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SPOILER!!: Eiji and Missa Quote:
Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie  Eiji appreciated that Professor Noble respected his tendency towards silence. Something a few professors could do better with rather than try to force him to give answers when he was perfectly content with sitting and listening. Particularly when answers were far too obvious and the effort it took to respond to something that felt like common sense was not wroth it.
Somewhat like this particular question. Which naturally elicited several different options in the fourth year's mind. The most obvious being blindness and the general degeneration of of the function of the eye due to old age. But his hand remained down and instead set to getting his parchment prepared for the lesson with the date and other necessary details.
Once that was done...he couldn't help himself and took a bit of spare parchment and did the most teenager thing possible in the moment: he wrote a note and passed it sideways to Missa.
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Originally Posted by Samia The moment Eiji entered the classroom, she was very very much aware of his presence - and she was very conflicted on where he wanted him to sit. So far, he had always been the one helping her in Potions - and if because of their stupid conflict he chose to sit somewhere else - there would be disaster at her table, she just knew it.
Maybe that disaster was better than awkward confrontation though.
And then ... Eiji was sitting besides her, a certain kind of relief passed through her but she tried not to show it. Instead, she had managed to pull out a packet of gum under the table and she was fiddling with it when the professor started speaking.
Only she couldn't really concentrate on it wither, because Eiji was passing her a note? Reading it, Missa couldn't help but bite her lower lip - a thing necessary to avoid smiling because this was cute - even if things were PLENTY complicated still.
Pretending to listen to the professor, and what other kids had to say - she wrote a reply at the back of the note before .... sneakily passing it back to Eiji, also with a gum. Because why not.
[INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT]
With hands quickly shooting up at his question, the two Slytherins were lucky that Noble was adequately distracted and hadn’t yet noticed their note passing. Or the food item which was definitely not an allowable item in the potions classroom.
Should he though..well, he wouldn’t look on them kindly.
SPOILER!!: Daisy and Eniola Quote:
Originally Posted by Ginevra Daisy had been studying medical ailments both of the magical and non-magical variety during the Christmas break so her hand immediately shot up and when she was called upon, she answered, "Glaucoma is where damage to the optic nerve occurs due to pressure caused by a build-up of fluid in the eye." Quote:
Originally Posted by gritandgrace Considering Eniola’s desire to be a healer, she was glad to hear any health related questions from Professor’s. In fact, as odd as it may be, she tends to perk up and listen a little more. Regardless of how gross it can be.
Eniola raised her hand and when called upon answered, ”Macular degeneration, sir. It causes you to loose the sharpness in your eyesight, is often age-related and can lead to eventual blindness. It’s quite unfortunate.”
She was curious to see what potion they’d be looking at today and if it’s be one she’d need to know for her NEWTs. Regardless she had her pen and notebook at the ready to take detailed notes. No sense in falling behind.
Noble was unsurprised that two of the first hands up belonged to the Hufflepuffs, given that he knew both of them had aspirations of becoming Healers. “Indeed, Daisy. Glaucoma is one of the leading causes of blindness in the elderly, and one of the main reasons to have regular eye appointments even if you don’t wear glasses…if caught early, the effect can be slowed down or prevented, but it’s irreversible if not diagnosed until too late.” He looked at the younger Hufflepuff now, who had also provided a decent answer. “Correct, Eniola. Macular degeneration is causes blurry vision due to part of the retina in your eye thinning.”
SPOILER!!: Gunnar Quote:
Originally Posted by emjay Gunnar didn't have a far walk from the common room to the potions classroom, but he still felt the chill in the corridor on his short journey to class. He wasn't sure why he noticed it so acutely today while it had been winter for some time, perhaps it was more noticeable after being home for break, but he was glad to be in the relative warmth of the classroom.
And he had just gotten his things set up when Noble started class. Ailments of the eye? Gunnar paused, then raised his hand. "Nearsightedness and farsightedness would be considered ailments, would they not?" Technically, he supposed, as he knew some people to need glasses, even if they were not necessarily diseases.
“They would,” Noble replied simply to the Slytherin. There was a reason he’d not specified diseases of the eye. “Near- or short-sightedness is also known as myopia, and is when you can see things that are near to you clearly, but objects in the distance are blurry. Farsightedness, or hyperopia is the opposite. Both can be corrected with glasses or surgery.”
SPOILER!!: Kamryn Quote:
Originally Posted by MunchyBubbles Kamryn gave Professor Noble a small smile as he spoke, she hadn’t meant to be late, potions was one of her favorite classes! She settled into her desk and stayed quiet until Professor Noble asked a question about eye.. ailments?
She had an answer but someone else said it before she could respond, she bit her lip as she thought about it more before slowly raising her hand..
“There are cataracts sir.. I think that’s lenses that are clouded.. I’ve heard some people can be born with them.. but they are most common in the elderly. ” Her voice was quiet as she tucked some hair behind her ear.
Interesting that ailments of the elderly were so popular. “You’d be correct, Kamryn. Cataracts are clouded lenses. Vision becomes as if looking through fog, and to an onlooker, the pupil in the affected eye looks white.”
SPOILER!!: Taddy Quote:
Originally Posted by Charely Potter Taddy would guess today's lesson had something to do with eyes. Some sort of eye potion. He wondered how such thing could be used. Would a potion to cure some eye condition be dropped into the eyes themselves or taken orally? He considered that along with the question regarding all the ailments that are related to the eye.
"Eyes are very sensitive in general." Taddy started when he was allowed to answer, "It's easy to catch pink eye from someone else, it's an infection that makes your eyes appear pink and contagious to others if you got it from a virus or bacteria." Sure, it was known as a minor thing, "It can be serious, especially if it causes enough pain and your affecting vision." That was good enough then.
Noble sipped his coffee as he waited for Thadius to get to the relevant bit of his answer. Because yes, eyes were sensitive…but that hadn’t been his question. “Actually, pink eye doesn’t have to be caused by an infection, rather…it’s a symptom of something causing a reaction in the eye to make it redder from the inflamed blood vessels in your eyeball. It can also be caused by allergies or foreign material in the eye such as dust or dirt.”
SPOILER!!: The quiet ones: Kaiser, Nina, Eloise Quote:
Originally Posted by Felixir If Noble's cough had brought Kaiser back to Planet Hogwarts, there was no outward sign of it at first. He continued to gaze off vaguely into the middle distance as he waited for class to start, though when it did, he did let his eyes flick towards the professor. Which was something, at least.
But his level of engagement pretty much stopped there. Ailments of the eye? Kaiser didn't know any, and almost every answer his classmates put forward were completely unknown to him. He did briefly wonder whether a simple injury to the eye counted as an ailment, but ultimately kept his thoughts to himself.
Keeping his silence, Kaiser let his mind drift slightly, and stared instead at Professor Noble's lit burner at the front of the room, head propped up on one hand. Quote:
Originally Posted by ArianaBlack There were many things Nina Castillo enjoyed. Potions, was one of them. There were also plenty of things Nina pretended to loathe. Potions, was one of those things, too. And as far as Professor Noble knew, she was horrible at potions. Exactly the way she liked it. While she faked a lack of enthusiasm for the subject, her boredom at the current moment was not fake. In fact, it was very much real.
Aliments of the eyes?
Instead of choosing the answer, the Slytherin simply watched their Professor. Her face conveyed a look of mild disinterest as she absentmindedly played with her hair, for effect. The question was not at all stimulating. Though he surely asked in order to provoke participation. It was an open-ended question that called for many possibilities. Anything from simple eye strain to amblyopia, could be classified as an aliment of the eye. Her classmates, however, provided rather lackluster answers. As always. Quote:
Originally Posted by oh its Erik ok Eye see what you did there Professor Noble. Not that it helped Eloise at all since she didn't really know any ailments of the eye except for blindness but well yeah she was listening and circe some of these answers were over her head.
So she did the smart thing and start writing some of these down
Noble didn’t mind quiet students, so long as they were concentrating. Which seemed debatable with Nina, to be honest, so he’d be keeping a close eye on her. By the looks of things, Kaiser might need such encouragement to keep up too, but Noble was relieved to see Eloise starting to write some notes.
SPOILER!!: Lucas Quote:
Originally Posted by hermionesclone Lucas was still thinking about how much he wanted to light his burner and try to feel as warm as possible in the class when the sound of the door closing caught him off guard. Jumping, slightly, he blinked away from the burner and looked up at Noble when he started talking about......
........ eyes? Were they treating eyes?
Needless to say, he was confused. But if there was one thing he did know, it was that he did NOT want to be handling any eyes today. No, thank you. Keep those as far away as possible. But he could answer the question, right? Something about ailments of the eyes which, now that he thought about it, there were a lot more that were being mentioned than he knew about.
"There's colour blindness?" he started, his hand up in the air, "Some people can't see certain colours." Did he have to explain any more? Because he really didn't know any more than that.
Luckily for Lucas, no eyes would be handled in today’s class. Not even beetle eyes. “There is, Lucas,” he said with a nod. “Rather than literal blindness, it’s a deficiency in how some people see colour…where certain colours are harder to distinguish. It’s also much more common in men.” The reasons why were interesting, and he’d happily explain, but it was a little out of scope for today’s class.
SPOILER!!: Patrick Quote:
Originally Posted by siriusblackliveson Patrick’s head was swiveling round and round as people answered with ailments of the eyes. He sat for a moment pondering just what they would be doing... he hadn’t heard his grandparents speak of any poitions for the eyes. Surely they would have since two of their grandchildren had glasses. Shaking that out of his mind he raised his hand, ready to contribute to the lessons, “Astigmatisms are common eye issues.”
Although, he supposed that those with it had no idea what it did to their vision. It was like some of his friends as a kid who had no idea anything was wrong with their eyes because they thought trees had no individual leaves, just a blob of them. He had seen many of his friends experience that. He was thankful that he was not one of them.
It was a shame Patrick didn’t care to elaborate himself, really. Noble frowned slightly, before continuing. “They are. Astigmatism affects the curvature of you eye, and how the light focuses on the retina. It can render images almost like fun house mirrors.” Hopefully they knew what those were.
SPOILER!!: Tina Quote:
Originally Posted by MadMadamMalfoy Tina was still looking at the ingredients at her station, trying to guess what they would be used for, when the lesson began. At the sound of Noble's clapping, she focused her attention on him, listening intently and ready to take notes. She almost smiled to herself at the welcome back. Well, that was one way to describe it. She was ready to hit the ground running… running to the end of the term and straight back to France.
Tina was glad that Noble got straight to the point early on, no annoying guessing games, no vague opinion-oriented questions, just straightforward certain facts. Okay, so eye ailments… were they going to be brewing an eye healing potion? That would be useful! Tina considered the question for a few moments. The first thing she thought of was conjunctivitis, but that had already been said. That was no good. She'd have to think of something else.
There was only one other answer that came to mind. Tina's hand went up, and after being called on. she said, "Detached retina, sir. It's exactly what the name implies: a condition where the retina detaches from the underlying layers of the eye. It's most common in people who are elderly, have had previous eye disease or surgery, or have suffered an injury to they eye. If left untreated, it can cause permanent vision loss."
As she finished speaking, her expression changed, and she suddenly got very quiet. This wasn't a subject she liked to think about.
“Correct, Tina.” Noble paused to sip his coffee before continuing. “A detached retina is a serious problem, but if caught in time can be healed via a number of different methods.”
SPOILER!!: Jozef Quote:
Originally Posted by Harron Peasley Józef was sat in his seat next to Lucas and was absentmindedly staring around the classroom when the other boy answered. Colour blindness - huh. He'd never really thought about that, but he wondered what it would be like. What did it mean? Were colours different? Did they just see in BLACK AND WHITE?!
WHATTTTTT.
But, in a strange turn of events, Jó did have an answer! So he shot his hand up in the air. "Junctivitis, sir," he said proudly, not realising that he hadn't quite got the name right. "The one where your eyes go all gunky and gross."
Noble did a double take as Józef’s arm shot into the air, and it took a moment or two to process what the youngest Kowalski had said. “I think you mean conjunctivitis, Józef. Also known as pink eye.” He glanced to Thadius. “The eyes produce a discharge to help clean them…the dry crusty stuff you often find on your eyes when you wake up in the morning. When infected or flushing out debris, more of this ‘gunk’ can build up.” Hopefully that made sense.
And with no other forthcoming answers, it was probably time to move on. They’d covered a wide range of eye ailments, and hopefully everyone had managed to note at least some of them down. However, he wanted to narrow the focus for the rest of the lesson as the moved towards the practical. “We’ve covered lots of human ailments so far…so my next question is this: what creatures do you think might have problems with eye irritation and why?”
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