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DaniDiNardo · 10-13-2012, 11:28 PM

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Originally Posted by MeredithRodneyMckay

Folding her arms, Issy leant against her desk ready to listen to the replies. She had an idea there might be a few of them, and there was.

First up, Alexa.

"Well the Z is done in the same way you would write one down," she said, flicking her own wand out to demonstrate. "But it does need to be quite tight and sharp, yes. Like so..." Issy did her Zorro impression, and nodded at the Gryffindor to make sure she'd got it.

Alexa gave an inaudible sigh of relief when the Professor didn't get upset at her for saying what most others might have found to be a 'silly' problem. To her it was very much real, even had her confused for a while so she was quite pleased when Professor Magnus took the time out to demonstrate the proper technique when dealing with the 'Z'.

She watched her every move keenly and gave a small nod. Just to make sure she had it she lifted her wand and tried the Z shape herself...okay...she had it. "Thank you Professor!" BEAM. Now she had one less thing to worry about.

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Originally Posted by MeredithRodneyMckay

"I wanted you all to try and make things as complicated for yourselves as possible, because trial and error is the best way to learn with these things. The more detailed an item is, the more it stretches your spell-casting ability, and getting you to do that is partially why I'm here." And getting them to get it right, obviously. She was a teacher after all and nurturing and teaching was her job. If it was easy all the time though it would be boring.

"Now, this week, as I told you at the start of term, we'll be doing another portion of your final outfit - trousers or a skirt. Or even shorts if you wish, as this will all be finished near summer time. Do any of you have any questions about this section before I move on to the actual spell?" She was open to a bit more talking first.

She wasn't sure if she was understanding at first so with furrowed brows she raised her hand. "...So then...you expected us to fail so that we could learn...?" She would have never thought a Professor would take that course when teaching a lesson but she had to admit it made sense. Half the things she learnt were threw trial and error.

As for any questions about what they would be doing next, she had none. For now she would wait to see how the lesson went.

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DaniDiNardo Crup Join Date: May 2012 Location: Over here! (GMT -5) Posts: 17,239 Hogwarts RPG Name: Ruth (Rae) Elliot Gryffindor First Year x12 x12	Yeah I broke that mirror, so what? ll NOT backward ll Official Gryfferin ll Lemon's favourite Quote: Originally Posted by MeredithRodneyMckay Folding her arms, Issy leant against her desk ready to listen to the replies. She had an idea there might be a few of them, and there was. First up, Alexa. "Well the Z is done in the same way you would write one down," she said, flicking her own wand out to demonstrate. "But it does need to be quite tight and sharp, yes. Like so..." Issy did her Zorro impression, and nodded at the Gryffindor to make sure she'd got it. Alexa gave an inaudible sigh of relief when the Professor didn't get upset at her for saying what most others might have found to be a 'silly' problem. To her it was very much real, even had her confused for a while so she was quite pleased when Professor Magnus took the time out to demonstrate the proper technique when dealing with the 'Z'. She watched her every move keenly and gave a small nod. Just to make sure she had it she lifted her wand and tried the Z shape herself...okay...she had it. "Thank you Professor!" BEAM. Now she had one less thing to worry about. Quote: Originally Posted by MeredithRodneyMckay "I wanted you all to try and make things as complicated for yourselves as possible, because trial and error is the best way to learn with these things. The more detailed an item is, the more it stretches your spell-casting ability, and getting you to do that is partially why I'm here." And getting them to get it right, obviously. She was a teacher after all and nurturing and teaching was her job. If it was easy all the time though it would be boring. "Now, this week, as I told you at the start of term, we'll be doing another portion of your final outfit - trousers or a skirt. Or even shorts if you wish, as this will all be finished near summer time. Do any of you have any questions about this section before I move on to the actual spell?" She was open to a bit more talking first. She wasn't sure if she was understanding at first so with furrowed brows she raised her hand. "...So then...you expected us to fail so that we could learn...?" She would have never thought a Professor would take that course when teaching a lesson but she had to admit it made sense. Half the things she learnt were threw trial and error. As for any questions about what they would be doing next, she had none. For now she would wait to see how the lesson went. __________________ Imma say all the words inside my head____________________________________ ______________________________I'm fired up and tired of the way that things are said.