SPOILER!!: wouldn't it be funny if this didn't contain individual responses and i just pranked u

SPOILER!!: Austin

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Originally Posted by 2111jen

Austin blinked. Being a halfblood, muggle on his mum's side has it's advantages. He raised his hand.
"When you open the box, there's a little booklet that you read through. It shows you exactly how to put the furnature together."

"The instruction manual," Finneas raised a pointed finger in the air, and nodded very adamantly. Blinking a few more times than necessary. Very important."

SPOILER!!: Cecelia

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Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow

They WERE going to be building some furniture! Cecelia BEAMED at Lucas and wiggled a bit in her spot, eager to get to work. Truth be told, she was super glad they wouldn't be talking lots today. She MUCH preferred doing all the hands-on stuff, she did.

Raising her hand, the small blonde waited for her turn to share an answer. "You know, sometimes I don't even think muggles DO know how to buil-assemble the furniture. Bet some of 'em just take out all the pieces and try and see if they can figure it out on their own 'cause they think they know best. Some people do think that, they do." She paused, and then added. "Bet that method takes a lot longer, though."

Finneas then moved his attention towards the next raised hand. "Excellent point, Cecelia," he nodded. Errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. "Often times, people rely on intuition.... Errrr. Sometimes this has to do with being stubborn... Sometimes they may actually know how to put things together themselves."

SPOILER!!: Tina

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Originally Posted by MadMadamMalfoy

Tina wasn't the least bit surprised when Schmoe said they'd be building furniture today. You know what else didn't surprise her at all? The announcement that all the classrooms were booked. Seems to be an ongoing pattern when it comes to Hogwarts classes… She was getting really tired of her former school's elitist attitude toward her current one, but she couldn't allow herself to think about that right now. It made her too angry to pay attention to anything else!

Taking a deep breath, she refocused her attention. What was the question again? Oh, right. How do non magiques muggles know how to assemble furniture? The obvious answer was to read the set of instructions that came in the box, but, predictably, that was one of the first things said. Tina thought for a minute. How else could one find the assembly instructions without looking at the booklet in the box? The internet, of course! Her hand shot up, and she said, "Sometimes, if there is no instruction book included or if the instructions are confusing, muggles can look up how to assemble furniture on the internet. There are plenty of how-to instructions and tutorial videos there."

Again, he moved his attention to the next hand in the air. "Very good," he smiled, even though he was smiling at the floor. And not at anyone in particular. "The internet changed the world of furniture assembly. Lose your instruction manual? No problem. Especially with errrrrrrrrr Ikea bits and pieces.... Just, err, look up the item by name and errr a manual can typically be found."

SPOILER!!: Avalon

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Originally Posted by Fireheart

Avalon had helped her grandfather build a few pieces of furniture back in France. Of course, her mom had suggested just to use magic instead, but Grand-père insisted on learning the value of manual work. Because Avalon was only a few years old at the time, her help mostly consisted of handing him strange tools and pieces of metal. These days, she knew that Muggles liked to surf the web to find out information. They used that website....what was it called, the Goggle? She raised her hand. "Muggles often use the Internet to look up information. They might look online for inspiration on what to build or Goggle what tools to use." She paused. No, Goggle didn't sound right. It was Google, wasn't it? "Google, I mean! Sorry," she added. Muggles used such silly names for things.

"Excellent!" Schmoe fiddled with his bowtie. "An online search engine can usually do the trick!" For anything, honestly. The world was your oyster.

SPOILER!!: Blake

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Originally Posted by love-for-HP

It should come with instructions. Like either pictures or words telling you which pieces go where and which nuts, bolts, and screws to use." Blake felt rather proud of himself.... well okay, maybe he had no right to be so proud since he grew up a muggle. But for once he at least had the right answers.

"Yes," he nodded very enthusiastically, still fiddling with his bowtie. "Instruction manuals can be incredibly helpful, especially if it's your first time. They errrrrrrrr will often have diagrams explaining the various screws and bolts.... and parts and pieces errrr and come in various languages."

SPOILER!!: Claudine

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Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19

Claudine decided, as she watched Schmoe, that this was simply the way he was. He was probably uncomfortable in crowds or even around small groups of people. Maybe that was the reason he always needed to have something in his hands; it was to distract him. Whatever the reason, she could relate: she disliked being around to many persons.

So she had remembered correctly: they would be building. Claudine was not excited. She rolled her eyes at the box pun but considered the question. “They contact Ikea for help?’’ she suggested from the isolated spot she had chosen to stand. Oh yes, her hand was up and she had waited to be called upon.

Yes, well, she was right. It was simply the way he was. "Errrr yes, contacting the source directly!!" He was very glad someone brought this up. "Not typically done for simple cases, but if there's a missing piece or errrrr shipment issue... Yes, very good."

SPOILER!!: Patrick

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Originally Posted by siriusblackliveson

He had tried to keep an open mind about being shuffled around from classroom to classroom this term. It was weird and often made it hard for him to get his head in the classroom mindset. But he shrugged it off because if their professors were willing to work around it then by merlin he was going to do the same thing.

He had joined around his classmates trying to take note of everything that was surrounding their fidgeting professor. He was so unsure of why they were.... BUILDING FURNITURE?! He hated doing that. Had to help every single brother each time they moved because why keep your old stuff, they just bought new. He heard the question and chuckled, "In some cases, you've done it so many times you just know how to do it without instruction booklets anymore." He figured that wasn't totally what their professor was going for but he knew that to be the truth.

"Muscle memory!" He pointed! And then stopped pointing. Because pointing was strange. "Good, good, good." He nodded. "Especially true when you've bought from the same brand many times before.... errrrrr You get used to their methods of assembly." Or so he was told. He was more of a meticulously-follow-the-instructions sort of guy.

SPOILER!!: Lucas

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Originally Posted by hermionesclone

Hope he was good at building stuff?

.......... Well. This was awkward, wasn't it?

Lucas smiled sheepishly at Cece, maybe even let out a small, awkward chuckle. There was no way he could tell her that he had NO idea what he was doing when it came to building things and he was bound to mess it all up. He was the older one here and she was probably relying on him. Probably.

"Are you any good at building stuff?" Just ignore that he didn't answer.

Speaking of, it turns out that he was completely right. They were building furniture today. At this, he shot an apprehensive look at the boxes and then the toolbox and then back at Schmoe. Was it fun? It didn't SOUND like fun. It sounded like something he would rather do if he was closer to the Hospital Wi- Infirmary.

As for his question, Lucas decided not to answer. Was there anything else to say apart from the booklet that comes with the materials? He didn't think so. But he did let out a snort at the box pun. Had the man taken a leaf out of Barlow's book? Probably.

Finneas was absolutely unaware of Lucas' uncertainty towards the task. Ho, ho, ho. Everything was going G R E A T. He did notice the snort though. That was VERY satisfying. Everything was going oh so well.

SPOILER!!: Bernadette & Austin lol children pls

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Originally Posted by BanaBatGirl

Okay, NO.

Bernadette was NOT going to be putting together this man's furniture. This lesson was CLEARLY a trap, a way for the man with two left thumbs to use FREE CHILD LABOUR to assemble his PERSONAL BELONGINGS, and BERNIE had done enough FREE LABOUR for her parents FOR A LIFETIME.

NO THANK YOU, SIR!

She snorted loudly and without bothering to raise her hand, she contributed a frosty answer nonetheless. "They have their servants build it." Actually, rich Muggles didn't buy flat pack furniture. But also, "So we should have the house elves do it."

Accept the challenge, professor. DO IT. Or else Bernie was going to put a hex key on you.

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Originally Posted by 2111jen

Austin glared.
"Oi. Lay off. There isn't going to aways be magic everywhere." Austin said.
Well, he was on a speaking role today.

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Originally Posted by BanaBatGirl

WHO dared disagree with her?!

Bernadette whirled around to find a Slytherin KID glaring daggers her way. She plainly dismissed him with a simple eyeroll. "Yes, there is. Yer a wizard. Once a wizard, always a wizard. Magic makes life easier. Building furniture takes jobs away from... from.... house elves, probably, and goblins."

She didn't know this for sure but her tone certainly made her sound like an expert on both magic AND Muggles. Bernadette turned away from this rude boy again but she did mentally add him to her List of Persons to Accidentally Drop a Hammer On Later.

And then this happened.

He spoke too soon.

"Errrr... Let's remember to raise our hands," or else he'd have to take points and he didn't want to take points. "Bernadette, you do raise an excellent point. Sometimes others are hired to build the furniture, yes," he nodded. "But errrr," he blinked a couple of times. "We will be putting it together ourselves for this lesson... To have a finer appreciation for how muggles must go about these tasks." And also because he thought it'd be a nice excuse to take a break from theory.

SPOILER!!: Carsyn

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Originally Posted by PhoenixRising

Carsyn was hungry. Why lessons had to be scheduled BEFORE lunch was definitely not her idea. She also had a million and one things on her mind; like the fact that there was a BALL coming up super soon and she still had no idea who she was going with. She was a fourth year; Carys might not agree but she wasn't about to show up alone .... how pathetic would that be?? And although being a twin meant she was never technically alone, she wanted a proper date for the ball which could maybe include a first kiss if she played her cards right. She was also annoyed still about the canceling of quidditch, but even moreso though was the fact that even though they escaped the chaos in Scotland, it seemed as if the chaos found them. What did that mean?

Oh. Furniture, well building it more precisely. Yea, the fourth year definitely didn't remember what furniture she ordered, but she didn't think it was too complicated. So building furniture - with partners - meant she could casually bring up the date conversation to her sister while they worked.

But first things first. How did muggles put things together? The usual instruction manuals and the internet were mentioned, but Carsyn was sure there was more to it ... "Carefully." She said quickly but then continued on. "I just mean, they make these things very confusing. So you need to make sure you're paying attention to what you're doing and which pieces fit where. It's like a puzzle. You can't possibly expect to solve the puzzle if you're not actually looking."

"Excellent point," he nodded. "Especially when dealing with detailed parts and pieces." One wrong screwdriver and you might be... screwing up the whole project. Ha. Get it

SPOILER!!: Alexandre

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Originally Posted by littledhampir

Alexandre was here. Had been the whole time. Yup. Definitely. Anyway.

He was thinking about how he would go about putting together furniture if he was at home. The answer was, of course, that one of his parents would just wave their wands and it would be all together in, like, a second. Or his sister. He was positive that Nova would be able to do something like that too because she was so very smart and talented. To be completely honest he would rather be learning how to do a spell like that because it seemed much more useful. Why would he ever need to put something together this way without using magic? But this was muggle studies, he supposed, and it could be fun. Oh! Oh! He knew the answer! Alexandre raised his hand. "You could ask someone for help. Maybe someone who has put something like it together before. Or just someone who's really smart and knows how to do things." Like how he would just ask his parents or his sister for help if he had to build something.

Anyway, anyway, anyway.

"It is VERY useful to recruit help!" He knew from personal experience. Yikes. HAHAHA. AMIRIGHT. "It'll make it go by much faster... And will be far more fun." Because otherwise. You know.

SPOILER!!: Fiona

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Originally Posted by Ginevra

Fiona raised her hand. "Well, in a slightly similar vein to Bernadette's answer, Muggles have what's known as erm...handymen that can construct flat-pack furniture for an hourly fee. Any time and effort not wasted by you trying in vain to construct something has ta be good, right?"

"Very good, Fiona," he finally stopped fiddling with his bowtie, but now his arms had nowhere to go. SAD! "Some companies even offer assembly with an added fee." Good, good, very good.

SPOILER!!: Eiji

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Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie

Here was where he tuned everything out. He really did not NEED Muggle Studies, he hadn't been raised in a pureblood environment and his dad wasn't the sort to embarrassingly ask people the use of a rubber duck or anything of that sort. He was focused on one thing and one thing only right now - construction.

How did he usually go about that? Kits always came with instruction manuals, but he rarely ever looked at them. He preferred to figure things out on his own, visualize how piece fit together and then construct. A three dimensional puzzle that had a practical use.

So...could they just cut the chit chat and get too it? He wanted his desk.

Also...could that first year and his housemate just...not?

Eiji's silence was expected. Schmoe didn't mind. It meant he didn't have to make uncomfortable eye contact and pretend that he wasn't a bit scared of the fifth year. Yes. Well. ANYWAY.

SPOILER!!: Jillian

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Originally Posted by hjhm

Her eyes stared at all the random boxes. It looked like Christmas presents only with bland gift wrapping since the boxes are not wrapped. Jillian figured they might be doing that since the holidays are coming close and that is such a muggle thing to do, or, errr, well at least that's what how one of her uncles like doing. That'd be cool...

Until...

Professor Schmoe mentions something about furniture and assembling them.

What?

Well there goes her hunch about wrapping gifts in boxes. She took a deep sigh and looked at the professor as he continued his lesson. The upside with all of this is that they chose the furniture from the previous class. The downside is that some of the furniture they picked might not be the easiest to assemble or build or whatever... Jillian knows for sure because she remembers picking some random chandelier with an intricate design.

As for the first question, how do muggles know how to assemble their furniture? Jillian can't stop but making her uncle as a reference. He was a peculiar man-- to her at least. He has this fascination with the internet and he even showed her some of it. Jillian found it cool too but meh at the same time. She doesn't really find it that interesting. Shooting her hand up to answer "Uhmmm.... they watch a Youtube tutorial video for these DIY stuff i guess...?" she said. It's that red thingy button on the internet, or something like that.

"Yes, yes, yes, good, great, excellent," even. "Videos and other helpful tutorials can be found on errrrr various platforms. Such as the Youtube. Yes. Err." This was good. He liked these answers. His students were THINKING today!!!!!

SPOILER!!: Kaiser

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Originally Posted by Felixir

It was as Kaiser had suspected then, a lesson on assembling the furniture they had ordered. Shouldn't be too difficult for him, as he'd only picked out the one bed. Questions first though, as always. Because it was apparently criminal to jump right into a practical lesson at Hogwarts.

Assembling furniture, right. Kaiser raised his hand.

"If you take something apart you can learn how it fits together, and then you can re-assemble it." He understood that that didn't apply with furniture that arrived already in all of its separate components, but Schmoe had only asked the general question of how muggles knew how to assemble their furniture. He had not specified that it needed to be the same furniture that arrived unassembled.

Also, that pun from Schmoe? Went straight over Kaiser's head, as most of them did.

Finneas grinned so big and so uncomfortably. Love!! That!!! "Reverse engineering," yes, yes, SO GOOD. He blinked several times. "Not applicable in our particular circumstance errr, but when a muggle moves house, they may need to take their furniture a part to make the move less of a hassle... And then, errrrrr, reassembling becomes a far easier task. Excellent point, Kaiser."

GOOD.

OOC: henlo sweatys. This is the MINI-ACTIVITY. You will have at LEAST 48 hours to do this. Most likely more.

1. Join a group of no more than 3 students, can also work in pairs or alone if needed
2. Pick a box / furniture piece to work on
3. Using scissors from the toolboxes provided, unbox the pieces

Keep in mind that the examples I linked above are strictly for the purpose of visualizing. We won't need to look at their actual instructions during the lesson because we'll be using our ~~~IMAGINATIONS~~~. love that. SO you don't have to be working with something I linked. Find something else. Make something up. I don't care!!! The world is our collective furniture.