Well, that certainly did not take long for the first hand to be raised. Oh! Look at that. The hand was attached to a Hufflepuff. Looooooovely.
"
Oh, I'm afraid not dear. But no harm in venturing a guess. This is not Galileo Galilei," Whose name was aaaawfully fun to say though.
*twith*
Marion staaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaared at the girl again. THAT one from the opening feast who had showed such appalling behavior. Pinching the bridge of her nose for a moment, Professor Burbage tried to contain her emoooooootions before she spoke. "
Darling...that will be 10 points from Hufflepuff for insuuuuuuuuuuuuulting perhaps the greeeeeeeeeatest and most influentiaaaaaaaaaaal scientist who ever lived."
Hooooooooonestly. OLD.
OLD. OOOOOOOOOOOLD!
What a horrible thing to say about a person. This one better not say that word to HER.
"
And no, there was no require reading prior to attending my lesson."
AHEM! Clearing her throat as the young man entered the classroom, her eyes boooooooooooooore into his features. He. Was.LATE! At least he had greeted her
informally and followed instructions, so that saved the young thing SOME grief from her.
Some, mind you, not all.
"
Hello dear, 5 points from Ravenclaw for arriving late. But dooooooo enjoy the soda and be careful not to spill."
Oh! BINGO!
"
Exactly right, dear!" she exclaimed, clapping her hands together loudly. Now, where had she put her wand so she could give the girl a proper congratulations? It was here in one of these pockets...
Giving up on looking for her wand for now, Marion looked back up and noticed the now proooooooperly dressed Ravenclaw deep in thought. Good good. Thinking was good and it was peeeeeerfectly alright not to know the answer. This was school for a reason after all.
Ho ho ho!
"
He is indeeeeeeeeeeed!" she beamed at the young Hufflepuff.
She nodded at the Slytherin. "
Yes, that is one thing he is known for." The rest, well, she would know soon!
Ahem. Yes...well...not that this one was wrong or anything. Not exactly. More details would have been appreciated of course. The young Gryffindor earned a small smile and nod of the head for her, erm, efforts.
Oh dear...this poor child was having a panic attack already. Maybe she needed to slow down on her soda drinking? It seemed to be making the poor dear rather jittery.
"
It is indeed Sir Isaac Newton and we will come back to objects in motion in juuuuuust a moment."
"Preeeeeeeeecisely," she nodded at the Gryffindor prefect. Although she did not use the word discover herself, more proved gravity's existence. But those were probably the musing of an elderly women.
Professor Burbage's face
erupted into a wide smile. Oh! Look at that! She had found her wand! Which she promptly used to shoot a round of gold sparkles into the air over the girl. "
Ooooooooh were I so lucky," she giggled girlishly. "O
nly in my girlish fantasies did I marry such a studmuffin with such a briiiiiiiiilliant mind. 2 points to Gryffindor for such a chaaaaaaarming answer!"
Hmmm? No paper throwing this time? Good.
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"
5 points from Slytherin."
Didn't students know that it was ruuuuuuuuuude to call someone old?! Especially right to their
portrait face?!
"
It is," she nodded towards the Ravenclaw.
"
Very good," she nodded. Even if she had said to just share ONE fact and this Ravenclaw had just shared, well, more than that. "
We will be coming back to those laws in juuuuuuust a moment."
Oh! Were there two students with the same name in her class? How unusual! She glanced over at the young Slytherin boy from earlier and then back to the studmuffin in the making before adjusting her glasses and looking at her seating chart.
"
Oh goodness gracious hEAvens me," she laughed. She was looking at it upside down. Oh hohoho. Yes, this boy was Mr. Wilde. "
Redderick Uranus? Would you care to enlighten the class on who that is, Mr. Wilde?" She herself hadn't heard of him, but she too was always eager to learn new things. Simply loooooovely that students could teach their teachers, wasn't it?
Ignoring the whole Mars part of this one's answer, Marion tapped her lower lip for a moment with one of her delicate fingers. "
You must tell me, dear. Who is Captain Kirk?" Because he wasn't the man in the picture.
Another student deep in thought it seemed. Very good. Thinking was exceeeeeellent exercise for the brain.
"
Yes and yes! Force shall become important a little later in our discussion as well," she nodded in reply to the Gryffindor prefect.
Oh how she did wish that some students would not simply read from there textbooks. No matter, this poor girl seemed nervous....hence the speaking much more than had been asked. "
All true," she said with a nod. "
A very VEEEEEEEERY talented man."
And studmuffin.
"
Aliens? Oh goodness gracious hEAvens, dear...perhaps you need to slow down on all that soda drinking for a moment..." The sugar seemed to be getting to him.
"
He is rumored to have shared that story with others to explain how 'discovered' gravity, yes," she nodded. But it may very well just be that, a rumor. These sort of thoughts do not just simply POP into existence after all.
"
Very good," she nodded.
"
Oh, no dear, I am afraid it is not," she said with a small shake of the head. "
Although, I am curious as to why you thought it might be him." What sorts of thoughts did this young Hufflepuff have in regards to Xenophilius Lovegood and astronomy?
"
Very good," she nodded. This one was lucky that Marion couldn't read minds. Hmmmm.
Well, she was pretty sure that muggles knew very well that Newton had delved into alchemy, but the girl was still correct. "
Very good, darling."
Ah yes, the apple story again. Professor Burbage nodded as the girl spoke, raising an eyebrow as two facts had been mentioned instead of one, but she was still in a good enough mood not to comment. "
Yes yes, very good. We will be coming back to those laws in a moment."
Shabbier? That word earned the girl a swift and pointed eyebrow raise. She truly was lucky that she had not said said word about this particular picture. Shabbier implied showing signs of wear and tear which implied OLD.
"
It is indeed Sir Isaac Newton," she nodded as her eyebrow lowered. "
Of course, he is not just famous for apples." Cue a small wink towards the girl as she moved on to the next student.
....................THERE WAS THAT WORD AGAIN!
OLD!!
Her seeminly innocent answer afterwards somewhat softened the woman's mood, but also raised another question. "
Are you implying, dear, that professors at Hogwarts are all old?"
Professor Burbage nodded in the girl's direction. "
Excellent point, doooooo keep that thought in mind for just a little longer, dear."
This one also got a few gold sparkles sent into the air for his answer. "
Very good, darling." Not the law they would be discussing today, but a noble one nonetheless!
"
You are half right, son," she laughed. "
He DOES have great hair."
Was she...still wearing those THINGS in her mouth?
Hmmmmmmm-ing some more as she tapped her chin with her fingers for a moment, Professor Burbage paused for a moment when the girl began to CHEW on her cup. "
Dear, it is not polite to chew on one's cup in public."
"
Very good Mr......" she paused to look at her seating chart for a moment. Was she holding it right this time? She certainly hoped that she was. "
Mr. Vanderbilt, very good."
"
And you think right," she replied with a wink.
LOOOOOOOVELY!
Professor Burbage covered this girl in gold glitter from her wand as well. "
Brilliant answer darling."
No...no cookies... In fact, that comment was just going to be dismissed. Poor darling, clearly not sane. Tisk tisk.
"
Oh, no dear, afraid it is not him," she said shaking her head. "
Although I dooooooo love the opera."
"
I coooooooooouldn't have said it any better!" Professor Burbage beeeeeeeeeamed at the
somewhat famous girl as she showered her with gold glitter from her wand. "
2 points to Ravenclaw! I myself do not like to use the word discover." Even if her tone had been a bit, well, rude. Without the rudeness she may have earned more. Too bad they would never know. "
And he did study optics, very good."
Marion began to giggle rather girlishly, perhaps a little toooooo girlishly for a 70-year-old woman. NO MATTER!
"
Well dear, a studmuffin is a man who is very VERY VERY attractive to women. They can also be described as being extremely cute and cuddly." Much like he was. She just wanted to scoop the eager little darling up and squuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuish him.
"
Oh siiiiiiiiiiiimply marvelous, dear!" she applauded loudly, showering him with ridiculous amounts of gold sparkles. "
Sir Isaac Newton was indeed a wizard, and a very talented one." Hopefully his classmates were taking notes, because she wasn't going to repeat the historical context again. She DID have other things she needed cover and a very brief overview was more than enough for now.
And then the little darling was back to rockets. "Yes, yes dear, rockets," she added with a wink in his direction.
She then turned her attention to the
fanged girl sitting next to him. "
Dear, perhaps you should finish off the rest of his soda? I doooooooo believe the young man is about to blast off into orbit all on his own."
Hmmmmmmmmm....sOOOOOmeone had a bit of an attitude, no?
"
That is how the story goes," she nodded. As to the other half of her question... "
THAT is precisely what I would like you all to think of as the lesson progresses."
Oh ho ho ho ho!
"
It is indeed, Mr. Escalaaaaaaaaaante," she sang. Oh, he had a fun name to say as well.
"
Perfectly acceptable to call him a studmuffin yourself, dear," she said with a wink. In fact, it was probably encouraged. Tehehe.
"
Very good, darling."
"
Some might even say theeeeeeeeeeee most famous," she winked.
More nodding and smiling from the elderly astronomer. "
I believe the word you are searching for is Heliocentrism, dear." As Mr. Vanderbilt had mentioned earlier, which earned the boy a quick wink.
"
Excuse me, dear, I would appreciate it if you would be so kind as to pay attention to your classmates and their answers." Instead of staring at your cup. Odd little Hufflepuff.
OLD?!
Well, the boy had also said that the man had good shampoo and had complimented his hair, so the negatives and positives balanced out. "
Perhaps of his own invention," she winked.
Nodding and smiling gently as the boy as he answered, she laughed softly at his return question. "
Ooooooooh," she gushed over the boy. "
A stud is a man who is popular with the ladies, dear. If I may so myself, I doooooo believe that your Flying and History of Magic professors are priiiiiiiiiiiime examples."
Ho ho ho ho ho ho!
Nothing wrong with not having an answer. Professor Burbage gave the young girl an encouraging nod before moving along.
"
Preeeeeeeeeeeeeeecisely!" More golden glitter and sparkles for this boy!!
Oh yes, very good and neeeeeeeew information of sorts. "
Very good. Isaac Newton is also known for using a prism to demonstrate how white light can be decomposed into a spectrum of colors."
"
Sir Isaac Newton," she corrected gently, nodding at the rest of her answer. "
Well, he iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiis siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimply divine to look at. You don't see many men like him these days!"
"
Well, I think we all - wizarding and muggle alike - benefited from his research on gravity," she said with a wink at the young Slytherin.
Were there no more hands raise? Good good. Time to move on!
"
Very good, all of you!" Minus those who had called the studmuffin OLD. "
This is Sir Isaac Newton who has maaaaaaaaaaaaany fabulous contributions to the scientific world, but the ones I want to focus on today are Newton's laws of motion, which some of you have already mentioned and some have even explained." She paused for a moment to acknowledge each student with a polite nod of the head. "
Oh, do keep on sipping on your sodas by the way darlings. You will be needing those bottles soon."
Now...where was she? Oh yes! Newton's laws of motion.
Turning towards the blackboard now, Marion flicked her wand at it to make some writing appear.
Once this was written on the board, she turned back to the class and eyed them all for a moment. "
Please write these down on your parchment," she instructed, pausing just long enough to give them time to do so. "
Now, I would like you all to keep in mind what Mr. Odessa mentioned earlier about Newton showing the world that you can 'make stuff happen because of natural laws.'" She said, using the boy's own words. It WAS best to learn from your peers in some cases. Youth had a way of relating to each other like she could never do. Siiiiiiiiigh.
"
BUT, before we get into that...I have one more studmuffin to introduce you all toooooooooo," she hummed as she levitated the second picture off the desk and enlarged it as well. "
Now, who can tell me who thiiiiiiiiiiiiis is?!"
After this man was identified aaaaaaaaaaaaall would become clear - even though certain daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarlings had already pinned the tail on the abraxan.