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sweetpinkpixie · 01-12-2016, 10:27 AM

Airey was rather amused that none of the older students had decided to make things easier on themselves and cast a Bubble Head Charm. The smell was quite foul on top of other conditions. Then again, maybe teenagers enjoyed bad smells? He always imagined that teenage angst had an awful smell...

...but he was becoming distracted with his thoughts. Time to focus on all these raised hands.

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Originally Posted by Daydreamer11

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"I think we study Astronomy because we are curious about the unknown. I think people are naturally curious......at least I know I am. We know so much about the world we live in, but space........well that is entirely different. We are just a tiny piece of the ginormous universe and we want to know more about it. You know, the final frontier and all." Janelle couldn't help it. She had to throw in the Star Trek reference.

As for why it was a required subject at Hogwarts.........well that required a little more thought. "And.....um......I think we are required to take the class because.........we.....need to.........broaden our minds, think outside the box and realize that there is much more "out there" than we could ever imagine." Ok that didn't even make sense to Janelle. She had given it her best shot though. Looking down, she grabbed her quill and prepared to take notes.

"Thank you, Miss Guidry," he nodded to the Ravenclaw at the conclusion of her response. "You touched upon many important topics just now. Well done."

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Originally Posted by SpiritWolfe Malfoy

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As for the question being asked at the start of the lesson she raised her hand. "I think we take Astronomy to help broaden our minds about the unknown. To show us that just because things can't be seen don't mind it's not happening all around us." This was a rather vague answer but it could be true on many levels.

"Very good, Miss Lynch," he saluted the fifth year.

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Originally Posted by Steelsheen

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"Well sailors had to study it to get to places. Cant put sign posts out at sea, so they use the stars so they wont get lost." Nod nod. Sailors are such smart people. "And we are required to take it cuz..... uhm.... I dunno, cuz its paid for? Dad says just cuz we got money don’t mean we should treat it like toilet paper."

Merlin. Could you imagine using galleons, sickles, or knut for to, er, to take care of matters in the loo? The astronomer gave a noticeable shudder at the thought and wrinkled his nose.

Although it DID dawn on the man after another moment that that was not what the first year was referring to. Seeing as those were not paper. Admiral Obvious was in the house.

"Sailors and navigation, excellent, Mr. Salander," he nodded eagerly.

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Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19

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The first year considered the questions posed to them before raising her hand. "Curiosity, Professor. Many of us would like to know what is happening in space, what happened and what will likely happen.'' She did know this was how it was for her at least. The thirst for knowledge was always there. "I agree with Janelle's answer to the second question and would also like to add that knowing about the stars and so forth could come in handy should we ever get lost, for example, since they could be used for navigation.''

"Very good, Miss Watson," he replied, bowing his head politely towards the first year.

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Originally Posted by Meizzner

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"They want to study the heavens because it is the unknown and we could not go up there in the very distant past. Plus the unknown is always fascinating."

It was true. Why do you think kids wanted to know about the Dark Arts.

"We also study it so we don't confuse it with Astrology."

The unknown WAS always fascinating and Airey was nodding his head eagerly to show his agreement.

Especially for that second half of the young man's answer, which elicited two thumbs up from the man. Yes. That. Yes.

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Originally Posted by DaniDiNardo

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"They study it because it's unknown and people don't like not knowing things." It was kinda like asking a ton of questions when you met someone knew. Had to know all about them in case they were proper friend material or in the worst case, they could be really mean and need avoiding...or lesson teaching...but maybe not in such huuuuge ways as the feast.
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"Indeed," he agreed with Mr. Blaise.

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Originally Posted by Jean Granger

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He raised his hand and said, "I think we are interested to know more about the universe, so that we understand more about what we are." As for why it was a subject at Hogwarts, same reason right?
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"YES, very good, Mr. Leonard," Airey cheered.

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Originally Posted by DJ ExpelliarMOOSE

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"We want to Study Astronomy because someday we all want to go fly up there as far as we can." Or at least that's what HE wanted to do. Astronomy was the class about Space right? So to get to space you have to fly, and that's what Torrance was all ABOUT! As for why it's required? "Is it because I should take the class my Head of House Teaches?" He didn't really know.

He wasn't sure he could speak for everyone, although Mr. Spades seemed to think he could, but it was still the Astronomy professor's fervent hope that he could one day see the Earth from the window of space capsule or perhaps even the International Space Station. However distant that dream may be at this point, despite the surprising recovery to his back that had occurred after the aging disease had been remedied.

"I would consider that to be more of a pleasant bonus than the sole reason to take the class," he winked at the first year.

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Originally Posted by Tazenhani

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Finally, some small thing jolted in her head, and she poked a finger (to serve as an arm) out of her warm bundle of blanket. "We study it so we can understand our own planet better, and how very small we are."

Yup. Which gave a nice tie-in to her next answer. "And Hogwarts teaches it so we can understand.............each other."
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"Once we overcome our fear of being tiny," Airey interjected with a grin. "...we find ourselves on the threshold of a vast and awesome Universe that utterly dwarfs—in time, in space, and in potential—the tidy anthropocentric proscenium of our ancestors."

Not his own words, if anyone were to ask. But incredibly well spoken words from another man the professor admired greatly.

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Originally Posted by BriGranger1990

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"We like to study astronomy because we are naturally curious about the unknown. Us, humans have been studying space for centuries, yet there is so much we don't know yet, like exactly how expansive the universe is or if there is other planets with, or the capability of supporting, life on them. It truly is the final frontier. " The young girl finished up, with a grinned.

"Stellar, Miss Harrison," he saluted the Hufflepuff.

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Originally Posted by Lissy Longbottom

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And now on to questions! OOOOOH YAY! She raised her hand eagerly. "We study it because it's EXCITING! There's so many interesting things out there and it goes on FOREVER so we really never run out of things to study," she answered.

"It IS exciting indeed!" he concurred.

Only a slightly biased perception. Just a smidgen.

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Originally Posted by Goblinfrog

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She listened to Professor Flamsteed's question. It was a interesting question, and she listened to the first few answers curiously. Then she raised her hand to give her own take. "We love looking at the heavens and studying them because they are beautiful and mysterious. I mean just look at them. Who knows what might be out there? The sky is so far away but that's part of what makes it so fun to study. Kind of like History of Magic. Like for example, I'm right now really fascinated by the Tapestry in the Fourth Floor corridor. One day I was reading Hogwarts A History and three news paper articles fell out of it. I read them and I found out that there is a whole story about that Tapestry. In the newspaper it said that three professor's were injured and had to be carried off to the Hospital Wing because of some 'mysterious force' coming from behind the Tapestry. They were okay, but then later one of the students owls was injured and the Care of Magical Creatures guy was almost killed by a red beam of light when he took his class out to look for Mooncalves! Headmistress Loryen (she was Headmistress at the time) said she knew what the attackers wanted, but she couldn't tell anyone! Anyway, after I read that article I looked behind the Tapestry and I couldn't see anything. They must have sealed it up, and that means that there is a secret passageway behind this tapestry!"

Kitty stopped then, feeling a little awkward at how far she had taken her answer. "So I guess studying the starts is like that for people." Awkward!

While he was absolutely sure that what the Ravenclaw had to say was all riveting information, the Astronomy professor had sort of tuned out her response when she began going into an epic retelling of some Hogwarts history. No fault of her own, of course. The man just had a short attention span for such thing, although he was able to cover up his vacant expression with an approving nod once she had concluded.

"Yes, very good. Miss Valentine."

Probably?

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Originally Posted by itsgisselx3

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"People looked up at night and were like 'whoa so pretty' so then they decided they wanted to know what the pretty things were. Aaaand there was this huge ball of fire in the sky sometimes and not at other times so I'm sure they were curious about that too." Because you can't go your whole life not knowing what the big hot thing in the sky was, really. And as for why they had to learn it as students??? "And we are forced to learn it becaauuse we deserve to be taught by a cool professor like you?" A HUNDRED POINTS FOR SLYTHERIN!

Nodding in amused approval at the first part of the Slytherin's answer, the professor clear his throat and gave his own nose a few taps. "I believe you have a bit of something on your nose," he cautioned the boy. "Bit of something brown, I believe."

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Originally Posted by Optimist

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That wasn’t important now, what was important was the fact that her friends were in the class with her. “I do agree with Ace…I mean Tenacius about the fact that the stars were used for navigation because they were always there…and I believe that Torrance has a point too” she grinned. “but I think what that guy…sorry” she muttered as she pointed at Dante “has a really good point about studying the unknown, the unknown is why we also study divinations I believe” she grinned. “…I also think its because of the timeless question of are we alone in this universe and the greater reaches of the galaxy” yep.

Aliens. She went there.

"Unless, of course, that star we are looking at is already dead as when we look up to the night sky we are not seeing the present but the past," he said with a small wink. Just something he had to make sure he said each term. Although this year he had left out the little bit about the start being dead also being synonymous with the death of ones dreams when falsely wishing on a 'shooting star'.

That little tidbit had never gone over so well in the past. Pity not everyone could appreciate his sense of humor on the matter.

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Originally Posted by hermygirl

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"Cos it's bad to limit ou'selves teh just a small area, ain't it? 'specially when dere's all dat expanse up there teh explore. 'ho knows wat we might find." She nodded upwards to imply the sky. As for why at Hogwarts? For her at least, that was easy! "Cos dere much easier to see 'ere than in the bright city lights of Lan-dan." Light pollution was definitely a thing there.

"Stellar, Miss Tyler," he said with some dramatic pointing towards the first year. "NOT limiting ourselves." That was quite nice, yes? She also received an approving nod at the implications of light pollution. Hogwarts certainly DID have its advantages in that regard.

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Originally Posted by Felixir

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He did not bother to answer the question put to the class, partly because he was only just getting around to retrieving his notebook from his bag, and partly because the only answer he had in mind was that Astronomy, the universe in general, was interesting. Not the boring kind of interesting, things people claimed were interesting and fun but were probably just lying, but the overwhelming kind of interesting. There was always something else to learn from the universe; it was limitless, there always was the opportunity to discover something that nobody else had discovered, if enough time was devoted to studying it. And aside from all that, as someone who felt as though he was not human in anything other than appearance, studying the universe and anything that was not Earth was the closest Daxton ever felt to being home.

As for why it was a compulsory subject, adults just liked telling children what to do, and what to study. It was as simple as that.

Sweet solstice.

Banishing Mr. Prince's plaque this time, Airey summoned from his desk another piece of parchment which was then handed to the Ravenclaw. "Two strikes, Mr. Prince," he whispered before moving on to the next student.

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Originally Posted by keepmeclose22

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He raised his hand and waited to be called on. "Do we study because we want to learn more?" That was really vague, so he cleared his throat, and tried again. "What I mean is, the stars and planets all effect what we do. Planet and star alignments effect both spell casting and potion making. Everything goes hand in hand." At the very least, he knew Astronomy meant something. It wasn't just some class they took.

"Yes, all good thoughts, Mr. Moore," Airey concurred.

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Originally Posted by Holmesian Feline

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“I think we study the heavens, and its a required class, for the same reason we study history. So that we can try to understand what came before in hopes that it would help as know about and possibly understand today.” Grandfather Nairne would likely agree, the man having shown her an appreciation for history at least.

"Excellent connection, Miss Stone," he nodded. And surely what her housemate had been getting to in her spirited speech about history earlier, only in a MUCH more concise manner. The astronomer greatly appreciated that.

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Originally Posted by Squishy

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The questions he asked were interesting, but everyone else was already voicing what she would have responded with. Instead of sounding like a broken record she decided to begin taking notes. Hopefully they would get to the activity portion soon, because unlike Teddy she wasn't big on theory.

Airey nodded his head politely to the Hufflepuff as she listened to her classmates' answers. Attention listening would earn you an O in his lessons just as well as one could for answering everything.

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Originally Posted by Anna Banana

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"I think it's because the heavens are way, way up there and out of our reach, and we're curious about the things that are THAT far away. OH, and you know what else I think? I think that people know there are some pretty scary things out there! Things that can crash into us and change everything," she said. "That's why we study Astronomy at Hogwarts. We need to know what's out there, too. OHH!!! And, there's some potions that require knowledge about the moon to brew the right way."
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"Quite true," he nodded. Naturally, Miss Greingoth would know all about Potions. Or was that an unreasonable assumption to have about the young woman.

Truth be told, he was just starting to get sweaty palms thinking about the former Potions Mistress. Much like looking at Mr. David caused his knees to quiver at the memory of the former Headmistress.

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Originally Posted by Roselyn

Granted, it had nothing to do with the professor and his teaching. There were just so many answers that could be given, he didn't know which one to pick. There was no doubt some scientifically intelligent genius answer to it, but all he could come up with was, "'Cause we haven't conquered it yet."

It was also cool. Just like this room. Freezing his toes off.

Made it difficult to think.

"Ah, a VERY interesting thought, Mr. McWitty, and one that we shall be coming back to soon," he winked at the Gryffindor.

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Originally Posted by Sararara

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"I think people have wanted to learn about astronomy forever 'cause it's RIGHT THERE, y'know? We see the stars and moon and stuff every single night, and if that's not enough to make people curious then I dunno what is. So we study it here 'cause who wouldn't want to know about such cool stuff? AND because learning about what happens in space teaches us a lot about what happens on Earth. Which is important." Y'know, because reasons. Those were a whole nother story, though, and NOT her favorite part, so somebody else could elaborate on that. It'd probably be Soph, if she were still here. But she wasn't.

"Thank you for that, Miss Kittredge," he praised the prefect.

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Originally Posted by Mirali

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"Because it's there." It felt as though she needed more. "It's this giant mystery that's always just sort of looming above us. Isn't that enough of a reason to want to study it? I mean, sure, it's useful for navigation, but we learned that from studying it, so that can't be what made us wonder about it in the first place, right?" She paused, pulling herself back into practicality. "As for why it's required, well, realistically, that's probably because a bunch of adults got together in a room and decided that they didn't trust students enough to think we'd understand the importance on our own and still take it if it were optional." Another little pause. "Though they probably wouldn't phrase it that way if you asked them."

Airey was smiling through the first half of the Ravenclaw's answer....and then sighing and resisting the urge to sigh at the latter half. He did not, for the record, but he still blinked a few times at the first year.

Blinking...and silent.

Just going to...er...move along. Smile and nod? Smile and nod.

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Originally Posted by SarcasticStrawberry

Oh..... Mmmm "Oh, I meant live long, and prosper!" Duh Kat duh! Her cheeks were very red. Well this was a tad bit embarrassing. Okay yes that was very embarrassing. When Kat got it her after writing on the nametag she slumped into the seat.

So she sat there quietly with the warm blanket around her. Until the lesson started. Why did people study astronomy? "Curiosity?" Or someone who was obsessed with astronomy. Yeah. That was probably why anyone would want to study astronomy.

Good. Hopefully there would be no mention of nose hair the next lesson then. AHEM.

"If there was a one word answer, Miss Delgado, I would personally endorse your answer as the one," he applauded the first year.

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Originally Posted by VRSCIKA

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"All life, everything around us is interconnected. Muggle or magical, we all feel that connection , even subconsciously. We heed the call of the heavens, because the cosmos is within us. We are children born of the heavens, made of star stuff."

Hopefully that was not too poetic or philosophical, the sixteen year old found herself toying with her hair to give herself a moment. As for why witches and wizards at Hogwarts needed to take it....."The cycles of the universe affect everything in life, including our magic. Different phases of the moon and cycles of the planets can optimize a spell or affect the entire outcome of certain potions." Well, she had spoken enough for now. Ilia found the older she got, the less shy she was and the more she spoke.

"STELLAR," he exclaimed, bending at the knees as though he were about to leap upon the Slytherin's desk. He, however, ceased his movements right there as he recalled just HOW much it would project him into the air and right now simply was not the time for that. That would come later. Heh. "Take 5 points for your response, Miss Valke."

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Originally Posted by BanaBatGirl

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Now then, onto to the bright star man's question. "Space, as they say, is the final frontier," David answered with his hand up, unknowingly referencing something which was maaaaaaybe important to his professor. "We look up because it's the last place we have to go. And we wizards have to help the Muggles study space because we're very good at advancing science, and advances we make for Astronomy's sake also benefit other areas of life. Like.... medicine!" There, that was a good answer. Think of all the Healers at St. Mungo's they were helping right now. Sort of.

'Unknowingly'. Airey beamed at Mr. David and gave the boy a thumbs up for his answer. Although he personally believed muggles did a fine job of advancing their own science, but that was not to say that both wizarding and mugglekind did not help each other along the way.

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Originally Posted by Cassirin

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"We push our boundaries. We always have. It's human nature. There's an ocean to cross, we cross it. There's another ocean, a continent, the distance to the moon, to Mars... and beyond. There's a whole galaxy to discover."

"Excellent, Miss Wojack-Gusey, and very inspirational as well," he applauded the prefect. "Take 3 points."

Quite the silver tongue the sixth year possessed.

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Originally Posted by WeasleyGirl

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And the wood plaque appeared. It looked good, even his middle name. Mhm. Alright the class started and first question. He thought for a minute and after he raised his hand, "Because it is cool, I mean, there are so many things in the universe that we can find and learn about. New galaxies, planets, stars" all that "It is a big mystery of what else could there be" Did it made sense? Hopefully.

"Very good, Mr. Foster," he nodded to the prefect.

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Originally Posted by Lady Marmalade

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She thought for a moment before raising her hand to answer the questions that was asked. "Umm... I agree that we study it because we're curious and also isn't our survival linked to the cosmos? I mean the near star heats the earth and the phases of the moon with the ocean tides." she replied, before covering a yawn. It was basic information that everyone should know about the sun and moon and how they affected the earth. She wasn’t too sure why young witches and wizards had to study it, but she had a feeling that it probably was needed to do certain magical things.

"Yes, good conclusions, Miss Milkos," he noted. "I especially like your mention humanity's survival being linked to the cosmos. Take 2 points."

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Originally Posted by feeheeheeny

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So, instead of answering aloud, Callum snuck a hand out from his cocoon to pick up his quill, completely ignoring the others' answers, and he wrote, heavily engrossed in his own thoughts [ insert brilliantly written paragraph here ]
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It was a real pity that the first year had not voiced his thought aloud as the astronomer surely would have forgotten about the enchantments in place to seemingly influence the gravity of the classroom and made a complete fool of himself trying to jump on the young man's desk. Or perhaps it was in everyone's best interest that he had not?

In any case, the astronomer offered Mr. Kettleburn a nod and a smile for his diligent note taking and attentive listening.

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Originally Posted by LilFox06

Pffft. You could have fooled her, Professor. Kaycee was still cold, thank you very much.

As for the question. She raised a space blanket covered silver hand. "It's so we stop making out in the astronomy tower. We associate it with school and it instantly loses the romance."

Yup. That was the sole purpose of this class.

BUT NOW THERE WAS SOME EXCITED POINTING. And some selective hearing.

"YES. EXCELLENT MISS RICHARDS! TAKE 5 POINTS FOR THAT OUTSTANDING REMINDER! To learn to respect and honor the sanctity that is the shrine of scientific inquiry. Those who dishonor this and misconstrue the beauty of the cosmos as an excuse for osculation will find themselves in detention."

Mr. Zeke and Miss Traulton knew ALL about that.

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Originally Posted by StarShine

..."To add to what my classmates said," she said in a clear tone confidently, "we study it to time some potions ingredients. Polyjuice is a good example of that: we need to pick fluxweeds at full moon." Hear that, class? She had been a student here for barely a few days, and she already knew about Polyjuice AND potion ingredients.

"And, I think, to know our limits, because we can only advance as far as the universe itself."

Did the professor like her answer?

"Excellent, Miss Moss," he applauded the first year.

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Originally Posted by griffin

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"Some ancient cultures used astronomy to create calendars to assist in agriculture so people knew when to plant and when to harvest crops. Beyond ancient agricultural interests, there is the want to develop an understanding of the universe, a desire for knowledge. Curiosity. " Penelope took note of her ideas on her parchment. It was always interesting to see what ideas she and her classmates could come up with.

"Very insightful, Miss Wright." And thank you for...disposing of that pygmy puff.

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Originally Posted by Mell

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She wrote down what the other students were saying but she felt that she should add something. "Maybe it's to prove that the moon isn't made out of cheese." She said with her hand raised in the air.

“That...has already been disproved some time ago,” he chuckled at the first year.

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Originally Posted by laurange

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Deep breath, Woods. "Because even though it might not be magical in itself - though it's science and science is pretty much magic - it influences other magic. Like how picking fluxweed at the new moon is different from picking it at the full moon or half moon. It changes Potions, Herbology, I think it effects Charms and Transfiguration too, like certain spells are more potent at different times but I can't prove that." He was calm, yeah, totally calm. ~~That was such a lie. Stop lying to yourself, Brian Woods, you are freaking out~~. "Basically, professor, as much as I wish we learned Astronomy simply because it's cool, we learn it because knowing the changes we can't really control outside our reach help us to be more ready to change the things we can control. If we say the universe is the limit of our potential, and the universe is expanding, then so do our potentials."

And the Hufflepuff slumped back in his seat and resumed note-taking. Who knew in-class participation took so much effort?

“Stellar, Mr. Woods,” he nodded. “Very good.”

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Originally Posted by Tegz

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"Astronomy isn't just about stars and big stuff up there in the sky, its about time and distance and location and learning about how to measure those things based on what we see up there and when we see it, depending where we are when we do the looking, and like...use those measurements in life and stuff!" Definitely cool.

............. a burning question occurred to her ALL OF A SUDDEN, and she tacked it onto her answer. "Professor have any snails ever been in space?!"

“Outstanding, Miss Kettleburn,” he praised, settling for some dramatic pointing since jumping was still out of the question for now.

As for her question…

“They have. In fact, snails make great little astronauts. I can point you in the direction of some additional reading on the subject after class if you would like.”

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Originally Posted by RandomRaven

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It's mandatory. Ava almost wanted to say that but clearly Professor Flamsteed wouldn't be pleased to hear that. So she raised her hand and answered. "It's important because... It makes us realize that the universe is so huge and this world is not as a same size as a pea." Yes, there are any other planets, stars, moon... EVERYTHING!

Nope. No exceptions. Save for those spiked oreo cookies from last term that is!

“A pea is still a generous size comparison,” he chuckled.

VERY generous, really.

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Originally Posted by Hera

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Fiddling with his space blanket thing that was all shiny and distracting, Zeke let his mind wonder to other thoughts and subjects that weren't at all related to WHY they studied Astronomy. It just wasn't relevant. In the same way that Divination wasn't relevant - but okay, that was a little bit harsh, putting the two in the same box. He was 100% aware that Flamsteed would have his head if he'd been aware of that categorisation. Divination was bogus... yes, but Astronomy was boring.

No offence, Flammers.

We see you, Mr. Zeke. You and your pseudo attentive listening.

And thank Merlin the man was not a Legilimens.

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Nodding his head approvingly at the class, the professor turned towards his pet rock and jabbed his thumb towards the class in a very 'will you get a load at all that brilliance?' sort of manner. With a few exceptions, that is, but overall very impressive.

"Stellar," he applauded the class. Hopefully they all had been paying attention to what their classmates had been saying. Especially that bit about NOT snogging in the Astronomy Tower. "As many of you alluded to in your answers, astronomy is much more than any textbook definition will tell you and why humanity has elected to pursue knowledge in the cosmos is quite varied. While many may consider it to be more of a modern science, it has, in fact, been around since the dawn of humankind. We are all descended from astronomers and carry within us innate curiosity to look up to the sky and wonder why. To echo the sentiment of many of you, when we study astronomy, we are not only learning about the universe we exist in...but we are learning about ourselves as well and seeing how the very atoms that make up our bodies are a part of the grand design that is the universe. Astronomy connects us all. As many of you already mentioned, Astronomy has strong connections with many of the other subjects taught here at Hogwarts and is also extremely important with the study of Alchemy. Furthermore, what we cover today and in the coming weeks will all be applicable information to be used on a joint field trip with Herbology and Muggle Studies later on in the term."

Yes. Here was a carrot and he was dangling it. Although he was not all that fond of carrots personally. Dangling a danish would have been the more appealing term.

"Now, I can't help but notice you are all experiencing mild discomfort," he mused with a cheeky little grin. He was quite content over here with his Bubble Head Charm and space blanket suit. Heh. "Are the conditions in the classroom not hospitable? How could conditions in the classroom be adjusted to make it a more comfortable environment? Please only say one thing each."

OOC: class will resume in approximately 24 hours from the time of this post

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sweetpinkpixie Wizarding World RPG Admin Gladrags Mod Minister for Magic Alley Proprietor Leprechaun Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: The Paths Posts: 40,849 Hogwarts RPG Name: Professor Cox Ravenclaw Graduated Hogwarts RPG Name: Briallen Ashburry-Hawthorne Gryffindor Third Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Nyle Harden Hufflepuff Fourth Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Iris Harden Ravenclaw Fourth Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Calliope Barrington Slytherin Third Year Ministry Department Head: Charles Hollingberry Minister's Office Ministry Department Head: Airey Flamsteed Mysteries Diagon Alley Proprietor: Zachaël Lufkin Owl Post x12 x12	astronomizzle ♧ gryffinDORK \| & the rest is drag ♣ #badluckDerf Airey was rather amused that none of the older students had decided to make things easier on themselves and cast a Bubble Head Charm. The smell was quite foul on top of other conditions. Then again, maybe teenagers enjoyed bad smells? He always imagined that teenage angst had an awful smell... ...but he was becoming distracted with his thoughts. Time to focus on all these raised hands. Quote: Originally Posted by Daydreamer11 ... "I think we study Astronomy because we are curious about the unknown. I think people are naturally curious......at least I know I am. We know so much about the world we live in, but space........well that is entirely different. We are just a tiny piece of the ginormous universe and we want to know more about it. You know, the final frontier and all." Janelle couldn't help it. She had to throw in the Star Trek reference. As for why it was a required subject at Hogwarts.........well that required a little more thought. "And.....um......I think we are required to take the class because.........we.....need to.........broaden our minds, think outside the box and realize that there is much more "out there" than we could ever imagine." Ok that didn't even make sense to Janelle. She had given it her best shot though. Looking down, she grabbed her quill and prepared to take notes. "Thank you, Miss Guidry," he nodded to the Ravenclaw at the conclusion of her response. "You touched upon many important topics just now. Well done." Quote: Originally Posted by SpiritWolfe Malfoy ... As for the question being asked at the start of the lesson she raised her hand. "I think we take Astronomy to help broaden our minds about the unknown. To show us that just because things can't be seen don't mind it's not happening all around us." This was a rather vague answer but it could be true on many levels. "Very good, Miss Lynch," he saluted the fifth year. Quote: Originally Posted by Steelsheen ... "Well sailors had to study it to get to places. Cant put sign posts out at sea, so they use the stars so they wont get lost." Nod nod. Sailors are such smart people. "And we are required to take it cuz..... uhm.... I dunno, cuz its paid for? Dad says just cuz we got money don’t mean we should treat it like toilet paper." Merlin. Could you imagine using galleons, sickles, or knut for to, er, to take care of matters in the loo? The astronomer gave a noticeable shudder at the thought and wrinkled his nose. Although it DID dawn on the man after another moment that that was not what the first year was referring to. Seeing as those were not paper. Admiral Obvious was in the house. "Sailors and navigation, excellent, Mr. Salander," he nodded eagerly. Quote: Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19 ... The first year considered the questions posed to them before raising her hand. "Curiosity, Professor. Many of us would like to know what is happening in space, what happened and what will likely happen.'' She did know this was how it was for her at least. The thirst for knowledge was always there. "I agree with Janelle's answer to the second question and would also like to add that knowing about the stars and so forth could come in handy should we ever get lost, for example, since they could be used for navigation.'' "Very good, Miss Watson," he replied, bowing his head politely towards the first year. Quote: Originally Posted by Meizzner ... "They want to study the heavens because it is the unknown and we could not go up there in the very distant past. Plus the unknown is always fascinating." It was true. Why do you think kids wanted to know about the Dark Arts. "We also study it so we don't confuse it with Astrology." The unknown WAS always fascinating and Airey was nodding his head eagerly to show his agreement. Especially for that second half of the young man's answer, which elicited two thumbs up from the man. Yes. That. Yes. Quote: Originally Posted by DaniDiNardo ... "They study it because it's unknown and people don't like not knowing things." It was kinda like asking a ton of questions when you met someone knew. Had to know all about them in case they were proper friend material or in the worst case, they could be really mean and need avoiding...or lesson teaching...but maybe not in such huuuuge ways as the feast. ... "Indeed," he agreed with Mr. Blaise. Quote: Originally Posted by Jean Granger ... He raised his hand and said, "I think we are interested to know more about the universe, so that we understand more about what we are." As for why it was a subject at Hogwarts, same reason right? ... "YES, very good, Mr. Leonard," Airey cheered. Quote: Originally Posted by DJ ExpelliarMOOSE ... "We want to Study Astronomy because someday we all want to go fly up there as far as we can." Or at least that's what HE wanted to do. Astronomy was the class about Space right? So to get to space you have to fly, and that's what Torrance was all ABOUT! As for why it's required? "Is it because I should take the class my Head of House Teaches?" He didn't really know. He wasn't sure he could speak for everyone, although Mr. Spades seemed to think he could, but it was still the Astronomy professor's fervent hope that he could one day see the Earth from the window of space capsule or perhaps even the International Space Station. However distant that dream may be at this point, despite the surprising recovery to his back that had occurred after the aging disease had been remedied. "I would consider that to be more of a pleasant bonus than the sole reason to take the class," he winked at the first year. Quote: Originally Posted by Tazenhani ... Finally, some small thing jolted in her head, and she poked a finger (to serve as an arm) out of her warm bundle of blanket. "We study it so we can understand our own planet better, and how very small we are." Yup. Which gave a nice tie-in to her next answer. "And Hogwarts teaches it so we can understand.............each other." ... "Once we overcome our fear of being tiny," Airey interjected with a grin. "...we find ourselves on the threshold of a vast and awesome Universe that utterly dwarfs—in time, in space, and in potential—the tidy anthropocentric proscenium of our ancestors." Not his own words, if anyone were to ask. But incredibly well spoken words from another man the professor admired greatly. Quote: Originally Posted by BriGranger1990 ... "We like to study astronomy because we are naturally curious about the unknown. Us, humans have been studying space for centuries, yet there is so much we don't know yet, like exactly how expansive the universe is or if there is other planets with, or the capability of supporting, life on them. It truly is the final frontier. " The young girl finished up, with a grinned. "Stellar, Miss Harrison," he saluted the Hufflepuff. Quote: Originally Posted by Lissy Longbottom ... And now on to questions! OOOOOH YAY! She raised her hand eagerly. "We study it because it's EXCITING! There's so many interesting things out there and it goes on FOREVER so we really never run out of things to study," she answered. "It IS exciting indeed!" he concurred. Only a slightly biased perception. Just a smidgen. Quote: Originally Posted by Goblinfrog ... She listened to Professor Flamsteed's question. It was a interesting question, and she listened to the first few answers curiously. Then she raised her hand to give her own take. "We love looking at the heavens and studying them because they are beautiful and mysterious. I mean just look at them. Who knows what might be out there? The sky is so far away but that's part of what makes it so fun to study. Kind of like History of Magic. Like for example, I'm right now really fascinated by the Tapestry in the Fourth Floor corridor. One day I was reading Hogwarts A History and three news paper articles fell out of it. I read them and I found out that there is a whole story about that Tapestry. In the newspaper it said that three professor's were injured and had to be carried off to the Hospital Wing because of some 'mysterious force' coming from behind the Tapestry. They were okay, but then later one of the students owls was injured and the Care of Magical Creatures guy was almost killed by a red beam of light when he took his class out to look for Mooncalves! Headmistress Loryen (she was Headmistress at the time) said she knew what the attackers wanted, but she couldn't tell anyone! Anyway, after I read that article I looked behind the Tapestry and I couldn't see anything. They must have sealed it up, and that means that there is a secret passageway behind this tapestry!" Kitty stopped then, feeling a little awkward at how far she had taken her answer. "So I guess studying the starts is like that for people." Awkward! While he was absolutely sure that what the Ravenclaw had to say was all riveting information, the Astronomy professor had sort of tuned out her response when she began going into an epic retelling of some Hogwarts history. No fault of her own, of course. The man just had a short attention span for such thing, although he was able to cover up his vacant expression with an approving nod once she had concluded. "Yes, very good. Miss Valentine." Probably? Quote: Originally Posted by itsgisselx3 ... "People looked up at night and were like 'whoa so pretty' so then they decided they wanted to know what the pretty things were. Aaaand there was this huge ball of fire in the sky sometimes and not at other times so I'm sure they were curious about that too." Because you can't go your whole life not knowing what the big hot thing in the sky was, really. And as for why they had to learn it as students??? "And we are forced to learn it becaauuse we deserve to be taught by a cool professor like you?" A HUNDRED POINTS FOR SLYTHERIN! Nodding in amused approval at the first part of the Slytherin's answer, the professor clear his throat and gave his own nose a few taps. "I believe you have a bit of something on your nose," he cautioned the boy. "Bit of something brown, I believe." Quote: Originally Posted by Optimist ... That wasn’t important now, what was important was the fact that her friends were in the class with her. “I do agree with Ace…I mean Tenacius about the fact that the stars were used for navigation because they were always there…and I believe that Torrance has a point too” she grinned. “but I think what that guy…sorry” she muttered as she pointed at Dante “has a really good point about studying the unknown, the unknown is why we also study divinations I believe” she grinned. “…I also think its because of the timeless question of are we alone in this universe and the greater reaches of the galaxy” yep. Aliens. She went there. "Unless, of course, that star we are looking at is already dead as when we look up to the night sky we are not seeing the present but the past," he said with a small wink. Just something he had to make sure he said each term. Although this year he had left out the little bit about the start being dead also being synonymous with the death of ones dreams when falsely wishing on a 'shooting star'. That little tidbit had never gone over so well in the past. Pity not everyone could appreciate his sense of humor on the matter. Quote: Originally Posted by hermygirl .... "Cos it's bad to limit ou'selves teh just a small area, ain't it? 'specially when dere's all dat expanse up there teh explore. 'ho knows wat we might find." She nodded upwards to imply the sky. As for why at Hogwarts? For her at least, that was easy! "Cos dere much easier to see 'ere than in the bright city lights of Lan-dan." Light pollution was definitely a thing there. "Stellar, Miss Tyler," he said with some dramatic pointing towards the first year. "NOT limiting ourselves." That was quite nice, yes? She also received an approving nod at the implications of light pollution. Hogwarts certainly DID have its advantages in that regard. Quote: Originally Posted by Felixir ... He did not bother to answer the question put to the class, partly because he was only just getting around to retrieving his notebook from his bag, and partly because the only answer he had in mind was that Astronomy, the universe in general, was interesting. Not the boring kind of interesting, things people claimed were interesting and fun but were probably just lying, but the overwhelming kind of interesting. There was always something else to learn from the universe; it was limitless, there always was the opportunity to discover something that nobody else had discovered, if enough time was devoted to studying it. And aside from all that, as someone who felt as though he was not human in anything other than appearance, studying the universe and anything that was not Earth was the closest Daxton ever felt to being home. As for why it was a compulsory subject, adults just liked telling children what to do, and what to study. It was as simple as that. Sweet solstice. Banishing Mr. Prince's plaque this time, Airey summoned from his desk another piece of parchment which was then handed to the Ravenclaw. "Two strikes, Mr. Prince," he whispered before moving on to the next student. Quote: Originally Posted by keepmeclose22 ... He raised his hand and waited to be called on. "Do we study because we want to learn more?" That was really vague, so he cleared his throat, and tried again. "What I mean is, the stars and planets all effect what we do. Planet and star alignments effect both spell casting and potion making. Everything goes hand in hand." At the very least, he knew Astronomy meant something. It wasn't just some class they took. "Yes, all good thoughts, Mr. Moore," Airey concurred. Quote: Originally Posted by Holmesian Feline ... “I think we study the heavens, and its a required class, for the same reason we study history. So that we can try to understand what came before in hopes that it would help as know about and possibly understand today.” Grandfather Nairne would likely agree, the man having shown her an appreciation for history at least. "Excellent connection, Miss Stone," he nodded. And surely what her housemate had been getting to in her spirited speech about history earlier, only in a MUCH more concise manner. The astronomer greatly appreciated that. Quote: Originally Posted by Squishy .... The questions he asked were interesting, but everyone else was already voicing what she would have responded with. Instead of sounding like a broken record she decided to begin taking notes. Hopefully they would get to the activity portion soon, because unlike Teddy she wasn't big on theory. Airey nodded his head politely to the Hufflepuff as she listened to her classmates' answers. Attention listening would earn you an O in his lessons just as well as one could for answering everything. Quote: Originally Posted by Anna Banana ... "I think it's because the heavens are way, way up there and out of our reach, and we're curious about the things that are THAT far away. OH, and you know what else I think? I think that people know there are some pretty scary things out there! Things that can crash into us and change everything," she said. "That's why we study Astronomy at Hogwarts. We need to know what's out there, too. OHH!!! And, there's some potions that require knowledge about the moon to brew the right way." ... "Quite true," he nodded. Naturally, Miss Greingoth would know all about Potions. Or was that an unreasonable assumption to have about the young woman. Truth be told, he was just starting to get sweaty palms thinking about the former Potions Mistress. Much like looking at Mr. David caused his knees to quiver at the memory of the former Headmistress. Quote: Originally Posted by Roselyn Granted, it had nothing to do with the professor and his teaching. There were just so many answers that could be given, he didn't know which one to pick. There was no doubt some scientifically intelligent genius answer to it, but all he could come up with was, "'Cause we haven't conquered it yet." It was also cool. Just like this room. Freezing his toes off. Made it difficult to think. "Ah, a VERY interesting thought, Mr. McWitty, and one that we shall be coming back to soon," he winked at the Gryffindor. Quote: Originally Posted by Sararara ... "I think people have wanted to learn about astronomy forever 'cause it's RIGHT THERE, y'know? We see the stars and moon and stuff every single night, and if that's not enough to make people curious then I dunno what is. So we study it here 'cause who wouldn't want to know about such cool stuff? AND because learning about what happens in space teaches us a lot about what happens on Earth. Which is important." Y'know, because reasons. Those were a whole nother story, though, and NOT her favorite part, so somebody else could elaborate on that. It'd probably be Soph, if she were still here. But she wasn't. "Thank you for that, Miss Kittredge," he praised the prefect. Quote: Originally Posted by Mirali ... "Because it's there." It felt as though she needed more. "It's this giant mystery that's always just sort of looming above us. Isn't that enough of a reason to want to study it? I mean, sure, it's useful for navigation, but we learned that from studying it, so that can't be what made us wonder about it in the first place, right?" She paused, pulling herself back into practicality. "As for why it's required, well, realistically, that's probably because a bunch of adults got together in a room and decided that they didn't trust students enough to think we'd understand the importance on our own and still take it if it were optional." Another little pause. "Though they probably wouldn't phrase it that way if you asked them." Airey was smiling through the first half of the Ravenclaw's answer....and then sighing and resisting the urge to sigh at the latter half. He did not, for the record, but he still blinked a few times at the first year. Blinking...and silent. Just going to...er...move along. Smile and nod? Smile and nod. Quote: Originally Posted by SarcasticStrawberry Oh..... Mmmm "Oh, I meant live long, and prosper!" Duh Kat duh! Her cheeks were very red. Well this was a tad bit embarrassing. Okay yes that was very embarrassing. When Kat got it her after writing on the nametag she slumped into the seat. So she sat there quietly with the warm blanket around her. Until the lesson started. Why did people study astronomy? "Curiosity?" Or someone who was obsessed with astronomy. Yeah. That was probably why anyone would want to study astronomy. Good. Hopefully there would be no mention of nose hair the next lesson then. AHEM. "If there was a one word answer, Miss Delgado, I would personally endorse your answer as the one," he applauded the first year. Quote: Originally Posted by VRSCIKA ... "All life, everything around us is interconnected. Muggle or magical, we all feel that connection , even subconsciously. We heed the call of the heavens, because the cosmos is within us. We are children born of the heavens, made of star stuff." Hopefully that was not too poetic or philosophical, the sixteen year old found herself toying with her hair to give herself a moment. As for why witches and wizards at Hogwarts needed to take it....."The cycles of the universe affect everything in life, including our magic. Different phases of the moon and cycles of the planets can optimize a spell or affect the entire outcome of certain potions." Well, she had spoken enough for now. Ilia found the older she got, the less shy she was and the more she spoke. "STELLAR," he exclaimed, bending at the knees as though he were about to leap upon the Slytherin's desk. He, however, ceased his movements right there as he recalled just HOW much it would project him into the air and right now simply was not the time for that. That would come later. Heh. "Take 5 points for your response, Miss Valke." Quote: Originally Posted by BanaBatGirl ... Now then, onto to the bright star man's question. "Space, as they say, is the final frontier," David answered with his hand up, unknowingly referencing something which was maaaaaaybe important to his professor. "We look up because it's the last place we have to go. And we wizards have to help the Muggles study space because we're very good at advancing science, and advances we make for Astronomy's sake also benefit other areas of life. Like.... medicine!" There, that was a good answer. Think of all the Healers at St. Mungo's they were helping right now. Sort of. 'Unknowingly'. Airey beamed at Mr. David and gave the boy a thumbs up for his answer. Although he personally believed muggles did a fine job of advancing their own science, but that was not to say that both wizarding and mugglekind did not help each other along the way. Quote: Originally Posted by Cassirin ... "We push our boundaries. We always have. It's human nature. There's an ocean to cross, we cross it. There's another ocean, a continent, the distance to the moon, to Mars... and beyond. There's a whole galaxy to discover." "Excellent, Miss Wojack-Gusey, and very inspirational as well," he applauded the prefect. "Take 3 points." Quite the silver tongue the sixth year possessed. Quote: Originally Posted by WeasleyGirl ... And the wood plaque appeared. It looked good, even his middle name. Mhm. Alright the class started and first question. He thought for a minute and after he raised his hand, "Because it is cool, I mean, there are so many things in the universe that we can find and learn about. New galaxies, planets, stars" all that "It is a big mystery of what else could there be" Did it made sense? Hopefully. "Very good, Mr. Foster," he nodded to the prefect. Quote: Originally Posted by Lady Marmalade ... She thought for a moment before raising her hand to answer the questions that was asked. "Umm... I agree that we study it because we're curious and also isn't our survival linked to the cosmos? I mean the near star heats the earth and the phases of the moon with the ocean tides." she replied, before covering a yawn. It was basic information that everyone should know about the sun and moon and how they affected the earth. She wasn’t too sure why young witches and wizards had to study it, but she had a feeling that it probably was needed to do certain magical things. "Yes, good conclusions, Miss Milkos," he noted. "I especially like your mention humanity's survival being linked to the cosmos. Take 2 points." Quote: Originally Posted by feeheeheeny ... So, instead of answering aloud, Callum snuck a hand out from his cocoon to pick up his quill, completely ignoring the others' answers, and he wrote, heavily engrossed in his own thoughts [ insert brilliantly written paragraph here ] ... It was a real pity that the first year had not voiced his thought aloud as the astronomer surely would have forgotten about the enchantments in place to seemingly influence the gravity of the classroom and made a complete fool of himself trying to jump on the young man's desk. Or perhaps it was in everyone's best interest that he had not? In any case, the astronomer offered Mr. Kettleburn a nod and a smile for his diligent note taking and attentive listening. Quote: Originally Posted by LilFox06 Pffft. You could have fooled her, Professor. Kaycee was still cold, thank you very much. As for the question. She raised a space blanket covered silver hand. "It's so we stop making out in the astronomy tower. We associate it with school and it instantly loses the romance." Yup. That was the sole purpose of this class. BUT NOW THERE WAS SOME EXCITED POINTING. And some selective hearing. "YES. EXCELLENT MISS RICHARDS! TAKE 5 POINTS FOR THAT OUTSTANDING REMINDER! To learn to respect and honor the sanctity that is the shrine of scientific inquiry. Those who dishonor this and misconstrue the beauty of the cosmos as an excuse for osculation will find themselves in detention." Mr. Zeke and Miss Traulton knew ALL about that. Quote: Originally Posted by StarShine ..."To add to what my classmates said," she said in a clear tone confidently, "we study it to time some potions ingredients. Polyjuice is a good example of that: we need to pick fluxweeds at full moon." Hear that, class? She had been a student here for barely a few days, and she already knew about Polyjuice AND potion ingredients. "And, I think, to know our limits, because we can only advance as far as the universe itself." Did the professor like her answer? "Excellent, Miss Moss," he applauded the first year. Quote: Originally Posted by griffin ... "Some ancient cultures used astronomy to create calendars to assist in agriculture so people knew when to plant and when to harvest crops. Beyond ancient agricultural interests, there is the want to develop an understanding of the universe, a desire for knowledge. Curiosity. " Penelope took note of her ideas on her parchment. It was always interesting to see what ideas she and her classmates could come up with. "Very insightful, Miss Wright." And thank you for...disposing of that pygmy puff. Quote: Originally Posted by Mell ... She wrote down what the other students were saying but she felt that she should add something. "Maybe it's to prove that the moon isn't made out of cheese." She said with her hand raised in the air. “That...has already been disproved some time ago,” he chuckled at the first year. Quote: Originally Posted by laurange ... Deep breath, Woods. "Because even though it might not be magical in itself - though it's science and science is pretty much magic - it influences other magic. Like how picking fluxweed at the new moon is different from picking it at the full moon or half moon. It changes Potions, Herbology, I think it effects Charms and Transfiguration too, like certain spells are more potent at different times but I can't prove that." He was calm, yeah, totally calm. ~~That was such a lie. Stop lying to yourself, Brian Woods, you are freaking out~~. "Basically, professor, as much as I wish we learned Astronomy simply because it's cool, we learn it because knowing the changes we can't really control outside our reach help us to be more ready to change the things we can control. If we say the universe is the limit of our potential, and the universe is expanding, then so do our potentials." And the Hufflepuff slumped back in his seat and resumed note-taking. Who knew in-class participation took so much effort? “Stellar, Mr. Woods,” he nodded. “Very good.” Quote: Originally Posted by Tegz ... "Astronomy isn't just about stars and big stuff up there in the sky, its about time and distance and location and learning about how to measure those things based on what we see up there and when we see it, depending where we are when we do the looking, and like...use those measurements in life and stuff!" Definitely cool. ............. a burning question occurred to her ALL OF A SUDDEN, and she tacked it onto her answer. "Professor have any snails ever been in space?!" “Outstanding, Miss Kettleburn,” he praised, settling for some dramatic pointing since jumping was still out of the question for now. As for her question… “They have. In fact, snails make great little astronauts. I can point you in the direction of some additional reading on the subject after class if you would like.” Quote: Originally Posted by RandomRaven ... It's mandatory. Ava almost wanted to say that but clearly Professor Flamsteed wouldn't be pleased to hear that. So she raised her hand and answered. "It's important because... It makes us realize that the universe is so huge and this world is not as a same size as a pea." Yes, there are any other planets, stars, moon... EVERYTHING! Nope. No exceptions. Save for those spiked oreo cookies from last term that is! “A pea is still a generous size comparison,” he chuckled. VERY generous, really. Quote: Originally Posted by Hera ... Fiddling with his space blanket thing that was all shiny and distracting, Zeke let his mind wonder to other thoughts and subjects that weren't at all related to WHY they studied Astronomy. It just wasn't relevant. In the same way that Divination wasn't relevant - but okay, that was a little bit harsh, putting the two in the same box. He was 100% aware that Flamsteed would have his head if he'd been aware of that categorisation. Divination was bogus... yes, but Astronomy was boring. No offence, Flammers. We see you, Mr. Zeke. You and your pseudo attentive listening. And thank Merlin the man was not a Legilimens. ------------------------------ Nodding his head approvingly at the class, the professor turned towards his pet rock and jabbed his thumb towards the class in a very 'will you get a load at all that brilliance?' sort of manner. With a few exceptions, that is, but overall very impressive. "Stellar," he applauded the class. Hopefully they all had been paying attention to what their classmates had been saying. Especially that bit about NOT snogging in the Astronomy Tower. "As many of you alluded to in your answers, astronomy is much more than any textbook definition will tell you and why humanity has elected to pursue knowledge in the cosmos is quite varied. While many may consider it to be more of a modern science, it has, in fact, been around since the dawn of humankind. We are all descended from astronomers and carry within us innate curiosity to look up to the sky and wonder why. To echo the sentiment of many of you, when we study astronomy, we are not only learning about the universe we exist in...but we are learning about ourselves as well and seeing how the very atoms that make up our bodies are a part of the grand design that is the universe. Astronomy connects us all. As many of you already mentioned, Astronomy has strong connections with many of the other subjects taught here at Hogwarts and is also extremely important with the study of Alchemy. Furthermore, what we cover today and in the coming weeks will all be applicable information to be used on a joint field trip with Herbology and Muggle Studies later on in the term." Yes. Here was a carrot and he was dangling it. Although he was not all that fond of carrots personally. Dangling a danish would have been the more appealing term. "Now, I can't help but notice you are all experiencing mild discomfort," he mused with a cheeky little grin. He was quite content over here with his Bubble Head Charm and space blanket suit. Heh. "Are the conditions in the classroom not hospitable? How could conditions in the classroom be adjusted to make it a more comfortable environment? Please only say one thing each." OOC: class will resume in approximately 24 hours from the time of this post __________________ We broke into a million pieces, and we can't go back......................................... But now we're seeing all the beauty in the broken glass..................................... The scars are part of me, darkness and harmony My voice without the lies, this is what it sounds like