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Charely Potter · 06-15-2015, 03:30 AM

SPOILER!!: Responses to answers

SPOILER!!: Love

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Originally Posted by Cassirin

Dot sparkled generally in the professor's direction. He looked like he needed a hug, and she was a very good hugger. And also, she was hoping that if they got tasked with something yucky, he might offer to be her partner on account of how charming she was.

BUT BABIES! Oh! Dot knew about babies. "I have a baby brother, Professor! His name is Bubba, and he needs attention. If you give him a little love, he just lights up like you gave him the whole big moon." She paused. "His name is Sammy, actually, but we call him Bubba."

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Originally Posted by ScarletCharm104

Marigold PERKED UP at the mention of BABIES. Her hand shot up. SHE DID. SHE CARED FOR BABIES. Her best friend's LITTLE ICKLE SISTER, THAT'S WHO!!! And she held Mitch's niece person. ALL THE BABIES. YES. What was the question?

OH. Happy babies. "LOVE!" Marigold demonstrated by hugging the person next to her. "Even though it sounds WEIRD babies of ALL SPECIES need love and care! There was this muggle study done in like…I don't know for sure, but a LONG TIME AGO, like, BEFORE Glitter Dragon. Anyway. Basically these scientists studied rats that had been pet as babies, and rats that HADN'T been pet as babies, and the rats that had been LOVED were all happy and healthy. But the poor unloved rats were very SCARED of even SMALL THINGS and seemed very anxious and had faster heartbeats. So love is SUPER important."

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Originally Posted by nanyjj

Leah smiled at the professor as the lesson began. She was eager for this class, and it seemed that her classmates were feeling the same. Practicing REAL care? Hmmm. Were they practicing FAKE care until now? This was confusing.

Babies? Leah shook her head at the first question. Although she loved little kids, she rarely had a chance to play with one, let alone care for them. The second question though, she could answer. "I agree with Marigold and Lux - infants need LOVE in order to be happy." And that worked for people and creatures of all age! Leah was almost sixteen and she wanted to be loved.

“Love does indeed conquer all for them.”

SPOILER!!: Food

SPOILER!!: Physical contact

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Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19

Oh they were starting! ...with a rather unusual question. Did that mean that they were going to care for a tiny creature? Is that what Professor Thompson was hiding? Anywayyy, about the tiny human beings... Adi raised his hand. Yes, he had a bit bit of experience with infants. Hannah's kids, Henry and Iris, whom he referred to as Little Monster Number One and Little Monster Number Two respectively. "Uh... for you to be gentle with them even if they aren't with you. That way they never get hurt.'' Henry certainly hadn't been gentle with him with all those bites Adi had gotten on his shoulder.

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Originally Posted by Squishy

As more people arrived Lux sent them smiles and waves. It was almost time for them to begin. Yay, Zhenya had joined her. "Hey!" she said while giving her friend a playful nudge before the lesson started.

Had she any experience caring for a baby? Not yet though of course she had held them before. This would change soon enough when she became an aunt and could help her sister and Jaxson with the baby. She wanted to help them even if they were around at the time.

Raising her hand, Lux answered the question. "Babies want love and hugs! Everyone feels better with love in their lives and hugs bring happiness." Yep, loads of LOVE and HUGS.

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Originally Posted by SlytherinSistah

Cutty had never cared for a baby or even an animal in his whole life. Nonetheless his hand was about to go up, but he stopped it realizing this was Care of Magical Creatures and he might be asked to prove this in some way or another. So, he sat it out and waited for any clue as to what would be next. Oh, a question...about babies. Cutty knew a few things, or so he thought. He fancied that he'd make a fantastic father one day. Alas, this was all the excrement of jobberknolls. The older snake boy raised his hand, "Babies need to be thrown into the air and caught on occasion. So like...air...NO, hang on, play. Babies need yer to play with 'em in order to be happy and healthy."

"Very true.. Any form of positive interaction is vital for their developing brains."

SPOILER!!: Security

SPOILER!!: Combined care / Others

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Originally Posted by Suziella

Bleu thought about that question for a few moments. She had helped her aunt with her little cousins a lot. But she never really thought about what they needed to be happy and healthy. She raised her hand, "Professor, babies need formula, a lot of careful watching, diapers changed, and just a lot of love and care to be happy and healthy. It's a lot of work to take care of an infant." She was kind of nervous about what animal they would be taking care of in class now. Hopefully she wouldn't do the wrong thing.

"A lot of work is involved, yes."

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Originally Posted by Sararara

BABIES? SHE KNEW ABOUT THESE. Norah waved a hand enthusiastically in the air and waited impatiently for her turn to spread aaaalll the baby wisdom. She had two whole entire little brothers, okay? She was experienced. An expert, even, except maybe not because she was never ever going to be a real expert if real experts had to deal with diapers. That was a big no. "They don't like it if you put funny hats on them or pull their toes or wake them up when they're sleeping even if it's for a really good reason," she began, nodding knowingly because this was good information here. Hopefully the others were taking notes. And for the record, having a bruise shaped like a butterfly WAS a good reason to wake up a baby, even if her mum and baby Marcel didn't think so. "So I think they want comfort. Or maybe respect. Or maybe they're comfortable when they're respected. I dunno which."

WERE THEY GONNA PLAY WITH BABIES? That's be almost as fun as the unicorns. Almost.

"Yes.. Comfort and respect are both equally important." A small smile for this one.

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Originally Posted by Felixir

As focused as he was on the fidgeting he was doing, it was impossible to miss the nudge he got, and Toby looked up to see Soph standing right there. He smiled back at her, and returned the elbow nudge. Hi, best friend.

Toby continued whirling and spinning his wand around his fingers with no sign of stopping, even as Thompson began speaking. It was good to have it back again, even if he wasn't doing magic, purely for fidgeting reasons. As for the actual lesson, this sounded like something Toby would absolutely enjoy and maybe do well with. He glanced up at the question about looking after babies and raised his own (wandless) hand, the teeniest hint of a smile on his face.

Mood was being boosted slightly by thoughts of Curtis, yep. Even though Toby really really missed him whenever he was here, he was at least able to focus on the happier parts of thinking about the baby nerd. That, at least, was an improvement, right?

As for the question... those who knew Toby well might have noticed the faintest of mischievous glints in his eye. He was thankful that others had mentioned love and hugs and the like, otherwise he would have felt obliged to go with that answer rather than his own idea. Toby kept his hand raised and offered his totally innocent suggestion.

"Babies need milk, it's like, super important and stuff. That's why all mammal babies can get milk straight from the mother. Cows make loads of milk, don't they? But baby humans don't benefit from cows milk for a long time, not 'til they're like a year old, and they can actually just have formula. So if you were to, say, bring home a cow to help provide milk for your baby brother, it probably wouldn't be very helpful, even though cows are super awesome." Toby lowered his hand again, oh-so-casually adding, "Though I've heard it's unwise to bring one into the kitchen to surprise your parents. They might not like it." He said it so deadpan, but it was pretty easy to do so. Toby barely remembered The Incident, after all. Still, he was snickering on the inside, and dared not look at Sophie. "But yeah. Babies drink milk."

That was the point he was making. But it would have been a crime not to make the other reference. Toby still found it inappropriately amusing, and he was clinging onto any funny thought he could, at the moment. If Ella was here, she would laugh. If Piers was here, he would not.

Really, though. Cows were awesome.

#moo

How Javier managed to keep a straight face through this, was anyone's guess. "....Yes." Though his eyelids did lower slightly before returning to normal with his brows.

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Originally Posted by Jessiqua

Class had officially started, well kind of, and Zhenya listened as they were told they would be caring for creatures today. Oh, well, Zhenya could always learn more about creatures. It was one area she wasn't... well, great in. The theory was interesting, but she was often challenged with a fit of nerves in the practice, so today would be a good challenge.

First they were speaking of infants. What was the most important thing? Well there were many things, and Zhenya listened to the answers her classmates provided. She agreed with all of them, but didn't really have anything new to provide, so she continued to listen. Until she realised there was one very serious thing they all needed, though not necessarily desired at infancy. She raised her hand and waited until she was called upon then said "Er... well, it's not necessarily something they desire when they're infants but all human infants need a name. Otherwise they might not have any sense of identity." So yeah, necessary for psychological development. Wasn't this a thing the nasty muggles did, shave prisoners hair and remove them of their name, then give them a numerical identity? Awful awful stuff. And even animals generally had names.

Interesting. An answer he wasn't expecting to hear, yet was true. "Good, Miss Burton. Take a point."

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Originally Posted by SpiritWolfe Malfoy

Babies? They were talking about babies. Hmm well um alright then.

Hady shuffled about a little from foot to foot as she listened to everyone else give their answers. They all were pretty much saying the same things so there was no sense in repeating all that. She might not have had her own siblings but she did have a few cousins and friends back home with younger brothers and sisters. It might not be much but it was something. Plus if it counted for anything she'd raised all three of her pets from babies...not human babies of course but somewhat similar still.

After a moments thought of her pets Hady raised her hand, "Guidance. Babies as they grow will need guidance so they can learn right from wrong and how to do things in order to continue to grow." It might sound easy but really it wasn't. Everything needed someone to help teach it, understand it and care for it. Guidance was right up there with love and nutrition wasn't it?

"Take a point, Miss Lynch." Another unexpected, yet truthful answer. Not that he didn't think either answers wouldn't be touched upon.

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Originally Posted by PhoenixStar

Awkward. Things were intense between Adi and Benny still. Angel looked like something was brewing inside her too. Maybe she was upset with the besties fighting too. AJ didn't like to pick sides, but she was going to support her man. She stood next to him and glanced between the trio every so often. When the professor started to speak, she tried to give him her full attention.

Babies? Did this mean... Oh man. Please be a baby unicorn. Please be a baby unicorn. AJ had to try really hard to compose herself. Just imagine if there actually was a baby unicorn. More point deductions? Probably so.

Anywho, AJ didn't really have any experience when it came to babies. There weren't any younger siblings in her house. Thank goodness for that too because they could be very demanding and she just knew her mom would make her change diapers.

What to add? She sort of had experience with baby unicorns. That was the same thing, yes? The brunette raised her hand. "I know they don't like to be startled." So, in a way she had answered the question by adding what babies don't need.

"Very true Miss Valentine."

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Originally Posted by PhoenixRising

So Tia definitely enjoyed magical creatures lessons, but then again who didn't like creatures? There was always something to learn about them and it was sort of a safe adventure when dealing with them.

At Professor Thompson's introduction though on caring for a human infant, Tia smiled thinking of her little cousins. She didn't really care for them; not without direct supervision at least. And being the youngest, unlike some of her classmates, she had no experience in caring for baby siblings. But she did know a couple things which were already mentioned. They required food, love, attention, guidance. But there was one more thing she knew about babies which hadn't been mentioned.

Raising her hand, "Clean, unsoiled diapers. Human infants are just like us, they poop, only they do so in their diapers and if not changed promptly can lead to health problems." Yes, she mentioned poop and she didn't even laugh ~~out loud~~.

And something everyone dealt with on a daily basis, "That is correct." Quite unfortunate to alot.

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Originally Posted by RandomRaven

Jackson just sat at his seat silently until Professor Thompson started the class already. His chocolate brown eyes sometimes looked at Leah who was sitting at two rows in front of him. He hadn't seen her for a while, maybe because both of them were really busy preparing the OWLs or maybe she went home for Christmas break. Ugh, why he had to think about her? Focus on your study, Jackson! FOCUS!

Right, back to the lesson.

Babies? So, they're gonna learn how to take care of creatures' babies? Well, he found babies were cute though he didn't have younger siblings or nephew/niece (kinda surprising if Micky got married and have babies). And what did he know about babies? "Professor, babies love to cry. A lot. But it's because crying is like their only way to communicate and tell the parents that they need to be fed or diaper change or anything." The Korean boy spoke up as he raised his hand.

"Indeed they do." There were also theories and studies related to considering the importance on a baby's cry. But that was not going to happen today.

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Originally Posted by Mordred

But back to the Professor...

They were going to what?!

Ethan blinked at the news, and just continued to stare at the man before them. Well, the subject isn’t called Care for Magical Creatures for nothing, so it was expected that they should know...or at least get an experience with the actual practice of taking care of something that is breathing and alive. The question is...what kind of creature will they be taking care of? Hopefully, it isn’t something that can easily fly away.

AND NOPE, hopefully not REAL infants. Merlin, no.

With that in mind, Ethan raised his hand to share his answer. “Attention, professor. Lots of it.” He’d seen muggle mothers (and fathers) fuss over their children most of the time, so yeah, attention must be one of the answers.

And look at those girls go gaga the moment Professor Thompson mentioned the words human infant. Cute and all yeah, but...will they still gush happily about those wailing creatures if they got like, a whole lot the size of a Quidditch Team?

Don’t think so.

"Correct."

From the show of hands it seemed to be the general conscensious that those with that amount of experience would have no problems transferring that with creatures. Professor Thompson was quite approving of them all, even those without the experience. They were here to learn something after all.

“Right. Just as it is important to showcase that amount of love and care with newborn human infants, it is the same with all creatures.” Continuing, “Most magical creatures tend to not live very long without having a parental figure to supply the appropriate nutrients. So today we're going to stop that today with helping care for baby Griffins.” Cue the Professor finally turning to slide open the door of the horse-like pen where many little versions of them hawked and squawked around. Their front to the top of their head resembling an eagle with the back to the lower end and tail of a lion.

"Gather around here," After gesturing everyone to follow him inside they could see quite a number of them roaming around the woodchip flooring inside. "They are orphaned, but luckily old enough to not be as reliable for Griffin milk, so they will survive in captivity." So what did this mean? "Before we feed them, I'd like you all to get to picking one or even better, letting one choose you as you sit." Which the Professor then chose to sit down. "They'll try to nip or claw you when they show an interest, but not to worry, they aren't sharp enough to cause any sort of damage just yet."

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OOC: Just as Professor Thompson said, either choose one or let them come to you while you sit. Feel free to name them as this should only take two labeled posts minimum. Lesson will continue on from here tomorrow.

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And also, she was hoping that if they got tasked with something yucky, he might offer to be her partner on account of how charming she was. BUT BABIES! Oh! Dot knew about babies. "I have a baby brother, Professor! His name is Bubba, and he needs attention. If you give him a little love, he just lights up like you gave him the whole big moon." She paused. "His name is Sammy, actually, but we call him Bubba." Quote: Originally Posted by ScarletCharm104 Marigold PERKED UP at the mention of BABIES. Her hand shot up. SHE DID. SHE CARED FOR BABIES. Her best friend's LITTLE ICKLE SISTER, THAT'S WHO!!! And she held Mitch's niece person. ALL THE BABIES. YES. What was the question? OH. Happy babies. "LOVE!" Marigold demonstrated by hugging the person next to her. "Even though it sounds WEIRD babies of ALL SPECIES need love and care! There was this muggle study done in like…I don't know for sure, but a LONG TIME AGO, like, BEFORE Glitter Dragon. Anyway. Basically these scientists studied rats that had been pet as babies, and rats that HADN'T been pet as babies, and the rats that had been LOVED were all happy and healthy. But the poor unloved rats were very SCARED of even SMALL THINGS and seemed very anxious and had faster heartbeats. So love is SUPER important." Quote: Originally Posted by nanyjj Leah smiled at the professor as the lesson began. She was eager for this class, and it seemed that her classmates were feeling the same. Practicing REAL care? Hmmm. Were they practicing FAKE care until now? This was confusing. Babies? Leah shook her head at the first question. Although she loved little kids, she rarely had a chance to play with one, let alone care for them. The second question though, she could answer. "I agree with Marigold and Lux - infants need LOVE in order to be happy." And that worked for people and creatures of all age! Leah was almost sixteen and she wanted to be loved. “Love does indeed conquer all for them.” SPOILER!!: Food Quote: Originally Posted by Daydreamer11 It was time for class to begin and Professor Thompson certainly got right to the point. When he asked the first question, Janelle's hand shot up. "I've had a little experience caring for an infant. Well, as much as I was allowed." She loved babies and children in general, but not everyone was comfortable with a kid taking care of their baby. She went on to answer the Professor's other question. "Babies need food to be healthy and happy. If they don't get it, they will make sure to let everyone know about it." Quote: Originally Posted by kayquilz TAKING CARE OF ANIMALS ERHFUIRHFITHGITGHITLGH Eden was officially SET. HAPPY. EXCITED. IF terrible things happened EVERY day this week, Eden would still be happy because of THIS lesson, okay? Her hand SHOT into the air at Professor Thompson's question. "Yes--babysitting is hard, but rewarding, if you like it--and they definitely need food. Nutrition to stay alive. And you have to feed kids or children at the right times, too..not when it's convenient for YOU." Mhmm. Quote: Originally Posted by Meizzner Well talk about something Dante had absolutely no experience in. Which was many things, but who was counting. All he knew is that babies were annoying and that was it. "Food" You do need food to be healthy. So yeah, there is that. "Excellent answer. Food is essential for everyone." SPOILER!!: Physical contact Quote: Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19 Oh they were starting! ...with a rather unusual question. Did that mean that they were going to care for a tiny creature? Is that what Professor Thompson was hiding? Anywayyy, about the tiny human beings... Adi raised his hand. Yes, he had a bit bit of experience with infants. Hannah's kids, Henry and Iris, whom he referred to as Little Monster Number One and Little Monster Number Two respectively. "Uh... for you to be gentle with them even if they aren't with you. That way they never get hurt.'' Henry certainly hadn't been gentle with him with all those bites Adi had gotten on his shoulder. Quote: Originally Posted by Squishy As more people arrived Lux sent them smiles and waves. It was almost time for them to begin. Yay, Zhenya had joined her. "Hey!" she said while giving her friend a playful nudge before the lesson started. Had she any experience caring for a baby? Not yet though of course she had held them before. This would change soon enough when she became an aunt and could help her sister and Jaxson with the baby. She wanted to help them even if they were around at the time. Raising her hand, Lux answered the question. "Babies want love and hugs! Everyone feels better with love in their lives and hugs bring happiness." Yep, loads of LOVE and HUGS. Quote: Originally Posted by SlytherinSistah Cutty had never cared for a baby or even an animal in his whole life. Nonetheless his hand was about to go up, but he stopped it realizing this was Care of Magical Creatures and he might be asked to prove this in some way or another. So, he sat it out and waited for any clue as to what would be next. Oh, a question...about babies. Cutty knew a few things, or so he thought. He fancied that he'd make a fantastic father one day. Alas, this was all the excrement of jobberknolls. The older snake boy raised his hand, "Babies need to be thrown into the air and caught on occasion. So like...air...NO, hang on, play. Babies need yer to play with 'em in order to be happy and healthy." "Very true.. Any form of positive interaction is vital for their developing brains." SPOILER!!: Security Quote: Originally Posted by Expecto-Penguin Woah Kace made it just in time because when he sat down, he realized Professor Thompson started the lesson. He asked an interesting question about if anyone had any experience taking care of an infant. Kace raised his hand instantly because he had experience taking care of his little cousins. I mean he was always asked to babysit and what not. He heard Professor Thompson's question and he heard Janelle's and Bleu's answer and he couldn't of have said it any better. He went with their explanations and added on to them a little bit... "Professor babies need a sense of security in order to survive. I mean if they are uncomfortable in their environment and can't adapt it could put a damage in their rate to grow." There that sounded good. He sat back and waited for the Professor to move on. Quote: Originally Posted by Harry174 Angel then didn't raise her hand, she had always wanted a little sister but instead she was part of triplets which was fun and she enjoyed spending time with them but a little sister would be good. Angel looked at the Professor and smiled as she raised her hand. "Professor, you need somewhere that you feel safe." Angel loved the fact that she was safe and sound at home. He nodded approvingly, "Correct." SPOILER!!: Combined care / Others Quote: Originally Posted by Suziella Bleu thought about that question for a few moments. She had helped her aunt with her little cousins a lot. But she never really thought about what they needed to be happy and healthy. She raised her hand, "Professor, babies need formula, a lot of careful watching, diapers changed, and just a lot of love and care to be happy and healthy. It's a lot of work to take care of an infant." She was kind of nervous about what animal they would be taking care of in class now. Hopefully she wouldn't do the wrong thing. "A lot of work is involved, yes." Quote: Originally Posted by Sararara BABIES? SHE KNEW ABOUT THESE. Norah waved a hand enthusiastically in the air and waited impatiently for her turn to spread aaaalll the baby wisdom. She had two whole entire little brothers, okay? She was experienced. An expert, even, except maybe not because she was never ever going to be a real expert if real experts had to deal with diapers. That was a big no. "They don't like it if you put funny hats on them or pull their toes or wake them up when they're sleeping even if it's for a really good reason," she began, nodding knowingly because this was good information here. Hopefully the others were taking notes. And for the record, having a bruise shaped like a butterfly WAS a good reason to wake up a baby, even if her mum and baby Marcel didn't think so. "So I think they want comfort. Or maybe respect. Or maybe they're comfortable when they're respected. I dunno which." WERE THEY GONNA PLAY WITH BABIES? That's be almost as fun as the unicorns. Almost. "Yes.. Comfort and respect are both equally important." A small smile for this one. Quote: Originally Posted by Felixir As focused as he was on the fidgeting he was doing, it was impossible to miss the nudge he got, and Toby looked up to see Soph standing right there. He smiled back at her, and returned the elbow nudge. Hi, best friend. Toby continued whirling and spinning his wand around his fingers with no sign of stopping, even as Thompson began speaking. It was good to have it back again, even if he wasn't doing magic, purely for fidgeting reasons. As for the actual lesson, this sounded like something Toby would absolutely enjoy and maybe do well with. He glanced up at the question about looking after babies and raised his own (wandless) hand, the teeniest hint of a smile on his face. Mood was being boosted slightly by thoughts of Curtis, yep. Even though Toby really really missed him whenever he was here, he was at least able to focus on the happier parts of thinking about the baby nerd. That, at least, was an improvement, right? As for the question... those who knew Toby well might have noticed the faintest of mischievous glints in his eye. He was thankful that others had mentioned love and hugs and the like, otherwise he would have felt obliged to go with that answer rather than his own idea. Toby kept his hand raised and offered his totally innocent suggestion. "Babies need milk, it's like, super important and stuff. That's why all mammal babies can get milk straight from the mother. Cows make loads of milk, don't they? But baby humans don't benefit from cows milk for a long time, not 'til they're like a year old, and they can actually just have formula. So if you were to, say, bring home a cow to help provide milk for your baby brother, it probably wouldn't be very helpful, even though cows are super awesome." Toby lowered his hand again, oh-so-casually adding, "Though I've heard it's unwise to bring one into the kitchen to surprise your parents. They might not like it." He said it so deadpan, but it was pretty easy to do so. Toby barely remembered The Incident, after all. Still, he was snickering on the inside, and dared not look at Sophie. "But yeah. Babies drink milk." That was the point he was making. But it would have been a crime not to make the other reference. Toby still found it inappropriately amusing, and he was clinging onto any funny thought he could, at the moment. If Ella was here, she would laugh. If Piers was here, he would not. Really, though. Cows were awesome. #moo How Javier managed to keep a straight face through this, was anyone's guess. "....Yes." Though his eyelids did lower slightly before returning to normal with his brows. Quote: Originally Posted by Jessiqua Class had officially started, well kind of, and Zhenya listened as they were told they would be caring for creatures today. Oh, well, Zhenya could always learn more about creatures. It was one area she wasn't... well, great in. The theory was interesting, but she was often challenged with a fit of nerves in the practice, so today would be a good challenge. First they were speaking of infants. What was the most important thing? Well there were many things, and Zhenya listened to the answers her classmates provided. She agreed with all of them, but didn't really have anything new to provide, so she continued to listen. Until she realised there was one very serious thing they all needed, though not necessarily desired at infancy. She raised her hand and waited until she was called upon then said "Er... well, it's not necessarily something they desire when they're infants but all human infants need a name. Otherwise they might not have any sense of identity." So yeah, necessary for psychological development. Wasn't this a thing the nasty muggles did, shave prisoners hair and remove them of their name, then give them a numerical identity? Awful awful stuff. And even animals generally had names. Interesting. An answer he wasn't expecting to hear, yet was true. "Good, Miss Burton. Take a point." Quote: Originally Posted by SpiritWolfe Malfoy Babies? They were talking about babies. Hmm well um alright then. Hady shuffled about a little from foot to foot as she listened to everyone else give their answers. They all were pretty much saying the same things so there was no sense in repeating all that. She might not have had her own siblings but she did have a few cousins and friends back home with younger brothers and sisters. It might not be much but it was something. Plus if it counted for anything she'd raised all three of her pets from babies...not human babies of course but somewhat similar still. After a moments thought of her pets Hady raised her hand, "Guidance. Babies as they grow will need guidance so they can learn right from wrong and how to do things in order to continue to grow." It might sound easy but really it wasn't. Everything needed someone to help teach it, understand it and care for it. Guidance was right up there with love and nutrition wasn't it? "Take a point, Miss Lynch." Another unexpected, yet truthful answer. Not that he didn't think either answers wouldn't be touched upon. Quote: Originally Posted by PhoenixStar Awkward. Things were intense between Adi and Benny still. Angel looked like something was brewing inside her too. Maybe she was upset with the besties fighting too. AJ didn't like to pick sides, but she was going to support her man. She stood next to him and glanced between the trio every so often. When the professor started to speak, she tried to give him her full attention. Babies? Did this mean... Oh man. Please be a baby unicorn. Please be a baby unicorn. AJ had to try really hard to compose herself. Just imagine if there actually was a baby unicorn. More point deductions? Probably so. Anywho, AJ didn't really have any experience when it came to babies. There weren't any younger siblings in her house. Thank goodness for that too because they could be very demanding and she just knew her mom would make her change diapers. What to add? She sort of had experience with baby unicorns. That was the same thing, yes? The brunette raised her hand. "I know they don't like to be startled." So, in a way she had answered the question by adding what babies don't need. "Very true Miss Valentine." Quote: Originally Posted by PhoenixRising So Tia definitely enjoyed magical creatures lessons, but then again who didn't like creatures? There was always something to learn about them and it was sort of a safe adventure when dealing with them. At Professor Thompson's introduction though on caring for a human infant, Tia smiled thinking of her little cousins. She didn't really care for them; not without direct supervision at least. And being the youngest, unlike some of her classmates, she had no experience in caring for baby siblings. But she did know a couple things which were already mentioned. They required food, love, attention, guidance. But there was one more thing she knew about babies which hadn't been mentioned. Raising her hand, "Clean, unsoiled diapers. Human infants are just like us, they poop, only they do so in their diapers and if not changed promptly can lead to health problems." Yes, she mentioned poop and she didn't even laugh ~~out loud~~. And something everyone dealt with on a daily basis, "That is correct." Quite unfortunate to alot. Quote: Originally Posted by RandomRaven Jackson just sat at his seat silently until Professor Thompson started the class already. His chocolate brown eyes sometimes looked at Leah who was sitting at two rows in front of him. He hadn't seen her for a while, maybe because both of them were really busy preparing the OWLs or maybe she went home for Christmas break. Ugh, why he had to think about her? Focus on your study, Jackson! FOCUS! Right, back to the lesson. Babies? So, they're gonna learn how to take care of creatures' babies? Well, he found babies were cute though he didn't have younger siblings or nephew/niece (kinda surprising if Micky got married and have babies). And what did he know about babies? "Professor, babies love to cry. A lot. But it's because crying is like their only way to communicate and tell the parents that they need to be fed or diaper change or anything." The Korean boy spoke up as he raised his hand. "Indeed they do." There were also theories and studies related to considering the importance on a baby's cry. But that was not going to happen today. Quote: Originally Posted by Mordred But back to the Professor... They were going to what?! Ethan blinked at the news, and just continued to stare at the man before them. Well, the subject isn’t called Care for Magical Creatures for nothing, so it was expected that they should know...or at least get an experience with the actual practice of taking care of something that is breathing and alive. The question is...what kind of creature will they be taking care of? Hopefully, it isn’t something that can easily fly away. AND NOPE, hopefully not REAL infants. Merlin, no. With that in mind, Ethan raised his hand to share his answer. “Attention, professor. Lots of it.” He’d seen muggle mothers (and fathers) fuss over their children most of the time, so yeah, attention must be one of the answers. And look at those girls go gaga the moment Professor Thompson mentioned the words human infant. Cute and all yeah, but...will they still gush happily about those wailing creatures if they got like, a whole lot the size of a Quidditch Team? Don’t think so. "Correct." From the show of hands it seemed to be the general conscensious that those with that amount of experience would have no problems transferring that with creatures. Professor Thompson was quite approving of them all, even those without the experience. They were here to learn something after all. “Right. Just as it is important to showcase that amount of love and care with newborn human infants, it is the same with all creatures.” Continuing, “Most magical creatures tend to not live very long without having a parental figure to supply the appropriate nutrients. So today we're going to stop that today with helping care for baby Griffins.” Cue the Professor finally turning to slide open the door of the horse-like pen where many little versions of them hawked and squawked around. Their front to the top of their head resembling an eagle with the back to the lower end and tail of a lion. "Gather around here," After gesturing everyone to follow him inside they could see quite a number of them roaming around the woodchip flooring inside. "They are orphaned, but luckily old enough to not be as reliable for Griffin milk, so they will survive in captivity." So what did this mean? "Before we feed them, I'd like you all to get to picking one or even better, letting one choose you as you sit." Which the Professor then chose to sit down. "They'll try to nip or claw you when they show an interest, but not to worry, they aren't sharp enough to cause any sort of damage just yet." ---- OOC: Just as Professor Thompson said, either choose one or let them come to you while you sit. Feel free to name them as this should only take two labeled posts minimum. Lesson will continue on from here tomorrow. __________________