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Hogwarts RPG Name:
Vashti Amstern
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Edmund Edgecombe
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Zephyr Amstern
Ravenclaw Sixth Year
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Nathaniel Hensley
Slytherin Seventh Year
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Felicity Aurorae
Gryffindor Seventh Year
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Text Cut: Kitty & Professor Quote:
Originally Posted by Goblinfrog  Ever since her days in Romania Kitty had always been very self aware, and right now she was starting to feel awkward sitting all by herself. Everyone else had already found at least one partner, but not her. Of course it would have been much worse if their seats hadn't been assigned, because then that would mean that no one wanted to sit with her.
But just then a fellow third year student said hi and sat down next to her. Yes! "Hi I'm Kitty!" Kitty smiled at her in relief, feeling a lot better now that she wasn't alone.
Then she turned back to finishing her own pink and black nametag. Quote:
Originally Posted by emjay Allowing time for a few more stragglers to come in, Ansley offered a few more hellos and good mornings in return greeting, then glanced up at the clock. Seemed to be just about time to begin class, although there appeared to still be a few empty seats. Still though.. what a full room.
"Good morning, class!" he greeted them brightly, slowly walking past the tables to look at each one of them. "Personal conversations should now come to an end as it is now time for this lesson to begin." He certainly didn't mind some talking between classmates, but once class started he expected them all to be focused. "If you did not already know, I am your teacher, Professor Ansley Finch, and this is History of Magic." Everyone in the right place? Good.
"History - or herstory, whichever the case may be - is, as I'm sure you all know, the study of past events. In its most basic sense, it's the retelling of stories," he began, though he'd expect them to at least figure this already. "Of course, there are many, many stories throughout history - everyone has a story to tell - but which ones get told, which ones are remembered, and why?"
There were certainly reasons to be theorized, but he let that rhetorical question sit for a moment before he continued. "Often, historical stories are dependent on who was there to witness the events. It's best to get accounts from more than one person so as to get the most accurate story. In the past, stories were sometimes handed down for years before they were written down, and that can affect the accuracy too, especially as things get forgotten or even changed." Luckily record-keeping was better in recent times, though people's perspectives still gave way to bias at times.
"This year, I'd like us to explore past events as well as more recent ones, and major events as well as lesser-known ones. Even though I am your teacher, clearly I don't know everything." And he had no issue in admitting that. Ansley knew plenty, but students didn't expect him or anyone else here to be omniscient, did they? It would be impossible for him to know every story in the history of wizardkind. "And while your textbook as well as many of the books located in the library are great resources for learning history, even they don't hold every story as there are always new ones to explore."
"Many of what we will be learning this term will come from your textbook, but today we will be doing something a little differently. Another way to learn about history is to talk to people who have been a part of it." And this castle had a great resource for that. He wondered how many of them utilized it. "While they are not the actual people who have lived, the magical portraits found all over the castle are paintings of many people who have been a part of history. They even have some of the thoughts and memories of those people.."
Ansley knew that once he started talking about them, the portraits under his sheets would murmur even louder. "Almost time," he mumbled as his eyes lifted towards that end of the room. Turning back to his class, he addressed them once more. "How many of you have held a conversation with a magical portrait to find out their story?" He looked around the room, holding some gazes for a moment before moving on.
"Even if it's minimal, I want each of you to talk about an interaction you've had with a portrait either at Hogwarts, or anywhere else. Name, if you know it, and anything they told you.. Let's go around the room, starting here." He gestured to one end of the room. At the very least, some of the portraits held secret passwords, but he hoped that most of them had more than that to offer. Rula grinned at the other girl as she introduced herself, but before she could reply, class was starting. Oh boo. Maybe they'd get to talk later though, if there was some kinda group activity or discussion or something!
She made a few quick heart doodles on her nametag as she listened to the pretty professor. So they were talking about portraits today? Interesting. She'd talked to quite a few portraits over the years, though she didn't really make a habit of it. Just something that she occasionally did when she was bored and there were some around.
Before she'd decided on a particular interaction to talk about though, something one of the other students said caught her attention. And gave her an idea. Why hadn't she thought of this before?
She pushed it to the back of her mind for now since she was in the middle of class, but she no longer felt inclined to provide a story now. So she was just gonna sit here and sorta listen and maybe answer the next question.
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