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Before entering the classroom you'll see a big parchment sign next to the door in curvy noticeable letters that reads:
Task before entering the History of Magic Classroom:
Located next to the door is large rack of costumes, a variety of hats and masks as well as dress up make up and accessories like glasses and bags. Your task is to choose a costume and/or a mask from the rack and dress up as your favourite witch or wizard from magical history. (no creatures please, otherwise no limits.)
After you put on that costume, fixed that mask, adjusted your hat askew or added that last bit of eye-shadow so you look like the author Bathilda Bagshot or someone else famous from magical history then head into the classroom. Once fully inside you'll see rows up on rows of desks in pairs of three in a slightly misaligned order that leads up to the professor desk as well as the black board and on the wall to the left of the blackboard a large floor to ceiling book case. The air you feel is slightly on the crisp and icey side in the classroom even though warming spells are in place. A consequence of the winter weather and the fact that you are taught by a ghost.
Professor Helena is sitting on the edge of her desk, waiting for her students to arrive.
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Bespectacled Adi peered into the box. Aaaah! Costumes and masks! The Grey Lady had at least kept something that Glendower used to do. Grinning happily, the boy rummaged through the box, digging out clothes nearly similar to the ones New Scamander had worn in that portrait in the Gallery.
When he was done, Adi bounded into the classroom, feeling the bit of chill but it didn't bother him. He loved the cold, you know. His smile widened when he say the Grey Lady. "Professor Helena! Hello!" Did she like his costume? Did she know whom he had dressed up as? Hehe.
Waiting was something she never had been good at so she was pleased when the first student walked in. Smiling Helena said "Good afternoon Aditya or should I call you Mr Newt Scamander?" An obvious choice considering their conversation not long ago.
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He stared at the pile for a few long moments before an idea came to him and he laughed to himself, very amused. Searching the pile, he finally found an item that he needed - a clip on gold hoop earring. Hehe. Grabbing that and a "Minister for Magic" pin, Benzi waltzed into the classroom and took a seat next to the windows, clearly very pleased with himself. "Hello Professor," he greeted her with a smile, ignoring the cold he'd come to associate with her classroom and put his bag down. Now, the only question is, how many people knew that Kingsley Shacklebolt wore a gold hoop earring? And, more importantly, did they know who Benzi was dating?
Looking her house prefect up and down and noting the gold hoop earring Helena said "Afternoon Benzi! You chose an interesting costume. I had forgotten that Shacklebolt wore a gold earring." She wasn't sure if everyone knew that Kingsley had served as Minister of Magic for a period.
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Originally Posted by Holmesian Feline
Finally he spotted two of the most important things that he needed: a red wig that wasn't clownish and a stuffed dragon. If he wasn't mistaken, he remembered that dragon from before. Putting the wig on and using the mirror to adjust it, the Gryffindor used the makeup to add a few faint scars to top it off before grabbing the dragon and heading inside. "Good day Professor," he greeted the house ghost before moving to take a seat beside Adi.[/B]
The next student that greeted her was Aditya's best friend Benny that had used the make up to add on some scars to his face to complete his costume. Nodding to him Helena said. "Good day Benjamin. You accessorized wisely. Bill Weasley would have been proud of you." Especially since he had brought a stuffed dragon along.
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Originally Posted by Symphora
In the end he picked Myron as his ultimate bias and quickly picked a long wig to put on his head. Yup. He had long, messy hair...didn't he? Perhaps a black leathery or hairy jacket to go along with the neck choker and long necklace that Myron always wore during his performance in the 90s.
Once putting on other accessories that were band-worthy, he walked into the classroom to greet his HOM professor."Hello professor...what do you think of this outfit? I'm dressed as one of famous wizard musician in the wizarding world."he asked,grinning slightly.
As Henric walked into the classroom Helena paused to give his rocker look with the long hair and leather jacket a stare. "Afternoon Henric. I like the musician costume. Can you play an instrument like Myron in the Weird Sisters?" Or he could just like the band's music.
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Originally Posted by SpiritWolfe Malfoy
Deciding to go with the first women that came to mind Mirabella Plunkett. Most should know her since her photo hung inside the castle. Hady shifted through the costumes soon finding a long pale blue dress which she pulled on over her robes carefully and a long red wig. Fixing the wig on her head to hide her hair she looked for one more thing.
Ah-ha! Perfect. A fake fish which she could hold as a prop. It would do well in serving as a hoddock.
Now dressed up the fourth year made her way into the room. "Hello Professor," She greeted with a light smile and a nod at her fellow mates. Selecting a seat in the middle somewhere she waited on the lesson to begin.
Next up to arrive was Ms Lynch that carried a fish for prop. "Hello Hady, it's interesting that you chose Mirabella of all famous witches. Are you perchance fascinated by merpeople?" Helena queried curiously. Maybe she should warn that handsome groundskeeper Justin to keep an eye on meetings between students and merpeople.
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Checking herself out, Janelle felt really weird in Gryffindor robes. Oh well, she was playing a part so she'd just have to roll with it. "Hello Professor", she said, as she entered the room. Then she found an empty seat and sat down. Janelle had been so focused on getting her look together that she hadn't paid attention to her classmates. She took a moment to check out their costumes and try to guess who they were.
It took a few moments but then Janelle of the eagles walked in wearing Gryffindor robes. It got Helena momentarily confused until she figured out who she was portraying. "Hello Janelle, nice choice of famous witch. You've certainly got potential to be as intelligent as Hermione Granger-Weasley with some practice."
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THIS CLASSROOM WAS FREEZING. Kaycee, who hated the cold having grown up in Miami, shivered as she entered the classroom. She glanced at the note instructing them to dress up.
Too bad she didn't really have a favorite historical figure.
She grabbed a pair of robes and stuffed another pair of robes under it. She lined it up with her back.
Tah-dah. Gunhilda of Gorsemoor. She was humpbacked and a healer. She was famous for discovering the cure for dragonpox. She had a statue. Famous. Historical.
She offered a small smile to the Ghost Lady Professor as she quickly passed. She then took a seat and waited for the lesson to start.
"Hello Kaycee!" Helena greeted as the lioness passed by quickly in her humpbacked healer costume. Healer Tillstorm might have a got a budding protégé in Sir Nick's house. "Interested in healing magic?" she queried.
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Originally Posted by Expecto-Penguin
This class was gonna be a long one. As he went to find his seat, he noticed the Professor was there. He blinked to make sure his eyes weren't playing tricks on him. He nodded towards her and mumbled, "Hello Professor..."
Then he went to go find his seat near the middle and got out his notebook and waited for things to get moving. Then he noticed the dress up part of the lesson. He saw the costume rack and he noticed he needed to dress up as a famous magical person? Huh...he did not see that coming. He got up from his seat and went to check it out. He scanned through the items and wondered who he could be. He saw an awesome robe and a fake locket. He decided to dress up as Salazar Slytherin.
"Hello Colt." Helena waved to the snake boy as he found a seat with a scarf around his neck against the cold air in the classroom. "Did you know that Salazar Slytherin knew how to speak the tongue of snakes?"
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Elladora Ketteridge. She decided to dress up as her. After all she was the first witch who discovered the properties of Gillyweed. After she found a long black wig, she made sure that her Elladora's costume was perfect before she entered the classroom.
Her eyes caught a basket full of plastic plant. Nice! She could pretend its a gillyweed. Mow she's ready. "Hello, Professor." She greeted the Professor with a polite nod before she took a seat.
"Hello Candice. Gillyweed is a brilliant plant don't you think? Have you ever tried swimming under water by using it?" It was so nifty as Professor Myers could probably agree Helena thought that plants could have more properties than just being plants.
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Leonard Spencer-Moon. A well-rounded and appreciated Minister for Magic like Minister Spencer-Moon had been.
Donning oversized robes a wig and drawn on stubble, Rooney strode into the classroom for today's History of Magic lesson and found himself a seat in the front row.
His studies of his idol assured him that he should hold himself stiff, but still welcoming. This was a good task for his acting skills. Continuing them whilst at Hogwarts was always an important thing for him.
Next to arrive was Rooney that sported a stubble on his chin that made Helena giggle just a little as she greeted him. "Hello Rooney, aren't you a little young to start growing a beard? Did you know that Minister Leonard Spencer-Moon began his time in the ministry as a teaboy?"
[QUOTE=Squishy;11802527][color=#69359C]Brrrr.
Even though she was standing outside the classroom, Paulina could still feel the chilliness as she scrounged around for a costume to wear. She was going to be Phyllida Spore, the famous witch who had written One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi. Paulina wished she could be half as great a Herbologist as her idol.
Grabbing a grey wig she placed it on her head. Now she needed some green robes because plants... She'd put them on top of the ones she was already wearing and maybe that would help to further insulate her from the cold. Once that was sorted, Paulina put on some blush and pink lipstick. She didn't usually wear makeup, but figured that was something that a lot of women did - even in the 14th century. Lastly she added a book that she found. That could be an accessory as the Herbology textbook or something. Sadly she didn't have hers on her to use, but whatever. "Hello, Professor," Paulina said as she stepped inside the classroom. QUOTE]
"Hello Paulina," Helena greeted with a smile. "Ah, Phyllida Spore. Are you perchance looking to start a career in the herbology field after Hogwarts?" It was a valid question since the girl was in her last year of magical education.
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Really did Dante really have to dress up as someone. He did not really like dressing up even on Halloween .All he wore was a white t shirt that had the words Dark Wizard magicked on to it. Simple costume and it worked. Well now Dante had to think of someone and he did not really want to. So he choose Merlin. A famous Slytherin.
Though it was too much effort to dress up as him.
But it was worth it. "Hello, Grey......Professor"
"Hello Dante," Helena said with a nod to the snake boy. "You can still call me the Grey Lady if you prefer that?" Peering at his costume she noted. "The great Merlin was a Slytherin like yourself. It had lapsed my mind."
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She adjusted her half-moon spectacles (well, glasses that she'd tried to transfigure into the right shape but were still vaguely lopsided), and waved at the Grey Lady. "Good day, professor."
"Good day Norah!" Helena greeted the badger prefect that played her role as a former headmaster well down to the half-moon spectacled glasses. "Albus Dumbledore was a great man that was famous for many things like the 12 uses of dragon blood. I hope you can discover something equally great when you leave her eventually."
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Evie stood in front of the costume box for a good five minutes before she was ready. She was in a GRYFFINDOR quidditch outfit (which felt a little wrong, to be honest), and her hair was pulled back into a french braid, just like Angelina Johnson used to wear back in her Hogwarts days. At least, that was what she had read.
Evie waltzed into class, feeling a little strange but rather confident. "Hello, Professor," she said, greeting the Grey Lady. It was a bit odd calling her professor, but that was her new title...
"Hello Evangeline." Helena said in greeting to eagle that just walked in. "I take it that you dream of a career in professional qudditch just like Angelina Johnson-Weasley?" It was the obvious assumption given the choice of costume.
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Brrrrrr.
Grabbing this and that, she finally settled on Headmistress McGongall.
Setting her face in an amused way, but with watching eyes, she made her way into the classroom and sat by Janelle. She gave her a curt nod, "Good day there." She told her but cracked a smile. She was so not going to act like the best Professor McGongall, but she sure would look it.
"Hello Noelle," Helena said, returning the curt nod with some elegance. "With many years of practice you might be able to conjure up a cat patronus just as strong and real looking as the great Minerva could in her day." Given that Noelle had an apt for casting spells that is.
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Dot paused long enough at the trunk to pull out a Holyhead Harpies pennant, which she pinned to her robes, and a broom. She tucked her hair up into a coronet and tugged on goggles, and then... there. Gwenog Jones, very famous Quidditch player and feminist witch. Dot plunked into a seat and dared anyone to talk to her, in proper Jones style.
"Afternoon Dot," Helena greeted the snakette. "Lovely choice of costume. I hope you'll become as strong a feminist as Gwenog Jones was in her day. I take it that your dream job is in Qudditch?"
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As he walked into the room, he pushed the round glasses further up the bridge of his nose. "Hello Professor, merlin it was FREEZING IN HERE. Also, Zander just realized something. He had a disadvantage here. The Ravenclaws KNEW Helena. And she knew THEM. But Zander... Zander wondered if the ghost even recognized his face. 'Cause the Head Boy had never really been around the Ravenclaw table all that much in the past... So man, that meant he had to try extra hard to get into her good books. Clearly the ghost would be biased, he was sure.
The Gryffindor awkwardly lingered near the desk for a few long moments before realizing he actually couldn't think of anything more to add. Ahem. Gonna go find a seat now, thanks. Sorry. Uh. Yeah.
"Hello Zander," Helena greeted the head boy with a smile. "Harry Potter was unlike yourself one of those students in his time at Hogwarts who everyone thought would get prefected but never got chosen. He had a big impact on history though and not just Hogwarts history. I hope the scar in your face isn't permanent?"
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Instead, she made do with a trio of stuffed birds, and a crystal vial. Her costume was complete, and as such, Brooklyn!Cliodne walked into the classroom. “Good day Professor,” she said politely, giving the ghostly professor a nod. She would’ve added a curtsy for good measure, but that would have been difficult between the robes and her props. The props which were promptly set down onto her chosen desk, in a grouping with Hady near the middle.
"Afternoon Brooklyn," Helena greeted with a nod in the snakette's direction. It took some time before she understood who the fourth year had dressed up. "Have you used moondew in your potion brewing? Or has Professor Flamsteed spoken of it?"
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Angel decided to pick Daisy Dodderidge, since it was thanks to her she could get to Diagon Alley, she had been reading up on the history of the place a few weeks back, she then finished her costume as the Professor Ghost Lady had asked and she walked into the room.
"Good Day Professor!" Angel smiled as she went and found a seat, she couldn't wait to see what they were doing today.
"Hello Angel," Helena greeted with a nod to the lioness. "Have you stayed at the Leaky Cauldron that Daisy Dodderidge built and was the landlady of until her death at the age of 88 years? Building a gateway between the muggle and magical world was one of the best inventions of all time."
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Noel was not good costumes, so what was it that he was going to do? Stupid class. He watched as others stepped in one by one and took what they needed. And was that Benzi with a gold earring?
Deciding not to fret over it too much, Noel picked up an eye-patch that had a fake rotating eye on it, and a walking staff. Putting on the eye-thingy, Noel then limped into the class. Alastor Moody, yes. "Ello professor," he greeted her before finding himself a seat.
After the last lioness yet another badger walked in dressed up as Alastor Moody no doubt. "Hello Noel," Helena greeted with a smile. "Do you think you'll want to work as an auror like Moody someday?"
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Who would he be? As if there was any real choice! Blaise grabbed the makeshift sword stuffed closer to the bottom of the box and dawned the cape of Godric Gryffindor. NOW he was ready for class and went to take a seat by Dot.
Merlin knew the Slytherin Prefect always so helpful and she was super nice too. He liked her. "Morning Professor."
"Afternoon Blaise," Helena greeted the young lion. "Make sure you don't injure anyone with that famous Gryffindor sword you've got there."
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Thinking about what he looked like on his trading card, Henry pulled out a long grey, imperial goatee type of beard and put it on. Then he found a cap that was similar in style to what he remembered of his picture and stuck that on his head. Entering class, he nodded to the ghost. "Hello.. professor." That's what he should call her, right? Or should she be addressed as Lady Helena? Trying not to overthink it, he quickly found a seat and waited for class to begin.
"Hello Henry," eyeing his costume closer she asked unsurely not really placing the name. "You're dressed as Qoung Po right? The famous chinese fireball dragon breeder?"
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Okay, she's gonna be Ginny Weasley.
After she wore the properties (the robes and wig of course), she entered the classroom and saw the ghost was already there, floating sitting on the edge of the desk. "Lovely to see you Professor Ghost!"
"I mean... Professor Grey... Ravenclaw."
"It's lovely to see you too Ava. Please call me Professor Helena or the Grey Lady." It'd be too confusing otherwise. "Why did you choose Ginny Weasley?"
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Spinning the hat around his hand rather than wearing it on his head (because it did look ridiculous and he did not actually want to wear something like that unless it was entirely by choice), Daxton entered the classroom and took up the seat that was as close to the door as he could get, as per his regular routine. Now largely ignoring everyone else in the room, he set his jellyfish hat on his desk and got out his History of Magic textbook to look over before they got started.
"Hello Daxton." Helena greeted with a nod to the usually silent boy. Hopefully he hadn't brought along a pet augrey like the man he was portraying was known for owning.
When the last student took their seat Helena rose from her sitting position on the desk to a floating position a few inches over the floor in front of it as she addressed the class in voice that was loud enough to be heard in the back but not too loud. "Welcome back everyone to a new lesson in history. I firstly want to extend my thanks to all of you for dressing up as your favourite magical person from history for the class. I know that not everyone is fond of dressing up and some even find it silly, and because of that I'm awarding 10 house points to each of the four houses." They had all made an effort and Helena endorsed that.
"Now, let's talk about history for a moment before we move on to our main topic for today's lesson. Why do you think its obligatory to study history during your magical education?" Letting her grey eyes wander over the many costumes Helena asked "Does the famous people you have dressed up today as make it easier to remember what has happened throughout history or do you think/feel that so much has happened in history that it's hard to remember regardless of the famous people?"
OOC: Class has officially started. Feel free to be creative with your characters answers. Please don't post arriving late and instead play as if you've been there all along.
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Adi totally understood Helena calling him Aditya as he knew she preferred it to be more formal when in the classroom. He kept grinning. "I knew you would recognise me! Yes, I am Newt.'' He winked. Adi had selected the clothes that closely resembled the ones Newt had been wearing in that portrait.
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Annnnd there was the bestie as Bill Weasley, of course. Mercifully, he hadn't brought THAT dragon that had been given to him (though Benny wasn't likely to know that his own stuffed dragon would be needed) because Adi would have stolen it and Incendioed the thing. Seriously... Benny needed to get rid of the gifted dragon. "Heya, Bill.'' They were the coolest creatures person around, okay? Spotting Paulina's wave, NewtAdi waved back.
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The Hufflepuff perked up when Helena was about to get things started. Ohh, ten points for each House? How awesome was that?! See? This Lady was so cool! Anwho, they were moving on to the first question of the lesson. After some consideration, Adi stuck a hand up. "It's important that we study history because it's a way to look back at the past and try to avoid any mistakes that could have caused the problems in the first place and also to look back at ways improvements could be made when dealing with a particular situation.'' Pause. "Many events have happened in the past to remember and I think that persons who played a part in those events, seeing all of us dress up as one of them, helps us to remember said events. So, I would say it's a combination of both.''
The Grey Lady hoped Norah was going to accomplish something great like Dumbledore! She DID! Unable to hide her grin, she busied herself preparing her parchment for note taking. Ghosts were a bazillion years old, they knew EVERYTHING.
She pushed her funny shaped glasses a little further up her nose, putting a hand in the air before she could be tempted to scratch where her beard was rubbing against her face. This facial hair stuff was horribly uncomfortable. Dumbledore must've had a lot of willpower to not want to rip it right off his face all the time. Or maybe that kind of tolerance was an old person thing. "I think learning history is important for magic just like history is important for everything, 'cause you can use the past to learn all about how to understand the present and even what's going to happen in the future." Like learning from mistakes, except somebody else's instead of your own which was much better for the sake of dignity. "And a lot of what happened in history has to do with the people who were alive back then and what they did. Those people, like the ones we dressed up as, showed people lots of different things that could be done or discovered, so we can learn from them that anything is possible if you try hard enough, even if you failed the first time." That part was always hard to remember, so that's why dressing up could be extra important. Dumbledore couldn't have just found 12 uses of dragon's blood on the spot, right?
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Ellery, who was finishing drawing the signature lightening scar on her forehead, stared at the Grey Lady a bit distastefully. A ghost? Was history so boring that only dead people could appreciate it? Not one BIT because Ellery LOVED history, but…the Grey Lady was probably very old.
"It's important so we LEARN from our mistakes, instead of, y'know, having another Voldemort or something. Also, so you can appreciate and honor the people who fought for us. And I think that the people help me remember, because some of them have really unique names." Neville Longbottom? Come ON.
As Colt was rocking his beard and his long robes being Salazar Slytherin and all, he saw other students making their way in. He looked at the clock and realized he made it here kind of early. He saw the ghost professor and he tilted his head to get a better look. Huh....so it was the...RAVENCLAW house ghost teaching. He was getting the hang of the different houses. He heard the teachers tidbit of information and nodded. He actually did know that. His grandma brushed him up on the history. "I did know that Professor, just like how I know your the Ravenclaw house ghost." he smiled politely in return. Now it was time to get the lesson started.
He heard the Grey Lady is what she was called ask a few brain twerking questions. Why did they need to study history? He shrugged and brought up an answer, "So history doesn't repeat itself?" He heard the second question and she did have a good point. He thought about it and gave an answer, "Professor I feel like it is easier to remember who I am dressed up as because he was one of the founders of this school. He also has memorabilia around the school to let him be remembered. I also heard he had a locket too." He remembered hearing about the chamber of secrets being associated with him but he wouldn't get into TOO much detail. Infact the Grey lady might do it for him.
Angel smiled at the Grey Lady. "Yes, I have." Angel had stayed there a few times and she had enjoyed it. "It's an amazing place." Angel then listened to the next question and she raised her hand.
"Professor, this is a difficult one, in some ways I'd say yes and in others I'd say No." Angel said truthfully. "You see in some ways depending on what has happened you can't help but remember the person who it involves, but in others it might be a group of people and then their names gets forgotten." Angel stopped there she thought about adding more on but she wanted to give the others a chance.
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Rumaging around in the box, Marsha had tried to decide who to dress up as. She knew that she hated wearing wigs from previous Halloweens - which left her with a few red-headed witch options… Ginny Potter and Lily Potter… Both had red hair… Check. Both were in Gryffindor... Check. Ginny had …. uh… she wasn’t really sure what colour of eyes Ginny Potter had had, but she knew that Lily had green eyes, so she had managed to find a pair of fake contact lenses in the box that were brown. First, she had washed them with water and then changed their colour from brown to green. It had taken her a few minutes, but she had managed to get them in, before rummaging around for an old Head Girl badge. There - that would do.
"Good afternoon, Professor Ravenclaw… Uh, I mean Professor Helena.” She sent the House Ghost a small smile as she took a seat of her own, looking around the class at her friends and trying to guess how many of them she could name
Oh! Class was starting, yay.
Nibbling on her bottom lip, she looked around as her classmates answered and frowned as she tried to think of an answer that hadn’t been said. Slowly she put up her hand. ”Well, I think that most people agree that knowing the past can help the future… but it also helps to remind us where we as a group of people came from so that we don’t go back there.” She took a breath and then added, ”Personally, I remember things better with visuals - so seeing what people looked like or what they wore etc., would probably help me remember details… as clothing styles and things changed over time. Obviously… but there we go.
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Caleb had dressed up as Harry Potter, simply because a. his hair matched his pretty well and b. he had glasses. He'd used that fancy color changing charm to make his Slytherin clothes Gryffindor colored and BAM. Boy Who Lived right here, y'all.
He raised his hand to answer Ghost!Professor's question. Quite honestly, he thought it was stupid having to study history, but he wasn't going to tell her THAT. "So we don't repeat the same mistakes we made in the past, and we see the ripple affects of things that happened in the past and how they affect us today. In terms of remembering famous people in history, I'm not sure what really makes a person famous. It can happen in the blink of an eye and you don't know history is happening when it IS happening, but...I dunno. Obviously the more people you impact, the easier it is to remember someone," he explained. That last question kind of got away from him...
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Janelle beamed when Professor Ravenclaw complimented her choice of historical character. If she could be half as smart and amazing as Hermione Granger, she'd be doing well. But for now, it was time for class to begin. Janelle sat back and listened as the professor began to speak. The questions came shortly thereafter and the third year raised her hand to reply.
"I think it's important to study history because we need to know what happened in the past. You can always learn something from seeing how people in the past reacted to different situations. You could learn when things were done right and you can learn when things were done wrong. Hopefully, we won't repeat mistakes that were made in the past." Besides, history could be fascinating. At least that's what Janelle thought.
"I think it's hard to remember everything that's happened in the history of the magical world, but having everyone dress up does help me remember more. If someone is dressed as a famous person and then they talk about them, it makes things easier to remember"
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OOH, they got to DRESS UP. Evie didn't know why, but that was exciting for her. Maybe it was because she liked to dress up in her mum's clothes when she was a little girl and that just never faded away. She still borrowed her mum's clothes sometimes, too, heh. Evie stood in front of the costume box for a good five minutes before she was ready. She was in a GRYFFINDOR quidditch outfit (which felt a little wrong, to be honest), and her hair was pulled back into a french braid, just like Angelina Johnson used to wear back in her Hogwarts days. At least, that was what she had read.
Evie waltzed into class, feeling a little strange but rather confident. "Hello, Professor," she said, greeting the Grey Lady. It was a bit odd calling her professor, but that was her new title...
Spotting her boyfriend, Evie went over and examined his outfit, which didn't quite click until she saw the badge... and the legendary gold hoop earring that ran through their family. And then she stopped. And stared. Really? Her boyfriend was her great-uncle?
*deadpan*
"You're hilarious." Really. She was dying inside.
"And you're a traitor!" Benzi GASPED as he saw the girlfriend dressed in none other than full Gryffindor robes. Honestly. But he was pleased with the reaction he got so he patted the seat next to him and turned back to their ghostly teacher. Hehehehe.
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Looking her house prefect up and down and noting the gold hoop earring Helena said "Afternoon Benzi! You chose an interesting costume. I had forgotten that Shacklebolt wore a gold earring." She wasn't sure if everyone knew that Kingsley had served as Minister of Magic for a period.
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When the last student took their seat Helena rose from her sitting position on the desk to a floating position a few inches over the floor in front of it as she addressed the class in voice that was loud enough to be heard in the back but not too loud. "Welcome back everyone to a new lesson in history. I firstly want to extend my thanks to all of you for dressing up as your favourite magical person from history for the class. I know that not everyone is fond of dressing up and some even find it silly, and because of that I'm awarding 10 house points to each of the four houses." They had all made an effort and Helena endorsed that.
"Now, let's talk about history for a moment before we move on to our main topic for today's lesson. Why do you think its obligatory to study history during your magical education?" Letting her grey eyes wander over the many costumes Helena asked "Does the famous people you have dressed up today as make it easier to remember what has happened throughout history or do you think/feel that so much has happened in history that it's hard to remember regardless of the famous people?"
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"Thanks Professor," Benzi smiled back politely, knowing his house ghost put manners above almost all else, "I have.. a bit of special interest in Kingsley Shacklebolt. I read about him a lot," which wasn't really a lie since he had gone and read that one book about him just to poke fun at Evie for some of the things her great uncle of some form did. Hehe.
Anyways. "Other than learning from our mistakes," Benzi raised his hand, not wanting to repeat answers, "it's also important to preserve legacies and the knowledge that the people before us acquired, otherwise we'd be rediscovering the same things." And that would be very counterproductive. Mostly it was learning from mistakes though.
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Ugh. Late again. Gwen hurried to the room. So the rumors were true then, and Helena Ravenclaw was the History of Magic professor. That being said, she knew there was only one costume to wear, and she grinned, digging in the box for some spectrospects. Ah yes, Luna!
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"Afternoon Dot," Helena greeted the snakette. "Lovely choice of costume. I hope you'll become as strong a feminist as Gwenog Jones was in her day. I take it that your dream job is in Qudditch?"
That was pretty amusing, actually, and Dot giggled at the professor ghost's question. Like... did she look at all like she played Quidditch? "I don't do anything like group sports, Professor. I just feel like Gwenog Jones broke down some walls in how people view women in Wizarding society, and she was fierce and amazing and I'd like to be those things."
As for her other question... hmm. They sort of went back to this idea all the time, right? How did history impact today? "People are benchmarks in history, I guess. I mean a million Quidditch players go by, but then there are a few that mark changes to the game or society through the game, and the same happens in other areas."
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Paulina was pleased that Professor Helena had guessed who she had dressed up as right off the bat, though she wasn't really surprised. The Professor had been around for a veeeeery long time and it was crazy to think that she existed in the time of a lot of the famous people from history they had chosen to dress up as.
Nodding at the question of if she wanted to become a Herbologist, Paulina was going to elaborate further but class was starting. Awesome, they got 10 points; that was always a nice note to start off on.
Raising her hand she offered a guess at the answer to the first question. "I think it's important to learn history because it helps us remember where we come from. On top of that it also is a way to avoid repeating past mistakes. I feel that it's a combination events and people that make history easy to remember. After all, a lot of famous people took part in said events and were key factors." Just her thoughts on the matter.
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Frankie had been tempted to dress up as Lord Voldemort, but he quickly remembered that the poor bloke had no hair. The Gryffindor was certainly not going to shave his head or crush his perfect hair with a bald cap for a class, so he simply watched everyone put on their silly costumes while he waited for an image of some dead guy to pop into his mind.
Shiny white teeth and luscious blond locks suddenly inspired him. The guy, who's face he had seen on plenty of his mum's books, was by no means someone he looked up to, save for his brilliant teeth and hair. The blond honestly didn't know much about the man, but he figured what's-his-face must've been famous since he sold all those books and stuff. Dressing up as that man turned out to be fairly easy; all he needed was a fancy cloak and a peacock feather quill. He already had the big smile and gorgeous hair covered like the guy had on all those book covers.
He found his seat moments before the ghost lady began class and started rattling off questions. Why was this class mandatory? To put them all to sleep. Duh. But Frankie didn't say that aloud. He just sat there, looking around at the others and their costumes. There was some guy with a gold earring that looked pretty cool -- and, oh, there was Salazar Slytherin! -- but why on earth would someone dress up as that old coot Dumbledore? -- and TWO Harry Potters? The boy wanted to slap his forehead.
The Gryffindor did respond to the second question though, with his hand raised in the air. "No offense, but I think a lot of history is kinda boring. Too many dates and facts to remember. Some of the stuff is pretty cool though. And I guess the things I am interested in and do remember are because of the specific people who were involved."
Henric chuckled at Professor Helena's reply on his rocker outfit,"Thank you,professor. They're like an inspiration to all modern musicians in the wizarding world, I thought maybe I could play tribute to them too. Well...*scratch the back of his neck* I can play the guitar a bit but that's about it...but I do love hearing them played in concerts and stuff,"he grinned.
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Hooray! Ten points! Brilliant! Henric raised his hands up to answer Professor's Helena question,"History is important in our studies because they help remind us of our roots by embracing both our traditional and modern differences of our culture. That reminder often provide us a better change in our future. We learn to accept the mistakes that had been done in the past but we never stop trying to correct it. History makes us inspired, I guess. I think these outfits did bring about change in us somehow to be someone just like them,I can remember what they did in the past and its so interesting to me!"
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Benny gave a confused look as the Grey Lady identified him as Bill Weasley. Wait...that was the wrong red-headed Weasley brother. At least he believed it to be. Charlie was the one who dealt with dragons...Bill was the cursebreaker at Gringotts...right? "Um...thanks," he responded to the ghost not wanting to try and correct her, especially if it was his mistake. Which Adi's further acception of him as Bill briefly made him consider until he thought about it some more.
Nope...he was right.
"I'm Charlie actually," he politely corrected his best friend quietly before the class began in earnest. Beginning with 10 points for each house for their willingness to dress up and participate. Now he felt somewhat better about it. As for the questions at hand , the seventh year didn't raise his hand fast enough, and those that had brought up the thoughts on the matter that came to mind. Oh well...he'd listen this round.
Had Sophie Brown chosen to dress up from the racks? Not a whole lot. Soph had read the instructions and made a decision then and there to dress up as Rowena Ravenclaw. So... she was already donning the Ravenclaw robes, but she knew well enough that Rowena's robes would've been more ancient-looking, so Soph switched her robes out for an older, more antique-looking set, and she already had the long dark hair like Rowena... actually, Soph realized for the first time just how much she already DID look like Rowena Ravenclaw. The only other thing she snagged up was a tiara, which she placed upon her head. Get it? Ravenclaw's diadem? Heh. Definitely wasn't as pretty as the original one undoubtedly was, but it was good enough to hopefully give people an idea of who she was.
At the ghost's question, Soph tried not to roll her eyes at the question - it felt like they'd been asked that loads of times. Well... what was one last time to answer to finish off her Hogwarts career?
Her hand raised - and she subconsciously straightened her back and sat a little more ladylike as she did so - Soph offered, "S'necessary to study history so we understand why we're where we are today 'n see how far we've come, what's worked, what hasn't - 'n studying people from the past also can inspire us to be like them 'n do good things, 'n be even better, too. Like, their work and progress has given us something to build upon, and their failures were also helpful to show us what not to do, too, y'know?" She shrugged. "If we wanna be successful and grow as a society, we have to first study history to set the bar for us 'n give us something to strive for."
Aaaand... Soph had no idea what the ghost was getting at with her second set of questions, but... the seventh year added on honestly, "I don't think it makes it easier." She was all for fun, but she never really... got behind the whole costume thing the History of Magic professors liked to do so much. It was just kind of monotonous at this point. "If we stretch our minds and make an effort to learn about the past, it shouldn't be too hard to recall different people 'n things, 'specially if we acknowledge how much their legacy means to us." Just saying.
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Merlin. Was Sophie Brown dressed up as who he thought she was dressed up as? Because any other day, he would've just guessed she was going for the rustic Ravenclaw princess look. But no, he knew the connections here. Only Sophie Brown would be cheeky enough to dress up as Rowena Ravenclaw in a class taught by her daughter.
And unfortunately he couldn't even wipe that silly grin off his face at the sight of her. Er, sorry.
As for the question though, Zander could've placed a million galleon bet that it would be the exact question Professor Ghost had asked. It was always the same. Start the lesson off with the most vague question in the entire universe and then hope that maybe you could narrow it down using student answers. Yeah, Zander was used to the drill by now. He was seven years practiced in it.
So he chose to remain quiet, only raising his hand to answer the second part of her question. "I think history is hard to remember regardless, 'cause so much happens," and also every one thing depends on the other, meaning if you forgot the smallest detail, you might as well quit right then and there. Ahem. "But making a more er, personal connection makes it easier. 'Cause then they aren't just random people anymore, but kinda like characters in a story... They come to life once you've got that personal feel to it." Did that make sense? Probably not. Zander wasn't well versed in the whole 'think an idea through before starting to talk about it' thing.
"Plus I think dressing up makes it more hands on kinda like Creatures and Herbology. It's less of just trying to remember random facts, and more about trying to understand the random facts?.... and stuff." Sort of.
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"Afternoon Brooklyn," Helena greeted with a nod in the snakette's direction. It took some time before she understood who the fourth year had dressed up. "Have you used moondew in your potion brewing? Or has Professor Flamsteed spoken of it?"
When the last student took their seat Helena rose from her sitting position on the desk to a floating position a few inches over the floor in front of it as she addressed the class in voice that was loud enough to be heard in the back but not too loud. "Welcome back everyone to a new lesson in history. I firstly want to extend my thanks to all of you for dressing up as your favourite magical person from history for the class. I know that not everyone is fond of dressing up and some even find it silly, and because of that I'm awarding 10 house points to each of the four houses." They had all made an effort and Helena endorsed that.
"Now, let's talk about history for a moment before we move on to our main topic for today's lesson. Why do you think its obligatory to study history during your magical education?" Letting her grey eyes wander over the many costumes Helena asked "Does the famous people you have dressed up today as make it easier to remember what has happened throughout history or do you think/feel that so much has happened in history that it's hard to remember regardless of the famous people?"
The nod she had gotten in response to her greeting was more than Brooklyn had expected. Maybe there wouldn’t be as much bias as she thought there might be, and the Grey Lady had certainly proved to her that she wasn’t as boring as a ghost professor might be expected. Aside from the obvious pause that made her think once again her costume skills were either so good or so obscure that people didn’t recognize it. That had been saved at the last minute though, as there had been the question about moondew. More than the small redhead had gotten way back that first history lesson when she’d chosen to dress as Cliodne. It had made her think, however. Had she used moondew in Potions class. It was entirely likely, more than the possibility that Professor Flamsteed had mentioned it. Considering she rarely chose to pay attention in Astronomy beyond the planet game, also from first year. “I actually learned about her first year in Professor Glendower’s History of Magic lessons,” she decided to answer instead. She wasn’t about to admit that she didn’t remember a single ingredient from possibly her favorite subject.
Either way, the lesson had continued, so Brooklyn had just sat listening to the answers given. [i]When did Frankie show up?[/], she wondered, as the Gryffindor had suddenly spoke up. She wasn’t surprised whatsoever in his costume choice, anyhow, peeking at him from around the edge of her hood. Ha. Costume win again. She could do things surreptitiously. “We need to learn from what people chose to do before us,” she finally said, raising her hand. “Famous people just make it more interesting. It isn’t just dates to use to remember things, we can use names.” Or, in her case, the idea of having birds who could do things for her, and being responsible for an integral part of Potions.
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She gave the Grey Lady a small smile when she used her first name instead of her surname. "Yes its." Especially for a diver like herself. Since she's not allowed to do any magic outside school, she couldn't use the Bubble-Head Charm so Gillyweed was her savior. "I have, Professor. A few times."
And not long after she sat down, the Professor started the lesson with a set of questions. She heard some of her classmate offered the Grey Lady with good answers but truthfully she's kinda agreed with Frankie. Too many reading material and too many things to remember. But she raised her hands nonetheless. "History allows us a chance to learn about who we came from." And for the second question. "I don't think famous people make it easier because we might know their faces and names but we don't remember the historical events that made them famous."
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Hady nearly laughed at the Professor's question. "I do find merpeople fasinating as I do many other things but no need to worry Professor I won't be running off to be with one." She grinned softly. Nope no running off to be with anybody that is. She was happy doing her own thing.
The next question had her thinking for a moment before her hand moved into the air. "I think that in some cases dressing up does help us. A lot of people have trouble remembering names, dates and places and sometimes something like dressing up can help connect a name with a face and the rest of the information comes easier." It made sense to her at least.
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After some consideration, Adi stuck a hand up. "It's important that we study history because it's a way to look back at the past and try to avoid any mistakes that could have caused the problems in the first place and also to look back at ways improvements could be made when dealing with a particular situation.'' Pause. "Many events have happened in the past to remember and I think that persons who played a part in those events, seeing all of us dress up as one of them, helps us to remember said events. So, I would say it's a combination of both.''
"Yes, history does let us see our errors and it's up to us to make better choices depending on situation." As for if dressing up helped you remember. Helena didn't say yes it helped or no it didn't it was individual.
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Or maybe that kind of tolerance was an old person thing. "I think learning history is important for magic just like history is important for everything, 'cause you can use the past to learn all about how to understand the present and even what's going to happen in the future." Like learning from mistakes, except somebody else's instead of your own which was much better for the sake of dignity. "And a lot of what happened in history has to do with the people who were alive back then and what they did. Those people, like the ones we dressed up as, showed people lots of different things that could be done or discovered, so we can learn from them that anything is possible if you try hard enough, even if you failed the first time."
"An important life lesson Norah. Anything is indeed possible if you try your hardest and don't let yourself be stopped by potential setbacks/mistakes along the way." Helena responded to the puff prefect.
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"It's important so we LEARN from our mistakes, instead of, y'know, having another Voldemort or something. Also, so you can appreciate and honor the people who fought for us. And I think that the people help me remember, because some of them have really unique names." Neville Longbottom? Come ON.
Helena nodded at Ellery. "Learning from our mistakes is what let's grow as people and as a society and we certainly don't need a new Voldermort." He was definitely someone everyone remembered just because he had impacted so many lives with his actions.
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Nibbling on her bottom lip, she looked around as her classmates answered and frowned as she tried to think of an answer that hadn’t been said. Slowly she put up her hand. ”Well, I think that most people agree that knowing the past can help the future… but it also helps to remind us where we as a group of people came from so that we don’t go back there.” She took a breath and then added, ”Personally, I remember things better with visuals - so seeing what people looked like or what they wore etc., would probably help me remember details… as clothing styles and things changed over time. Obviously… but there we go.
Nodding Helena said "Yes, seeing what someone wore, how they lived or how they dressed in a certain age can make it easier to remember certain periods in our history." Same could be said for muggle history she had heard.
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"Professor, this is a difficult one, in some ways I'd say yes and in others I'd say No." Angel said truthfully. "You see in some ways depending on what has happened you can't help but remember the person who it involves, but in others it might be a group of people and then their names gets forgotten." Angel stopped there she thought about adding more on but she wanted to give the others a chance.
"I think I get what you are trying to say Angel. If what has happened involves just one person it's easier to remember than if it's an event that involves many people and then their names may end up being forgotten." Like Helena contemplated to herself who fought in the great wars. Those people remembered were those that had a big impact on the outcome of the war.
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"I think it's important to study history because we need to know what happened in the past. You can always learn something from seeing how people in the past reacted to different situations. You could learn when things were done right and you can learn when things were done wrong. Hopefully, we won't repeat mistakes that were made in the past." Besides, history could be fascinating. At least that's what Janelle thought. "I think it's hard to remember everything that's happened in the history of the magical world, but having everyone dress up does help me remember more. If someone is dressed as a famous person and then they talk about them, it makes things easier to remember"
"That's the ideal Janelle that we see the good things and the bad things in our history and learn from it as we go into to the future." Helena responded. But even good things could be twisted into bad things as history had showed time and time again.
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Anyways. "Other than learning from our mistakes," Benzi raised his hand, not wanting to repeat answers, "it's also important to preserve legacies and the knowledge that the people before us acquired, otherwise we'd be rediscovering the same things." And that would be very counterproductive. Mostly it was learning from mistakes though.
"You're right Benzi. Muggles for example would keep rediscovering how to create fire if the knowledge hadn't been past on between the generations." She hoped that every wizarding family past on vital knowledge to the new generations.
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As for her other question... hmm. They sort of went back to this idea all the time, right? How did history impact today? "People are benchmarks in history, I guess. I mean a million Quidditch players go by, but then there are a few that mark changes to the game or society through the game, and the same happens in other areas."
"It's the few that often has the biggest impact, like how the founders of Hogwarts still impact the next generation of wizards and witches by building this school many, many years ago." Helena commented.
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He heard the Grey Lady is what she was called ask a few brain twerking questions. Why did they need to study history? He shrugged and brought up an answer, "So history doesn't repeat itself?" He heard the second question and she did have a good point. He thought about it and gave an answer, "Professor I feel like it is easier to remember who I am dressed up as because he was one of the founders of this school. He also has memorabilia around the school to let him be remembered. I also heard he had a locket too." He remembered hearing about the chamber of secrets being associated with him but he wouldn't get into TOO much detail. Infact the Grey lady might do it for him.
"Memorabilia can I agree can make it easier to make a personal connection to an historical person and in extension make it easier to remember them. Same applies to historical events." Helena concluded.
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Raising her hand she offered a guess at the answer to the first question. "I think it's important to learn history because it helps us remember where we come from. On top of that it also is a way to avoid repeating past mistakes. I feel that it's a combination events and people that make history easy to remember. After all, a lot of famous people took part in said events and were key factors." Just her thoughts on the matter.
"How we remember events and people best is individual but it's always important to remember our roots and the mistakes we've made in the past to avoid repeating them as you've said. Sometimes i've find that I remember that someone is famous but not what they are famous for." Helena finished off.
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The Gryffindor did respond to the second question though, with his hand raised in the air. "No offense, but I think a lot of history is kinda boring. Too many dates and facts to remember. Some of the stuff is pretty cool though. And I guess the things I am interested in and do remember are because of the specific people who were involved."
"I welcome your honesty Franklin even if I don't totally agree with you. I think that all history is important and that whether it's boring or fun is secondary. You have to learn it anyway. However i can agree that specific people can make it easier to remember something." Helena said.
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Hooray! Ten points! Brilliant! Henric raised his hands up to answer Professor's Helena question,"History is important in our studies because they help remind us of our roots by embracing both our traditional and modern differences of our culture. That reminder often provide us a better change in our future. We learn to accept the mistakes that had been done in the past but we never stop trying to correct it. History makes us inspired, I guess. I think these outfits did bring about change in us somehow to be someone just like them,I can remember what they did in the past and its so interesting to me!"
"If everyone could be inspired by history in a 'good' way then the wizarding world have a bright future. It'd be nice if every student in this class will end up having a positive impact on our magical socety." And she meant that.
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He raised his hand to answer Ghost!Professor's question. Quite honestly, he thought it was stupid having to study history, but he wasn't going to tell her THAT. "So we don't repeat the same mistakes we made in the past, and we see the ripple affects of things that happened in the past and how they affect us today. In terms of remembering famous people in history, I'm not sure what really makes a person famous. It can happen in the blink of an eye and you don't know history is happening when it IS happening, but...I dunno. Obviously the more people you impact, the easier it is to remember someone," he explained. That last question kind of got away from him...
"It's quite amazing don't you think that what people did many years ago still effects us in present time? It makes me at least even more prone to think before I act since my actions can long term effects." Helena replied to Caleb.
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Her hand raised - and she subconsciously straightened her back and sat a little more ladylike as she did so - Soph offered, "S'necessary to study history so we understand why we're where we are today 'n see how far we've come, what's worked, what hasn't - 'n studying people from the past also can inspire us to be like them 'n do good things, 'n be even better, too. Like, their work and progress has given us something to build upon, and their failures were also helpful to show us what not to do, too, y'know?" She shrugged. "If we wanna be successful and grow as a society, we have to first study history to set the bar for us 'n give us something to strive for."
Aaaand... Soph had no idea what the ghost was getting at with her second set of questions, but... the seventh year added on honestly, "I don't think it makes it easier." She was all for fun, but she never really... got behind the whole costume thing the History of Magic professors liked to do so much. It was just kind of monotonous at this point. "If we stretch our minds and make an effort to learn about the past, it shouldn't be too hard to recall different people 'n things, 'specially if we acknowledge how much their legacy means to us." Just saying.
Sophie's choice of costume was distracting and Helena wondered if it was intentional. However she focused on the head girl's answer instead. She could discuss costume choices when the lesson was over. "Yes indeed history can give something to strive for but also work as a reminder of what mistakes we shall not repeat a second time. If we repeat errors it can lead to catastrophes." Like what had started the wars in our magical history.
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So he chose to remain quiet, only raising his hand to answer the second part of her question. "I think history is hard to remember regardless, 'cause so much happens," and also every one thing depends on the other, meaning if you forgot the smallest detail, you might as well quit right then and there. Ahem. "But making a more er, personal connection makes it easier. 'Cause then they aren't just random people anymore, but kinda like characters in a story... They come to life once you've got that personal feel to it." "Plus I think dressing up makes it more hands on kinda like Creatures and Herbology. It's less of just trying to remember random facts, and more about trying to understand the random facts?.... and stuff." Sort of.
"Understanding why something happened Zander is just as important as when it happened or who it involved." Helena commented. "A personal connection to an event I agree can make it easier to remember something. Like how many of you in this class will remember last year's spider attack on the castle since you were personally involved in the battle to save our school."
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Costume win again. She could do things surreptitiously. “We need to learn from what people chose to do before us,” she finally said, raising her hand. “Famous people just make it more interesting. It isn’t just dates to use to remember things, we can use names.” Or, in her case, the idea of having birds who could do things for her, and being responsible for an integral part of Potions.
What was Brooklyn trying to say? Slightly confused Helena answered nonetheless. "If famous people makes you more inclined to learn and take an interest in history then I'm glad our long history holds many interesting people within it."
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Too many reading material and too many things to remember. But she raised her hands nonetheless. "History allows us a chance to learn about who we came from." And for the second question. "I don't think famous people make it easier because we might know their faces and names but we don't remember the historical events that made them famous."
"That is the downside to history learning, Candice. I can only hope that after this year that you'll remember historical events and important people and not forget them." Helena said.
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The next question had her thinking for a moment before her hand moved into the air. "I think that in some cases dressing up does help us. A lot of people have trouble remembering names, dates and places and sometimes something like dressing up can help connect a name with a face and the rest of the information comes easier." It made sense to her at least.
"That is true Hady. We learn with the use of more than one sense and sometimes for some the visual aspect is what helps them connect everything together and to remember event and dates."Helena said.
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Asking those two questions served a purpose. It gave them the same history standing ground since she know knew how they looked upon being taught history. Clearing her throat Helena said "What events we remember and when they took place in history is individual. Some of you said that you remember facts and years better if you dress up, have a personal connection to an event or person or something visual to connect it to like a canvas painting of a battle, an invention we still use today or a piece of memorabilia you know was owned previously by a witch or wizard that had a huge impact on wizarding society." Here she let her grey eyes drift over some students like Dot, Franklin, Colt, Marsha and Caleb.
"What most of you have said though is that we study history to know our roots, where we came from and what events and people across history have shaped the wizarding world into what it is today. And I think the most important thing many of you touched on in your answers is that we can use history to look back at what we did wrong, the mistakes we made and do better in the future." Helena let eyes gaze out over the class again, letting her eyes drift over all the students present.
"With mistakes and the wish do better in mind we can move over to our main topic of this lesson which is giants. Hogwarts has never employed a giant on staff that I know of but a beloved half-giant by the name of Rubeus Hagrid served as groundskeeper and CoMC professor for a number of years." And he in Helena's opinion embodied the whole knowing your mistakes and trying to do better.
Floating backwards to sit on the edge of the desk again she said. "Giants are a very dangerous race of humanoids that we co-exist with here it in the wizarding world that I think you all should learn more about and more precisely their history and how they as a race have impacted our history. Can you all please give me one fact each that you know about giants."
Ooc: Give one giant fact each. (We'll come to half-giants later in the lesson)
Colt was pleased he got the answer right and he sat there and began to listen to the lesson. He heard her mumble some nonsense and other things he didn't really care about. This is why history wasn't his favorite subject because if you nod off you can miss things. I mean he could read textbook later. He began to close his eyes and took like a second nap and woke up and realized he woke up just in time to hear the Professor ask a question about giants. Oh thank bloody merlin. He began to wonder what he knew about giants. Well they were tall for starters. Everyone knew that but he was gonna let a firstie take that answer. He raised his hand and said,
"Professor I know a giant tribe is led by the strongest giant known as the Gurg." He remembered learning about that in Durmstrang. He remembered that because of the name Gurg. I mean come on that is a pretty funny name.
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Adi nodded at Helena before scribbling down some notes. These notes grew as more answers were given by his classmates though not by much since many of them gave similar answers to him.
GIANTS! So cool! The Hufflepuff couldn't agree more with their Ghost Professor when she said that they should learn more about Giants. Okay, so one fact. All that he knew about Giants ran through his head until Adi selected one and raised his hand. "The average height of an adult giant is twenty to twenty five feet.''
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Giants. Zander knew stuff about giants.
But also, how in Merlin's name did Adi manage to memorize facts like the exact height? 'Cause that skill would definitely prove useful for NEWTs. Was there a way he could pass it off to Zander? 'Cause if anyone needed the ability to memorize things, it was Zander Adair. Times were rough, man.
"Giants live in mountainous areas, he nodded. Clearly Zander was taking the question with more of a Creatures approach... 'Cause he didn't really know too much about the history of giants. Other than the fact that they were involved in loads of wars. Hopefully the details of which they'd learn today in class...
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