Second Years, Lesson One

"Hello, everyone," Gabrielle greeted, giving the class a small smile and nod as they took their seats. She didn't really mind where they sat too much, as long as they didn't start chattering and disturbing the class. At least, not this group as much. In some classes she'd had to step in, but she liked to hope that the students were old enough now to behave themselves in a classroom. "For those of you who do not know me for some reason such as developing convenient amnesia to block out your school work, I'm Professor Moncrieffe, and you're in History of Magic class. We don't need to stand on too much formality, but please do address me respectfully and not rudely." It was important to set ground rules for the class, and maintain them. "Makes it easier for me to do the same back." She hoped that would lighten the mood a little. There were plenty of teachers she'd come across who didn't respect their students. They were usually the worst kind.

"This year we'll be looking at a couple of major figures in history, and we'll be writing a few essays as well. I'll go over essay writing in class as we go through the semester. I'm not looking for perfect structure at this stage, but we'll work up towards improving your writing over time." She gave a sympathetic smile to the class. It wasn't the most thrilling subject to talk about, but it was important for all their subjects, not just History of Magic. "You'll thank me when you get to your OWLs and NEWTs."

"Just a short lesson today. I won't keep you too long, as I'm sure you have plenty of gossiping about your holidays to do," Gabrielle joked, raising an eyebrow at the class. "If you are struggling with History, or with any of your classes, especially in the theoretical side of things, please come see me. I can promise you a cup of tea and no judgement. Unless you're coming to tell me how much you hate history. I might judge you then. But I can't help you if you don't say anything. We're here to help, but I'm not a mind reader and I can't necessarily help you unless you tell me you need help." Gabrielle gave a pointed look, smoothing down her robes again. "And if you're finding it easy, and want to learn some more unique and interesting things, I can help you out. I'm sure there's plenty of more exciting research projects out there that are so fascinating you might not even think of them as work." That wouldn't necessarily entice too many people, especially since she wasn't really offering house points for it. Knowledge was a greater reward, at least so Gabrielle thought. "Anyway, that's all for today. Go on and get fresh air and make the most of not getting hand cramps."

Homework
RP the lesson.

 

[Winnie Calida]

Winnie walked into the history of magic classroom and greeted the professor with a little smile and wave, to be sure that the professor spotted and recognised her. She glanced at the front of the room as the professor got started on what they be covering which seemed to be major figures. This wasn’t something bad really, Winnie was sure it would be interesting, but she didn’t love that, and she didn’t love that the professor then moved on with the lesson not to teach them anything but just to let them talk, instead of doing that she opened her books and read over what they’d done in the previous year and then approached the professor. ”Professor, who is your favourite historical figure? Is it someone we’ll cover?” she figured that this would be a good time to continue to be known to the professor and to try to gain favour.

 

[Primrose Kaster]

Most of the classes Prim was doing this semester were incidental as the only one she really cared about was Herbology and then through that, Potions. Despite that, she was trying to get decent grades so as not to disappoint Sam and Hazel. History of Magic, for example, she found to be quite daunting because she’d always been more of a hands on learner than someone who learnt through lectures and books. Reading a set of instructions and not immediately then performing the task wasn’t going to easily help her to learn, she just didn’t really get it. She understood it was an important subject, but that didn’t mean she was any more interested in it than in Astronomy or whatever other classes she needed to take this year. She knew what she liked she she didn’t learn well in this kind of an environment - not that she knew how she could really learn better her way with History of magic - maybe a trip to a museum? As the lesson came to an end, she tucked her heavy notes away and got ready to head out, offering the professor a polite nod as she did so. There was some research topics she could think of to try, but it wasn’t going to be her best work, she could already tell.​

 

[Daiki Saito]

Daiki walked into the history of magic classroom and took his usual spot in the room. He glanced towards the profesor as the woman introduced herself and then introduced them to what they would be doing within this classroom. He nodded along and then they were just allowed to do anything, so he turned to Kairi and just struck up a conversation with her, instead of doing anything that might be seen as more productive. He did that until the lesson was wrapped up and he then headed out the room.