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Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow 
"Some plants have dainty appearances but are actually quite deadly. They're unassuming and it's important to know what you're dealing with. They're like people in that way." The brunette lowered her arm when she'd finished and clasped her hands in front of her, a small smile playing on her lips. She was done now, 'kay? Carry on.
"Good point," He nodded at the Ravenclaw. "It is indeed very important to be cautious all the time," He'd have to repeat this to make sure no one did something stupid. He glanced at her nametag. "Thanks for bringing it up, Miss Cooper," Hopefully everyone heard that! Quote:
Originally Posted by Hey Ju
First question already. Awesome. Agatha was a very good student so she knew the answer. Nevermind it was a general question, she knew the answer nonetheless. So her hand was up in the air, just like her nose. "Plants can be harmless or quite the opposite, but that doesn't mean you can't deal with them." There, short and sweet. And full of knowledge and reference to Herbology. He would like her answer, right? RIGHT? It was brilliant. She was brilliant. The professor seemed brilliant as well. At least he looked brilliant.
"True, there's always a way to deal with each plant regardless of its dangerous or weird traits." The Slytherin was optimistic in a way. Believing that any plant could be dealt with no matter what. "Good perspective, Miss Hapgood," he said. Quote:
Originally Posted by Harry174 Angel smiled as she raised her hand. "Professor. I know that some people go exploring all over the world to try and discover new plants." Angel was a bit upset and could feel the tears starting to form in her eyes.. eh why did he have to start with such an emotional question. Professor Bentley and herself had agreed that when she had left school they would go exploring together. either since she could walk that is something Angel had wanted to do.
"It's something I want to do when I'm older. in fact Professor...." Angel stopped to wiped the tears away. "I mean the last professor said that she would help me." Angel really missed Professor Bentley. "I've always loved plants and it's something I've always wanted to do." Angel said truthfully. "I'd love to see what sort of plants were high in a mountain and what sort of plants were in the Amazon rainforest." Angel has only just learned about magical plants and well she wanted to study them more as well but she'd love to go on an exploration to study the different behaviours of the plants. "Basically what I'm saying is all plants are different and to better understand them you need to study them more." Angel wondered if she had lost the Professor with her answer so she decided to give him just a short version. She had no idea if he was like Professor Bentley or not so she would have to be careful in how she phrased her answers until she knew. Yeah, when he said a short story, he meant one of a plant or a tree or even fungi. Definitely not the girl's dreams and hopes for the future. Eh. He fought the urge to yawn and just nodded at her deciding not to interrupt. And was she …. Crying? Gryffindors were the weirdest. He was going to ignore that part. "Okay. " Oh, but the last sentence she said was good. He was glad he didn't interrupt. "Very good point," He said. Quote:
Originally Posted by kayquilz "Plants are mostly green--they use the sun--you know, as food--do that photosynthesis thing--and they help make oxygen." RIght? Eden's plant knowledge was limited, Also, she wasn't even sure if ALL plants were like this. Were magical plants like this? "And flowers are pretty." That surely counted, right? "And smell nice." Why was she still talking? Hmm.. was the girl, okay? Was there something on his face? He was going to assume not. "You brought up correct and essential facts," He told the Ravenclaw. Quote:
Originally Posted by Edward Penguin He listened to the introduction and then the request. He thought a moment, raised his hand and answered, There are no plants in the sea below a depth of 1000 mtrs. Interesting fact to him. No way to determine if it would be interesting to anyone else. Thinking outside the box and providing a unique answer. Andrew approved. "Interesting fact, Mister.." He paused as his eyes slid to the nametag, "Mister Tinker." Quote:
Originally Posted by Govoni After setting up his notes, Gabe ventured a look around the space before slowly raising his hand. GASP! "They are....uh, erm.....used for...medicine and the healing...uh, arts. And potions." Quote:
Originally Posted by SpiritWolfe Malfoy Standing there for several minutes she watched as others entered the room taking their place behind a table. Once the room was full she switched her full attention to the Professor just as he had started talking. So his name was Andrew Walton and he was new. She would have to remember that just in case it ever came up. Hady slowly raised her hand into the air when a question was asked. "Some plants can be used for cooking, healing or in potions." She stated softly, lowering her arm once her answer was given. Bending down slightly she pulled out some parchment and a quill from the bag at her feet and began to jot down a few notes about plants while she waited for the Professor to continue on with the lesson. Quote:
Originally Posted by Mordred Yes. What are plants, basically? Hand up. “Plants can help alleviate stress on people. It’s like…a therapy of some sort.” He then suddenly thought of Mr. Millard and his love for plants. Quote:
Originally Posted by Ginevra "There is a plant called the Aloe Vera plant that is used for medicinal purposes. It assist with the relief of such ailments as sunburn. One breaks the leaf of the plant in half and rubs the "gel" onto the sunburnt skin. It cools the skin down." Quote:
Originally Posted by Lissy Longbottom
"Plants can be used in potions and even used to aid in some spells," he explained. Actually, he might have made that bit about the spells up. He wasn't sure.
"Correct. Plants are used in many fields in life. They provide most of potions' ingredients, used in cooking, first-aid even arts like Mister Banner brought up," He nodded at the students. Good answer. Quote:
Originally Posted by Kaos.Doodles
"I know about plants AND water!!" Kyroh said loudly hand still raised. "If you're dying in the desert and come across a cactus it can give you water and help you not die as fast." You'd still die maybe. Just not as fast. BAM. Two things he knew about.
Enthusiastic, that one was. Andrew wasn't startled by the loudness but he was surprised the question generated such excitement. But it was a good thing, yeah? Unless the boy was automatically excited like that all the time. "Yes, a cactus plant can store water in its stems," he nodded at the boy who seemed to have forgotten to mention his last name on the nametag. How hard was that. "Good answer, Kyroh" felt weird. Calling students with their firstnames but he probably will get used to it. Quote:
Originally Posted by Expecto-Penguin Kace thought the professor seemed cool so far. He wondered what happened to Bentley but onto the task at hand. He smiled when he returned the greeting and now onto the lesson. He heard the first question and heard some student's answers. He chuckled at the person who mentioned plants can't live off of chocolate frogs. That is true. Now what did he know about plants? Kace raised his hand and said, "Well professor I know some plants need a specific climate to live in like cactuses can't live in the tundra." Maybe it could but it wouldn't survive long. Quote:
Originally Posted by Daydreamer11 She raised her hand and when it was her turn to speak, she added her two cents to the conversation. "Plants rely on a number of environmental factors to grow and thrive. Appropriate temperature, adequate water and sunlight, compatible soil all combine to make plants healthy. If any one of these things is lacking, the plant's health and growth will be affected." "True. For each plant, there is a specific climate in which it can grow and prosper." He repeated after the two just in case someone didn't hear their answers. Quote:
Originally Posted by SilverTiger
She had looked up as the class started, anyway. Okay, new teacher. That wasn’t a big deal to her. All of the teachers were new to her, even if some of them she’d heard her sister talk about. She hadn’t met them, so they were new. Also, that meant they could be convinced of her royalty. Her hand had shot up when the question had been asked, along with Hady’s and lots of others. Actually, it hadn’t really been a question. She was going to answer anyway. “Professor, not all plants have to be green.” She liked the green ones best, of course, but she’d seen lots of others too. Others that weren’t green but weren’t dead either.
"Good point. Green is indeed a common color among plants, still it doesn't mean all of them are green. There are plants of all kind of colors," He nodded. Quote:
Originally Posted by PhoenixStar Annoyed, AJ moved herself to the other side of Benny. Without looking at either of them, she raised her hand to answer the question. "Plants can't survive on chocolate frogs." She learned that the hard way when she had to take care of a bonsai last term. That was all that she was contributing to that. The lion stared straight ahead. Oookay. A weird fact that he never thought to think of. Did anyone else wonder about this? "Uh-huh. Good to know," He hoped it was interesting to someone. Quote:
Originally Posted by Schroyers Then there was that question, it was a bit of a stupid question wasn't it? He wasn't sure why he disliked it so much, maybe because it seemed condescending, maybe because the Professor already seemed to dislike him so why not return the feeling? Or maybe it was just the fact that he had already been on edge a lot lately. But this question rubbed him the wrong way. And he was about to do something dumb as usual. "Professor, this question seems a bit silly, doesn't it? It's far too open ended and there's not really a way to answer it without feeling stupid, unless that's your goal. It's like asking people to tell you anything they know about water." He raised an eyebrow and then as an afterthought he wondered where that came from? Like what? Why was he just openly RUDE to a PROFESSOR!? He was sure this particular professor wouldn't overlook it. He though everything was going on all so smoothly to a place full of Gryffindors. Andrew stared at the boy. He considered his words very carefully. "None of your classmates sounded stupid so far," he said giving him a significant look, except you he wanted to add but did not. "Feel free to remain quiet if you don't have anything useful to contribute." He shrugged. MOVING ON. Quote:
Originally Posted by Squishy
What did she know about plants? That was a very broad question, and raising her hand she said the first thing that came to her mind. "There are flesh-eating plants. And plants that eat the flesh-eating plants." She learned that from Professor Bentley last term.
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Originally Posted by 2111jen What Jonas knew about plants. Lots of things actually. But one fact per student roght? Was this a fact or an opinion? He didn't know but Jonas would take a stab in the dark.
"Some plants look more like magical creatures." He said. "Like the mandrake root." He said adding an example. Quote:
Originally Posted by Deezerz Tell him anything about Herbology? Beverly raised her hand. "Flesh-eating plant diet's vary from meats to insects. Some may look look like they can eat an entire hippogriff when in reality they eat fairies or bugs. There are tiny plants that seem harmless but can tear off a limb." Interesting, wasn't it? "Each plant has a different appearance, feeding habits as well as lifestyle. True and very important to keep in mind," he told the three. Quote:
Originally Posted by Holmesian Feline
Though now he had to answer himself and the fourth year briefly thought it over before raising his hand and speaking. "Plants are always something to be aware of in our surroundings, either for your safety with certain flesh-eating plants or for their safety if we encroach on their habitat haphazardly."
"Well said, mister Atreyu," he nodded at the Gryffindor. "One should always be mindful of plants whether it was for his safety or theirs," Something he was going to make sure everyone kept in mind. Quote:
Originally Posted by hermionesclone
"WELL," he started, raising his hand in the air, "People have used flesh eating trees to protect their properties from thieves and the like. They very hard to take care of, I bet, but if grown properly and if you CAN take care of them in the right way, you'll find yourself and your property well guarded against some other people." Granted they didn't know how to defeat the trees, of course.
Some DID have an interesting and educational story to tell. "Interesting point. Very good Mister, Whitlock," He said glancing at the boy's nametag. Quote:
Originally Posted by AmbiguouslyMe Finally, he raised his hand. "Mother says that plants are to be respected for what they do for us or can do to us, whether it's that they are pretty to look at, have healing properties, or could harm you if mishandled." He put his hand down, but then had another thought. "Some plants need people to care for them. And others just need us to stay out of their way." It took a moment for Andrew to locate the next speaker although the boy did raise his hands. Tiny person, this one was. But interesting words he spoke. Or, well, his mother's apparently. "Well put," he nodded in agreement. "Which means we always have to know about the plant we're dealing with to know how we should act," Were the students listening to this!? Hopefully. It was all important. Quote:
Originally Posted by Meizzner
"Some plants can eat you and you can eat some plants. Yin and Yang"
Very simply but true answer. The boy got a nod, "Correct, Mister M-" Huh? He shot a look towards the boy. How hard was it to write a name! Quote:
Originally Posted by Tegz "Plants can be very romantic, either just as gifts, like flowers that hold certain meanings, or as ingredients in love potions." That's right. Romantic plants. He was expecting such answers. Which weren't wrong. "True, plants are known to hold sentimental meanings," Not that he wanted to dwell on that. People might get ideas. Quote:
Originally Posted by ArianaBlack
Ah Merlin, he couldn't resist. Raising his hand into the air with a slightly annoying air of persistence around him, "When you give someone roses it's because you love them." That's what he meant when he gave them to her. "And when they accept, it's because they love you." That's what she meant, when she accepted them. "Flowers can sometimes say what the heart can't." It was true. His flowers did a lot of talking at the end of the term feast, not like anyone could actually hear it given the noise. But still. They did a lot of talking. He also crossed his arms. Because he was in love and he knew it.
Surpriiiiise. Of course Mister Adair was going to agree with this. Walton paused trying to word his response, "In a way that is true. But you cannot generalize," Someone might accept flowers just to get rid of you, eh. Quote:
Originally Posted by DaniDiNardo Did he....he did. "I will NOT have the likes of you silencing me. My orders do not come from the master of shrubs." The nerve of some people. Did he think she had any obligations to listen to him? No, she dared say she most certainly did NOT. Her arms folded indignantly. He'd actually tried to silence her! She didn't think she'd be able to get over it.
And here again they had the ritual of asking a million questions. She'd grown bored of these party games. The people are this era were not descended from entertainers, this was evident.
"Plants die easily. You just have to set them on fire." That was what she knew about plants, and what she knew about people as well. .....
.....huh?
Was the Head Girl in her right mind ? Andrew pursed his lips and stopped himself from saying anything. "Miss Cambridge, you will head to my office right after the lesson," He wasn't going to interrupt the lesson and waste precious time dealing with this. He'd deal with it later. And he didn't even want to THINK about her answer. Talking about burning plants? Aloud, too!! Quote:
Originally Posted by Mad Eye Touz
"My mother, brother, his BFF, and my sister-in-law are all like... in a relationship with plants. Seriously, they are. They love them."
Why couldn't the Gryffindors act like normal people did? Was it that hard for them? The Herbologist watched the girl smelling the gloves. "Ok," Was his only response to her.
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Originally Posted by Lottiepot She raised her hand. “Humans and certain species of plant share 50% of their DNA. Which basically means we are practically related to a banana.” And some of these students certainly proved that fact to be correct. How was THAT for interesting hmm? She was glad that biology had led to something at this school because everything else she knew was just flying out the window.
[/color] He missed the intellectual answers. Phew. It's been like a minute or two. This Ravenclaw was thinking outside the box. Andrew approved of that. "There are many theories on that, yes," he nodded at the girl. And he of course wasn't referring to the banana part but to the first part of the answer. "It all goes back to the variety of plants that exist," Nod. Nod Quote:
Originally Posted by Cassirin M
Dot wiggled her fingers at the man when she raised her hand. "We use all the parts of plants. Like the roots and the stems and the leafy bits and the seeds and the flowers." Not all the parts of the same plant, but still impressive. "Excellent point," he told the Slytherin. "Each part of the plant is important and used for different purposes," This was going to be mentioned in a bit. Quote:
Originally Posted by feeheeheeny
She mustered up a little something, though, and raised a hand to offer up her part, "Plants are super underrated. We pass them every day, hardly giving them a second thought except outside of class, maybe, but we couldn't live without 'em, and they're a huge part in our everyday life. Medicines, food, clothing, building materials... uh, oxygen... paper... the fuel in the Muggle world... wands, o' course... like, everything in the whole world somehow comes back to plants, pretty much. We owe 'em everything, so the least we can do is learn about 'em and care for 'em to pay 'em back for all they've done for us." An inspirational answer, she knew it was.
As a Herbologist and a passionate person towards the plant, Andrew liked this answer. It was also different from other answers, this wasn't picked from a book. "Thank you for sharing this with us, Miss Brown," he said to the Ravenclaw. "Very good," The facts she mentioned were correct as well. Quote:
Originally Posted by lazykitty Anyway, something that she knew about plants, any plant. "According to various old wives tales, if you cut a persimmon fruit in half and it has a spoon shape inside it means that it's going to snow a lot the upcoming winter." But she didn't really buy that. What if that particular fruit was just weird? An oddball, if you will. And Heather just thought of something else that wasn't disputable. "Also, the wood is used to make billiard cues and drumsticks, which is why they are so easily broken, because persimmon wood is so brittle." Yep, she may not be great with magical plants, but regular ones........ Quote:
Originally Posted by SweetPeea And the first question was anything that they wanted to share about plants. Josie's brain picked at an interesting myth she'd read about when she was once catching up on some ways to care for her little garden back home. Her hand soon raised waiting to be picked on & she would only speak just as she'd been chosen. "I-I'd read once about the Holly p-plant..That n-not only was i-it used by the Romans & i-is a very n-nice decoration for the holidays..B-But I h-heard that t-the Holly plant is believed to house fairies and elves who come indoors to enjoy the holiday with witches & w-wizards...O-Oh, I also heard that i-in certain areas it's used t-to repel evil.." "Good," he nodded at the two girls. "There are many superstitions, legends and old stories related to plants," And they ALL were absolutely engaging. Quote:
Originally Posted by lemon
"Plants are like pants except without the L. And dirtier. Unless you don't wash," he stated matter-of-factly.
Yeaaaaaaaah... NO! The man wondered how to reply to that. "If you're referring to the words." He shrugged. Not what he wanted but at least the boy wasn't interrupting or complaining. Quote:
Originally Posted by SlytherinSistah Raising his own hand, Cutty contributed to the class. "One should be careful trading them on the market. Soom are more legal than others." Not dangerous, no. Legal. .................... How did this kid even gain such information? Andrew wasn't sure if he wanted to know. "Meaning one should always be careful, yes," he said refusing to comment on the legal part. Quote:
Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19 Anyway, onto the question. The boy thrust his hand in the air. "They produce oxygen that is needed to sustain humans and animals.'' Eyes back to Angel. He was concerned. Yes. Quote:
Originally Posted by Felixir "We help them stay alive just by breathing, by creating carbon dioxide out of oxygen. And they do the same for us, but in reverse, when they photosynthesise." Quote:
Originally Posted by ScarletCharm104 "Plants need carbon dioxide, water, nutrients, and sunlight to live. They make their own food." Basic stuff, yeah? She could do that. But would that really be on her OWL? She thought not. Quote:
Originally Posted by Sararara The second year's hand shot into the air. Open ended question or not, she had an answer. "Plants are superduper cool because they use photosynthesis to turn sunlight into food." NOT photography. She had already made that mistake last year. Professor Bentley hadn't laughed at her then, but maybe this guy would. ANYWAYS, Norah took a breath and continued her answer. "I think they make sugar, which is lucky for them because I'd live on sugar if I could. But sometimes they need even more nutrients so they eat meat, or other plants." Ha. Take that for an answer. Flesh eating plants for the WIN because she totally wasn't still scared of them Quote:
Originally Posted by Hera
Along with his peers, Zeke too raised his hand to share some information. "Plants form carbohydrates through photosynthesis which is where WE get our carbohydrates from, y'know, plant based foods..." yeah. YEAH! Seeeeeee. He knew things. Don't ask him HOW plants did it, all he knew was the sun was involved, the rest may as well have been magic.
This was very important. "photosynthesis is of great importance, very good," he glanced at the students who provided different information. But just to be sure everyone heard it he cleared his throat and started speaking loud. "The process in which the plant converts the sunlight energy into chemical energy that is stored in the form of carbohydrate molecules and other chemical compounds is called photosynthesis," He paused giving it time to sink in. "This process requires carbon dioxide and water, which is why we say that a plant needs those two things to survive." Well, most plants, anyway. "It is also how a plant releases Oxygen after a series of chemical reactions," Which wasn't their topic for the day so he was going to assume that that was enough. Quote:
Originally Posted by hermygirl The first question was open-ended though, and not to get left out, Archie raised his hand. He was a Ravenclaw - giving an answer was expected of him, was it not? "The number of spirals in the seeds of a sunflower head is a Fibonacci number, and the spacing of leaves in most plants are related to the Fibonacci numbers too." So what? He'd been reading a cool Arithmancy book last night, and the pictures looked cool. He was about to move on but one last Ravenclaw had something to say. An interesting something, too. "Very good, Mister Ogden. That is an interesting fact," he nodded at the kid.
When it seemed that no one else had anything to add, Andrew walked back to his table and leaned against its edge facing the students. "The reason behind the general question that I asked is for all of you to see how vast the studying of plants can be. There are indeed a few traits that go for many plants that we know and are actually very common, for example the color green, like Miss Mcgee mentioned." he paused before continuing. "Yet, not all plants share this particular trait, like Miss Andrews said. There are always bizarre examples. That's why we find that plants are categorized in many different ways; by colour, origin, effects, shape, size, life span , habitat, heat tolerance, abundance and so many other." Another pause to let it all sink in.
"Again, the goal behind all this is to make sure, like some of you pointed out, that when you are dealing with plants, you must keep an open mind to whatever uncommon traits you might encounter." Did they realize how important this was? He'd be able to tell soon. " If it has legs or doesn't need sunlight or if it make sounds or eats people, it doesn't mean it's not a plant. There are all sorts of plants out there." He hoped that his point was made.
Pushing himself off the table, Andrew started walking in the space between tables, "Now to support all this talk, can anyone give an example of any plant with an uncommon kind of trait? A magical or mundane plant." Was this hard? "You can use your textbook," They can't complain, now, right?!
OOC: Please give only one example about ANY kind of plant that your charrie thinks has an uncommon trait. Whether it is color, behavior, shape, smell, use, NAME…etc. You only have to mention the plant's name and the trait. Class will continue in 12/16-ish hours. c:
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