Third Years, Lesson One

"Good morning, everyone," Gabrielle greeted, watching as the students took their seats. "Welcome to third year History of Magic. For those of you who do not know me, like if you've transferred in or have amnesia or a terrible case of face blindness, I'm Professor Gabrielle Moncrieffe. I am sure you know by now how you are expected to behave in a classroom. We'll all treat each other with respect and we'll all get along just fine." At least she didn't really have to go through the rules at this point. "I don't mind whether you want to use quills or pens, whichever you are most comfortable using. I just need to be able to read your writing, so choose wisely."

"This year we will have more essays, of course, but we will have some field trips." She smiled at the students, hoping that would perk everyone up. "I hope you all have some muggle clothes on hand for travel. Let me know if you don't and we'll sort something out. I'll let you know well in advance before we travel so you can be prepared," she added, hoping to be encouraging. While Gabrielle enjoyed books and studying history in the comfort of her room or the library, there was something special about going to historical locations, actually seeing the remnants of ancient civilizations and societies. Hopefully the students would enjoy them, too. "Educational field trips, in part at least so we can get away with it, but it'll be a nice change of scenery."

"I won't keep you too long today, as I'm sure you already have plenty of work to get to. Or plenty of gossip about your break and who danced with who at the Yule Ball to get to. I'm not judging." She'd give them enough to do in time, but with how busy third year was she certainly didn't want to overload them. "Just a reminder that if you're struggling, be it with history, with any subject, or with anything else, my door is open - within reason - and I am more than happy to listen and try and offer a helping hand where I can. And if you want to engage in further history study, I am even happier to help you out there, too." People often had interesting niche interests in history that they wouldn't cover in the classes, and Gabrielle was keen to cultivate those interests if students were looking for a means to do so. "That's all. Have a good week! And make sure you come ready to write next lesson." With a slight smirk, Gabrielle waved off her students, straightening herself back up and tidying her desk as the students filed out.

Homework
RP the lesson. That's all!

 

[Primrose Kaster]

Prim wasn’t sure she was excited for classes to return, because it meant that her holiday was at an end, but she also didn’t hate school, so it was a bit of a balanced response she thought. It helped that she admired Professor Moncrieffe because she thought she was a strict, but fair person. And she appreciated it when she knew what to expect upfront. Thankfully, she would probably be good for that up to next year, and then in her OWLS she would have to get used to a whole new set of people and he really didn’t know what to think about that if she was honest. She sighed a little at the mention of field trips though, because she’d never really been into them too much. She liked being able to just do her own thing in class. She appreciated the reminder that the professor was there if they needed anything, but she was honestly more likely to talk to her Uncle than anything, or though it might have been nice to have someone to talk to who had a mostly neutral impression of her. Since Ben knew her better than most people at the school. The class wrapped up then and she quickly headed out to find something to do. First week lessons were the worst.​

 

[Elijah Edogawa]

Eli could admit that things were not simply going his way as he might have liked. Training to be an animagus was a lot harder than he’d thought, after all, and so he wondered how things would go. He’d been doing all kinds of reading over the break trying to wrap his head around it, but he had no one he could talk to about it. He didn’t want to tell anyone he was doing it because what if he failed? He didn’t have anything else to fall back on in that instance. History class though was simple, and easy to focus on. It was names and dates and feelings, things he could understand easily from a book. There wasn’t a lot of practical applications for theory work, and history was one of his better subjects. He didn’t like the first week of classes though because they more often than not didn’t really do anything that required them to learn anything. SO he didn’t even open his note book because there was nothing for him to take a note of. When the class ended then, he yawned a bit, tired from everything already, and thought he should seek out Professor Potter and let her know he was ready to begin again this semester.​

 

[Felix Layton]

History was one of those subjects that Felix had to take because if wanted his ideal career, then it was important to have the grades in this subject. He took a seat but his mind was quickly elsewhere, glancing around to the room to see with whom he could interact with. Cassie wasn't in this class, heck she wasn't even in this year, so he knew he wouldn't be able to distract himself with chatting to her in his lessons. His eyes landed on a blonde from Hufflepuff, and as the professor continued to talk about what they'd be doing for the year, Felix was instead doodling. He didn't know Primrose well enough to know what she would find funny, so he just drew something that amused him, instead. When the professors back was turned, he levitated the note, watching as it floated gently down on the Hufflepuff's desk, before turning his attention seemingly back to the lesson at hand. Felix was curious what the professor would deem as an appropriate field trip for a history lesson. Once the class was over, Felix packed up his things and headed out.

@Primrose Kaster

 

[Eoghan Blyth]

Eoghan was taking this subject because he believed it would give him good practices that could help him in all elements of his education. It wasn't just the context that was important, but the way they'd be writing essays until no doubt his fingers went dumb. By the end of the year he felt as though there was no way he wouldn't be confident in his writing, and the things he'd learn from the subject were just a bonus on top. Taking some notes, Eoghan was glad to hear there would also be a few field trips to break things up. The one they'd taken last semester for Muggle Studies had been eye opening so he had no doubt these would be too. At the end of the lesson, Eoghan packed up his things and headed out of the room.

 

[Lilith Ilves]

History had been a stable favourite of Lilith's since her first year. it had always piqued her interest, which let's be honest most subjects seemed to do. Walking into the classroom she gave a smile to the familiar Professor before taking a seat next to Eoghan. Taking a few notes throughout the lesson she was glad to hear there'd be some field trips, those were usually fun. Getting outside of the castle every now and then was a nice and welcome change. By the end of the lesson the Ravenclaw packed up her things before heading out.

 

[William Potter-Cade]

William rolled his eyes as he watched Felix attempting to get the attention of yet another girl. He tried not to get involved in the drama that came with his friends love life, he had of course broken his cousin's heart and while William should have taken Esme's side, and in some ways he had, it was hard to take things too seriously as even by her own admission they hadn't really 'been together'. But William was sure he had seen the Hufflepuff girl dancing with his other cousin Nox at the Yule ball. He hoped Felix wasn't about to get in the middle of something. He turned his attention back to Professor Moncrieffe who had said something about not getting distracted by gossip, whoops. He took notes but as it was an introduction lesson there wasn't much to cover. There would be a lot of lectures and some field trips, so maybe it wouldn't be that bad. Once the lesson was over William packed up his notes and made his way out of the classroom.

 

[Forrest Kaster]

Forrest walked into the classroom and took a seat with Prim and Eury. He listened to Professor Moncrieffe talk about the fact they would have a lot of lectures which Forrest didn't look forward to, but then he never did enjoy lessons that involved spending the whole time inside. He took some notes but he mostly listened to Prim and Eury. He watched as a Gryffindor boy sent a note towards Prim's desk and scoffed, "Merlin, not him," Once the lesson was over Forrest packed up his things and made his way out of the classroom with both girls, The note left crumpled up on the desk behind them.

 

[Lumos Walden-Cade]

Third year was so weird because he was taking classes with everyone which he wasn't used to, he wondered what it would be like when Tori came back. Probably not much different, she will have been away for the whole year by then and the rest of them had sort of worked out their own seating plans mostly. It made him a bit sad, he hoped she would be able to fall back in. The mention of more essays for the class made him sigh, because that's obviously what he needed in his life of course. He took as many notes as he could as he did so, and then once the class was finished he headed out.​

 

[Esme Styx-Cade]

Esme didn't pay much attention to the shenanigans happening with her classmates around her. She focused on Professor Moncrieffe's introduction to what they would be doing during the coming semester. There would be a lot of lectures and some field trips, which sounded pretty standard for history of magic. Esme took notes on some of the things they would be learning about during the semester. Once the lesson was over Esme gathered up her notes and made her way out of the classroom.

 

[Mason Warrick]

Mason headed into Professor Moncrieffe's classroom and took his seat. He didn't know much about the woman other than what he had seen of her around the school, though his exposure to her was pretty limited. He sat and took notes as she told them a little about what they would be learning during the semester and that they would have a lot of lectures and a few field trips. It sounded pretty similar to how it worked back in Scotland. Mason packed away his notes at the end of the lesson and made his way out of the classroom once dismissed.

 

[Daiki Saito]

Daiki walked into the history of magic classroom and took his usual spot int he room. His gaze moved towards the professor as she got started. Unsurprisingly re-introducing herself before telling them what eactly they would be doing. He was eager to learn more history and the idea of field trips was definitely interesting to him.The lessonw as then mostly wrapped up, they were just given time within the lessona dn the class to talk about things, but Daiki just took the opportunity to head off.

 

[Sayuri Edogawa]

Sayuri didn't mind History, it was one of the classes she liked. She'd taken her usual seat and kept an eye on her siblings before focusing on her notes. There wasn't much since it was the first day back in class, so all she had to write was that they'd be having a couple of field trips this semester. Great. As for consulting with the professor for help, she didn't think she needed it.​