*enters the class and walks to the front and takes a seat. Pulls out her notebook and writes down "Astronomy Lesson 2" at the top and sits up to say good day to the professor*

"Good morning Professor, cant wait for class to begin. I really enjoyed the first lesson. What will we be discussing this lesson?"

*smiling, leans back in seat and waits patiently for class to begin and for her question to be anwsered*

Hello my bright young things! And welcome to the first real lesson of Astronomy. As I said in the first lesson, this one will be totally dedicated to the rock on which we call home, the Earth!

Can anyone give me any nicknames for it??

*Professor Dainsie picks up a lolly pop and puts it in her mouth before smiling at the students around the room*

What? I need sugar! *she laughs*

*raises hand*

"the world would be considered a nickname wouldn't it"

*puts down her hand and gets a sucker, then sits down*

Zekke raised his hand. "The third planet from the sun?" He ducked his head and grinned a little. "The nickname is a little long, but Earth is the third planet from the sun."

*raise her hand*

"Third rock from the Sun!" she said, "and Huston! And maybe Terra which is the lating for Earth. We call ourselves a lot of things, don't we?"

*chuckle*

"Oh yes, and the blue planet, too!" He added.

Nadia gets 7 points for her lot, and Zekke gets 4!

Any more!! Be creative... points for the best and funniest

*turns to Zadkhiel*

"isnt that Pluto. I'm just wondering if you might of been mistaken, but then again. I might be wrong."

*smiles and sits back*

"The living planet?" Zekke guessed. "Because Earth is the only planet that supposedly can support life?"

"the agricultural planet, the living planet. I'm not sure"

*giggle at her nicknames and then hears Zadkhiel's reply*

"dang it, you said it first"

Yep another point for that!

[OOC:Latinhottoe please do not use that color, just use black in class, its very hard to read!]

"Pluto seems blue, doesn't it?" Zekke nodded in agreement.

"I said 'blue planet' in reference to the fact that Earth is the only planet that has water and therefore is blue in color for that reason. Though Pluto might be called the blue planet as well." He looked to the professor for an answer to this quandry.

Funniest? Mmh...

"Well, I have heard my father refer to it as 'the humanity rubbish bin' or 'the galaxy bottom' (because we live on the tail), but I don't think that's quite polite... I don't know." *shippish smile* "What about the

"um the nutrious planet, the geographical planet, the home planet, the... hmm i cant think of anymore.

*giggles at the names*

"this is fun, what about mostly water planet. oh or even the environmental planet, or even poluted planet. The planet has been poluted.

Amy giggled and raised her hand.
"There's dirt too. Earth's another name for it," she added.

Pluto looks blue in some pictures because they have been taken through a filtered lens. If we saw it normally it would be a little grey ball.

Another 3 points to Nadia, and one to latin for the "home planet".

Anyone else??

Nadia blushed, not really expecting to receive points over her answer. Detention seemed more suitable. She laughed at her own thought and stayed quiet, actually not remembering any othernmae

Mithos raised his hand "the Restless Planet"

Francis raised her hand, and giggling says: "The inner-planet with a side-kick?". Then with another more serious smile she adds, "How about.. The self-destructing planet?"

Zekke couldn't help himself. "The planet abandoned by aliens?" His normally stoic expression had cracked into a grin that he was trying to smother. He had a smart mouth and he couldn't help but make the wisecrack.

Bahaha! I like the side-kick!! 3 points for that one.

Also fr2nc1z gets 10 points for continually helping around the astronomy classroom! (In the previos lesson and for the member numbers)

Well these just keep getting better and better! 3 for that as well!!

*listens to everyones thoughs and couldn't help but laught. Sucks on her sucker to help her from laughing, but as Zekke said his last nickname, she couldn't help but laugh. Almost chokes on her sucker and then smiles to herself and waits for the professor to continue with the lesson.

Francis smiles proudly. After hearing some of the other nicknames, she tries to come up with a funnier one. Scratching her head, she looks around for a while.. Deciding to come up with a nickname that would relate to witchcraft history, she raised her hand and said: "How about... The planet that lived.."

Zekke was glad he didn't blush very readily because right now, he was rather embarrassed for making such a wisecrack like that. In fact, he was so embarrassed he could have just disappeared into the floor. The right and proper Zekke that most people knew wouldn't say something like that... or would he?

He stole a glance in Nadia's direction.

As it were, the right and proper Zekke held himself responsible for his own actions - and words - and if being embarrassed was the price, so be it. With that in mind, he wore a slightly sheepish grin and was ready to laugh at himself.

Hearing that the professor approved of his suggestion, he allowed himself to laugh quietly.

Deciding that he needed something to keep himself from making more wisecracks, he popped a lollipop in his mouth and got distracted by its refreshingly tart flavor. Sour apple was his favorite candy flavor, bar none. Well... except for maybe chocolate...

Turning serious again, Zekke sucked on his candy for a moment then raised his hand and waited to be called on.

"I know that the United States is sometimes called a 'melting pot' because of the great diversity in the ethnicities of the people there. But since Earth contains all human beings - at least, as far as we know - could the Earth also be called a 'melting pot' as well?"

He wrote down notes in his neat scrawl as he listened.