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PhoenixRising · 10-03-2013, 11:31 PM

SPOILER!!: The ones who don't understand PLUS Sarah =)

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Originally Posted by Tegz

That.................. was another language. West didn't understand the stuff on the board, he just didn't. The things needed, the actual instructions.... they were words, but that was pretty much all he was getting. What he needed was diagrams, definitions, and demonstrations because....

... yeah he hadn't grown up anything resembling Muggle at all. West just stared at the board.

....

.... Finally he put his hand up.

"Professor, I don't understand any of this."

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Originally Posted by Meizzner

Nigel was trying to follow along. He really was. But the more she talked the more it made less sense. What was a socket holder. At least he knew what electrical tape was. It was similar to duct tape.

The instructions looked to be in another language. It seemed he was not the only one lost.

"I don't understand any of this either"

Yeah......

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Originally Posted by lazykitty

Seemed simple enough to her. But then again, she'd grown up with this stuff. Not to mention the potato clock she'd made when she'd gone back to Constance Ballard during what would've been her third year. So, yeah she was ready.

"I can help," Sky piped up when West and the Ravenclaw prefect mentioned being confused. Because she totally had this.

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Originally Posted by amadshade

S=Tora grabbed a wire and some wire cutter and went to work. She originally looked about for someone to work with, but not seeing anyone immediately had decided that she could do this on her own! She held up her own wand, figuring that a little more than half of the 11 inches would be enough wire needed, and measured based on that. Snip, snip, Snip! Or well, that's what she imagined a perfect cut to be. Her "snips" went more like CRUNCH, CRUNCH, SNAP, CRACKLE, POP. Was it supposed to be doing this? She tried to be more careful so she wouldn't hurt herself.

Now that she had three separate pieces of wire, with very jagged ends, in front of her, she had to remove the insulation. This proved to be an even harder task than the actual snipping (crunch, snap, crackle, popping) of the wires as whenever she tried to get the wire cutters to only bit into the rubber and not the actual metal underneath it went all CRUNCH, SNAP again. The wire got shorter and shorter and shorte and short and shor and sho and sh and s until finally she had to cut another piece since the one she was working on was about 2 inches long. She glared at the trouble wire. She would get this! She grabbe the new piece she had snipped (with much crackle, crunching and popping) and tried again. Same results. AGHHHHHH! She threw (gently placed) the cutting tool down on her desk and crossed her arms. Normally she wouldn't ask for help here, and would just keep trying until she got it, but she didn't want to waste wire so she reluctantly said aloud, "I'm having issues. Please someone help me."

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Originally Posted by lemon

"Me too. I'm confused as well, professor." Probably because she was totally tuning out this entire class.

But other people didn't get it either, so it was okay.

Elaboration please, professor?

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Originally Posted by hermygirl

He was lost. No other way to describe it.

See, he'd been okay with the general electricity bit. He'd seen it in action. But he had no idea of how it was measured, or how it worked. Sure, if he'd put some thought into it, he might have put the wires and battery and bulb bit together. But the rest? Yeah...no. Wasn't happening. The instructions might as well have been in Gobbledegook.

For instance, what WAS a dry cell, except like the detention rooms in the dungeons...just less damp and mouldy? And wasn't insulation used to keep the house warm? What did that have to do with anything?

He was actually rather relieved that others spoke up first. "I don't get it either," he admitted quietly. He looked round the room...anyone wanna help?

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Originally Posted by Princesspower

Sarah was glad that having a muggeborn mother came in handy.. as well as going to a muggle primary school. Although she did feel bad for the others. So she decided to try explain it as best as she could. "So you know about electricity that its what muggles need to operate their things. This circuit is similar to a plumbing network with pipes. You know what plumbing is.. right?" It was one of the things that Wizards adapted to. "So the wire acts sort of like pipes, it carries electricity just like pipes carry water. You also need a source for the water in a plumbing system, like a lake or rain, so in an electrical circuit you have something called a battery that supplies the energy. So what are we giong to use all this electricty for? Just like all pipes are needed to bring water to a place.. like a bath tub, the electricity is needed for the light bulb. A light bulb is what muggles use for light as they can't use magic for that. So the electricity flows through the light bulb, lighting it up as its energy. As each electrical cell passes the light bulb it moves on along the circuit back to the battery again. The thing is, just like plumbing can only work if all the 'pipes' are connected, so too, in a circuit, all the wires must be connected. Using this bit of intelligence, a switch is used so you can start the electricty flowing by pushing down the wire inside, connected the network. Or you can push it at the other side, and like a see-saw effect, the wire will be lifted, stopping the electrical current from flowing." That was the basics, in case that helped the others.

Meanwhile Sarah collected the supplies for her own circuit. Not before writing down notes

Had she moved too fast? She WAS going to define each of the items to them, but she didn't want to dumb down the class too much. BUT it seemed, judging from the four or five people who had these vacant expressions, perhaps she SHOULD have dumbed down the class more. Even if she didn't exactly define the items, she probably should have pointed out what each of the materials were. Though some she assumed were obvious, but clearly not.

"Thank you, Miss Edwards. Two points for that thorough relationship and explanation for how it works." Though she didn't actually say WHAT each thing was, just yet.

"Okay, so let's go over what each of the materials are. This one is your insulated wire, which you could see how it's got like a plastic covering around the metal." They knew what metal was, right? And plastic? "So you want to use your wire cutters," Hadley held that up. "To strip off about quarter of an inch on each end of the wire. If you look carefully on the wire cutters, you'll see after all the semi-circles, there's a smooth blade. Very sharp. You can use that cut your wire. Use the semi-circles ... one that is about the size of the wire, to pull the insulation off each end."

"The next step talks about the battery, or dry cell, which is the cylindrical shaped object. And if you look, one end has a knob and the other end is flat. Though batteries generally are marked which side is positive and which is negative, the side with the knob thingy is positive." Hadley picked up the socket and bulb next. "On your socket you have two sides. It doesn't matter which you make your right or left. But you're attaching the wire to these screws on either side. Two different wires, just to be clear."

"This is your switch. And you've got your electrical tape, and of course, your light bulb, which you could screw that into the socket once you're all done."

"I believe that covers everything on the list of materials, with what each of the items are and what they look like.... So now you should be able to complete the procedure as specified." Yes? Hopefully? Together they should be able to figure it out.

ooc: take another 24 hours before we start observational stuff .... I'll check in here again before i go to sleep in about 2 hours to see if this cleared up confusion with your characters ;D SORRYYYY <333

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Finally he put his hand up. *"Professor, I don't understand any* of this." Quote: Originally Posted by Meizzner Nigel was trying to follow along. He really was. But the more she talked the more it made less sense. What was a socket holder. At least he knew what electrical tape was. It was similar to duct tape. The instructions looked to be in another language. It seemed he was not the only one lost. "I don't understand any of this either" Yeah...... Quote: Originally Posted by lazykitty Seemed simple enough to her. But then again, she'd grown up with this stuff. Not to mention the potato clock she'd made when she'd gone back to Constance Ballard during what would've been her third year. So, yeah she was ready. "I can help," Sky piped up when West and the Ravenclaw prefect mentioned being confused. Because she totally had this. Quote: Originally Posted by amadshade S=Tora grabbed a wire and some wire cutter and went to work. She originally looked about for someone to work with, but not seeing anyone immediately had decided that she could do this on her own! She held up her own wand, figuring that a little more than half of the 11 inches would be enough wire needed, and measured based on that. Snip, snip, Snip! Or well, that's what she imagined a perfect cut to be. Her "snips" went more like CRUNCH, CRUNCH, SNAP, CRACKLE, POP. Was it supposed to be doing this? She tried to be more careful so she wouldn't hurt herself. Now that she had three separate pieces of wire, with very jagged ends, in front of her, she had to remove the insulation. This proved to be an even harder task than the actual snipping (crunch, snap, crackle, popping) of the wires as whenever she tried to get the wire cutters to only bit into the rubber and not the actual metal underneath it went all CRUNCH, SNAP again. The wire got shorter and shorter and shorte and short and shor and sho and sh and s until finally she had to cut another piece since the one she was working on was about 2 inches long. She glared at the trouble wire. She would get this! She grabbe the new piece she had snipped (with much crackle, crunching and popping) and tried again. Same results. AGHHHHHH! She threw (gently placed) the cutting tool down on her desk and crossed her arms. Normally she wouldn't ask for help here, and would just keep trying until she got it, but she didn't want to waste wire so she reluctantly said aloud, "I'm having issues. Please someone help me." Quote: Originally Posted by lemon "Me too. I'm confused as well, professor." Probably because she was totally tuning out this entire class. But other people didn't get it either, so it was okay. Elaboration please, professor? Quote: Originally Posted by hermygirl He was lost. No other way to describe it. See, he'd been okay with the general electricity bit. He'd seen it in action. But he had no idea of how it was measured, or how it worked. Sure, if he'd put some thought into it, he might have put the wires and battery and bulb bit together. But the rest? Yeah...no. Wasn't happening. The instructions might as well have been in Gobbledegook. For instance, what WAS a dry cell, except like the detention rooms in the dungeons...just less damp and mouldy? And wasn't insulation used to keep the house warm? What did that have to do with anything? He was actually rather relieved that others spoke up first. "I don't get it either," he admitted quietly. He looked round the room...anyone wanna help? Quote: Originally Posted by Princesspower Sarah was glad that having a muggeborn mother came in handy.. as well as going to a muggle primary school. Although she did feel bad for the others. So she decided to try explain it as best as she could. "So you know about electricity that its what muggles need to operate their things. This circuit is similar to a plumbing network with pipes. You know what plumbing is.. right?"** It was one of the things that Wizards adapted to. "So the wire acts sort of like pipes, it carries electricity just like pipes carry water. You also need a source for the water in a plumbing system, like a lake or rain, so in an electrical circuit you have something called a battery that supplies the energy. So what are we giong to use all this electricty for? Just like all pipes are needed to bring water to a place.. like a bath tub, the electricity is needed for the light bulb. A light bulb is what muggles use for light as they can't use magic for that. So the electricity flows through the light bulb, lighting it up as its energy. As each electrical cell passes the light bulb it moves on along the circuit back to the battery again. The thing is, just like plumbing can only work if all the 'pipes' are connected, so too, in a circuit, all the wires must be connected. Using this bit of intelligence, a switch is used so you can start the electricty flowing by pushing down the wire inside, connected the network. Or you can push it at the other side, and like a see-saw effect, the wire will be lifted, stopping the electrical current from flowing." That was the basics, in case that helped the others. Meanwhile Sarah collected the supplies for her own circuit. Not before writing down notes Had she moved too fast? She WAS going to define each of the items to them, but she didn't want to dumb down the class too much. BUT it seemed, judging from the four or five people who had these vacant expressions, perhaps she SHOULD have dumbed down the class more. Even if she didn't exactly define the items, she probably should have pointed out what each of the materials were. Though some she assumed were obvious, but clearly not. "Thank you, Miss Edwards. Two points for that thorough relationship and explanation for how it works." Though she didn't actually say WHAT each thing was, just yet. "Okay, so let's go over what each of the materials are. This one is your insulated wire, which you could see how it's got like a plastic covering around the metal." They knew what metal was, right? And plastic? "So you want to use your wire cutters," Hadley held that up. "To strip off about quarter of an inch on each end of the wire. If you look carefully on the wire cutters, you'll see after all the semi-circles, there's a smooth blade. Very sharp. You can use that cut your wire. Use the semi-circles ... one that is about the size of the wire, to pull the insulation off each end." "The next step talks about the battery, or dry cell, which is the cylindrical shaped object. And if you look, one end has a knob and the other end is flat. Though batteries generally are marked which side is positive and which is negative, the side with the knob thingy is positive." Hadley picked up the socket and bulb next. "On your socket you have two sides. It doesn't matter which you make your right or left. But you're attaching the wire to these screws on either side. Two different wires, just to be clear." "This is your switch. And you've got your electrical tape, and of course, your light bulb, which you could screw that into the socket once you're all done." "I believe that covers everything on the list of materials, with what each of the items are and what they look like.... So now you should be able to complete the procedure as specified." Yes? Hopefully? Together they should be able to figure it out. ooc: take another 24 hours before we start observational stuff .... I'll check in here again before i go to sleep in about 2 hours to see if this cleared up confusion with your characters ;D SORRYYYY <333 __________________ ___________________You should take your little finger and just point it in the mirror. ________________________________________Baby, maybe you're the problem ✯