term.
“Welcome everyone to our first Muggle Studies class of the term. I want to remind you that this is a Muggle Studies classroom so please refrain from using magic in the classroom unless I specifically ask you to. I will use a few tricks along the way,” she said motioning up to the flags waving in the magic wind and then with a snap the music stopped in the background, ”to set the tone and decorations of the class, but overall we’ll try to stay away from magic in here on a regular basis.”
She turned towards the board and wrote out the word ‘VOTE’ in all capital letters and then turned back to the students, “As many of you have noticed and heard, we are having an important Hogwarts Board of Governors election this term. It is an exciting opportunity for us to vote for those individuals that will best represent us and make decisions for our school’s success and future,” she paused and let that sit in.
“Voters choose their leaders and in doing so give authority and legitimacy to government. The rights of citizens to vote and participate in periodic, democratic elections are internationally recognized human rights. They are also essential to a country’s peace and stability.
Achieving fair and free elections around the world has become a matter of concern for international organizations that promote peace and human rights.” she continued as she started pacing the stage a little bit.
She stopped in the middle of the stage and looked over the students knowing that some of them were probably already getting to tune her out, “There have been some pretty amazing elections over the years in both the Muggle and Wizarding Worlds. For instance, in 2000, the Muggle world had an election that rocked the world in the United States. It was full of controversy surrounding who had actually won the Presidential election and the country actually had to wait a few weeks before they even knew who the official President was...and this was all over what they called a hanging chad...so pretty much a piece of paper that was stuck to some ballots that were cast. Many times these elections are ridiculous no matter what Political Party you are in.” she paused again and walked towards the board and picked up her marker.
“But enough about that, can anyone share some examples of memorable elections from either the Muggle or Wizarding world that you can remember or have heard about? Remember we are be biased in this lesson so don’t be mean about other Political Parties. We are just talking about the Election and Voting process and not so much the different parties involved.” she said asking the students their first question...she held the marker ready to make notes on the board.
OOC: Class has officially started so all conversations should be over...remember not to rp your charrie coming in late or Professor Cerulean will take off points.
Please have fun with your answers....they can be real or made up....doesn’t matter! Remember the professor is always watching!
Now this Professor was a lovely woman indeed. Jo instantly decided that she liked this Professor very much. The woman had this bright yellow aura about her. The woman seemed warm and very happy to be teaching the class. Returning the Professor's smile, she nodded briefly before smirking. Bribing students to like a class? Now that was quite an interesting thought indeed.
After having taken a seat next to two Gryffindor girls (Alice and Melanie), she pulled out her notebook and began listening intently to Professor Cerulean's speech about muggle elections. Merlin's beard. Her eyes widened and a large grin played upon her lips. Merlin's Beard, Jo, stop smiling. This was bad for her reputation. Very bad. She had to keep her reputation that she had started to build around here. She wiped up the smile of her face rather quickly; however, the girl was still proud of herself. She actually knew something about the topic. About muggles. Listening to those annoying yet entertaining muggle radio stations with her friends at Beauxbatons had turned out to be rather useful.
When the Professor asked the next question about voting ages, Jo's hand shot up. "I believe that the voting age in most countries is around eighteen; however, I could be incorrect. Though I know that in France and the United Kingdom that you must be eighteen to vote" she said, replying to the Proffessor's question.
Now this Professor was a lovely woman indeed. Jo instantly decided that she liked this Professor very much. The woman had this bright yellow aura about her. The woman seemed warm and very happy to be teaching the class. Returning the Professor's smile, she nodded briefly before smirking. Bribing students to like a class? Now that was quite an interesting thought indeed.
After having taken a seat next to two Gryffindor girls (Alice and Melanie), she pulled out her notebook and began listening intently to Professor Cerulean's speech about muggle elections. Merlin's beard. Her eyes widened and a large grin played upon her lips. Merlin's Beard, Jo, stop smiling. This was bad for her reputation. Very bad. She had to keep her reputation that she had started to build around here. She wiped up the smile of her face rather quickly; however, the girl was still proud of herself. She actually knew something about the topic. About muggles. Listening to those annoying yet entertaining muggle radio stations with her friends at Beauxbatons had turned out to be rather useful.
When the Professor asked the next question about voting ages, Jo's hand shot up. "I believe that the voting age in most countries is around eighteen; however, I could be incorrect. Though I know that in France and the United Kingdom that you must be eighteen to vote" she said, replying to the Proffessor's question.
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"Isn't it 18 in almost all countries?" Alex said, wrinkling his eyebrows as he raised his hand. "I know it's 18 here in the United Kingdom."
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Belle was keeping up with the lesson. Belle was from the united states and knew the legal age to vote was 18. Now that she was listening to her classmates, it seemed like 18 was legal all around the world. It sounded logical...
Belle was sitting patiently and listening. She was never big into politics. She wanted to learn as much as possible.
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Seth nodded in agreement when he heard his house Prefect mention that 18 was the legal age to vote, almost everywhere.
He politely raised his hand to answer "In Spain the legal age to vote is 18, as well." Seth replied. Of course he knows this because he's from there, obviously.
Muggle studies has definitely hooked him into the whole political side, he didn't know he had? Hmm, very interesting.
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Okay, so Ira was just growing more and more disinterested in the class. Elections and votes? Borig. That was the only word that popped in her mind.
She slunk back in her seat, wanting to escape Professor's notice, hoping that she wouldn't caught napping looking sleepy. Because she really was feeling sleepy. Stifling a yawn, she drank some water, and looked up.
Legal age.. Was it 18 or 21? Now Ira decided that she had to answer at least one question. Something was better than nothing, yes? SO she raised her hand up and answered, "I thought that 18 was the legal age almost everywhere." But apparently not so. And that just went on to show Ira's lack of general knowledge. "But it is, in England."
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Alice still felt a bit disheartened by her tardiness, it was bad enough that she had to suffer the embarrassment but now she felt as if she had let down her own house.
She had to make up for it! Yeah; now she was determined to get back those 10 points, even if meant staying up late to make sure every bit of homework was flawlessly done, she would do it.
She quickly raised her hand.
"In Jamaica you have to be 18 to vote but you also need a voting licence, otherwise they won't allow you into the polls!"
Well, looks like those summer trips to the Caribbean where finally paying off!
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Jen thought about this for a minute...she raised her hand.
"Professor. Um...before a certain war, the legal age was 21..?.." It was more of a question then a statement.
She forgot what special day they changed the law.
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Alyssa frowned when she saw one of her younger housemates stroll in late to class and then frowned even more when the Professor had no choice but to take 10 points from their house. 'I will need to ask Belle to remind the young 'uns about not being late for class. ' Alyssa thought to herself.
But now back on track, she thought for awhile before raising her hand,"Professor, the voting age for the citizens in the country of Singapore is 21 years old. That's the legal age for everything there."
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Text Cut: Catch up for the previous question in here
Elections?!
Okay, how would Kat know about elections anyway? Not that she was unaware, no, but she's never been part of one. She wasn't even of age yet. The Slytherin sat there on her seat, quiet, as she took a sip from her Kool-Aid. Of course, she was also listening to the other people answer too. There were elections from the US... not that it was too interesting. She was British, for your information. Also from the Ministry too. Now that one was more interesting. Kat was mentally taking notes of them, too, in case these came out in her OWLs.
Now, it was about the legal age of votations. At least, in this field, she knew something. Her aunt, uncle, and cousins live in France and they've been storytelling her about how they vote in the Muggle ways. Weird, but interesting right? So do her grandparents in the US... Canada, actually. This time, she wasn't going to let that go. She was totally going to SPEAK now. "It's 18 and above as well in Canada, Professor," she said. "My grandparents live there, and they share with me some of their stories and knowledge." For now, it seemed like the age of 18 was dominating the class. Well, okay.
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Laura smiled at the Professor and raised her hand. "Well here in the United Kingdom you have to be 18, though some people are trying to make it so you have to be 16." Laura had heard about that and thought it was a good idea.
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Jory raised a hand. "The country in which I was born, Guyana, also sets their voting age from 18,'' he said.
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Christmas thought and raised her hand and said "Well you need to be the age of 18 to vote in France" That was really the only country she knew the age for voting was
She shook her head up and down at the students' many answers, "Yes, yes , yes...most countries require that you are 18 to vote, but some have a 21 age...interesting that some even allow 16 year olds if they are working full time..." she paused and let that sink in for a minute, "And like mentioned some countries have limitations on who can and cannot vote." she added the last but didn't dwell on it too long.
"Now there are a variety of reasons that many countries choose 18 or 21 as their ages to vote...many believe that if you are old enough to go into the military or armed services then you should be old enough to vote....and some believe that you should wait until 21 because they consider you an adult at that point." she said very matter of fact...she really didn't have a feeling about either way...she just wanted the students to get out and vote...
"So let's think about the age of voting...at what age do you think a voter should be to be allowed to vote in the Board of Governor elections coming up and make sure you have a solid reason for your age...." she said excitedly...she was always excited to ask a question that required the students to think on their own and justify themselves.
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