Dating Grayson Powell LookingLovelyin her Classroom with her Students xxxFEELINGxxx Calm xxxTHINKINGxxx β I wonder what they'll have to say today, β
The rain is fallin' on my windowpanes,α α αxxx But we are hiding in a safer place.α α αxxxxxx Under covers staying dry and warm;α α αxxxxxxxxx You give me feelings that I adore.α α αxxxxxxxxxxxx ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
spaceAmata sat, perched as ever on her desk, and watched as her students came in and took their seats. She waited a moment for them to get situated and to take out their things before beginning the lecture."Afternoon, class. Today we'll be talking about a very interesting artifact, the Sword of Godric Gryffindor. As always, the notes on this subject are on the board for you to copy. The sword is, of course, not a legend itself, since we know very well that it exists. But, its history is something of a mystery. Being 1,000 years old tends to do that to an artifact, after all. It's hard to know the true history of anything that old. Some versions say that Gryffindor won the sword in a bet, some say he stole it from Goblins. The most common, however, says that he commissioned the sword from goblin craftsmen. Now, the reason for the discrepancy could be that, in goblin culture, when something is made by them for a non-goblin, once that person dies, the object then reverts back to goblin ownership. Of course, the sword was enchanted by Gryffindor to be summoned through the Sorting Hat so that, should a true Gryffindor ever be in need of it, it was there for them. So, whether or not the sword was returned to the goblins by Gryffindor or not, it eventually ended up back in the hands of wizards. This is considered theft by the goblins."She paused a moment to give them time to take their notes before asking,"Any thoughts, questions?"She was curious as to what the students would have to say; the subject of the sword and the goblins ownership of it tended to make for an interesting discussion.
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Lesson 2: The Sword of Gryffindor
Lesson Closed
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Homework: Describe characteristics which you believe would make a person worthy of finding the Sword of Gryffindor and a situation in which it might appear to them.
Homework for Lesson 2 should be turned into Professor Harlowe's Office before the end of Lesson 1.
The Cup of Helga Hufflepuff was long regarded as a treasure of the wizarding world, being passed down from generation to generation through Hufflepuffβs family. It was said to be possessed of many magical attributes, although the exact nature of these is unknown. The best guess anyone can fathom is that, because Hufflepuff was well known for being adept at homemaking magic, particularly in regards to food, it might have, at some time, served some purpose in the Hogwarts kitchen. However, knowledge of the cup fell out of wizarding knowledge throughout the years, and the only person who might have been able to tell others its purpose was killed by Tom Riddle, also known as the Dark Lord Voldemort, in his quest to collect artifacts of the Hogwarts founders to make into Horcruxes. Hepzibah Smith, the last known descendent of Hufflepuffβs line, was shopping at the infamous Borgin and Burkes (what a descendent of Hufflepuff was doing in such a place is a question many have asked, but there seems to be no answer) when Riddle came in. She bragged to Riddle of her possession of the cup and the locket of Salazar Slytherin, both of which would become Horcruxes. Riddle attempted to purchase the cup from her, but when she would not relent, saying that she couldnβt bear to part with it, he killed her and took both artifacts.
Homework: Consider possible uses for Hufflepuff's cup and what magical properties it might have possessed.
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Dating Grayson Powell LookingLovelyin her Classroom with her Students xxxFEELINGxxx Calm xxxTHINKINGxxx β I wonder what they'll have to say today, β
The rain is fallin' on my windowpanes,α α αxxx But we are hiding in a safer place.α α αxxxxxx Under covers staying dry and warm;α α αxxxxxxxxx You give me feelings that I adore.α α αxxxxxxxxxxxx ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
spaceAmata sat, perched as ever on her desk, and watched as her students came in and took their seats. She waited a moment for them to get situated and to take out their things before beginning the lecture."Afternoon, class. Today we'll be talking about a very interesting artifact, the Cup of Helga Hufflepuff. As always, the notes on this subject are on the board for you to copy. The cup is, of course, not a legend itself, since we know very well that it exists. But, its history is something of a mystery. Being 1,000 years old tends to do that to an artifact, after all. It's hard to know the true history of anything that old. Unlike many similar artifacts, the lore on this object is scarce. It could be said that this is because, unlike some of the other founders, Hufflepuff was not prone to bragging, and her contributions to Hogwarts and history are of a quieter sort, more subtle and modest. There was nothing flashy about her; she was a hardworking woman, and valued such traits. That her most famous artifact is a mere cup is a testament to that. Now, it is perhaps because of this that no one really knows what the original purpose of the cup was. There are many theories, but none concrete. Knowing what you do about Hufflepuff and using the notes on the board, would anyone care to offer up a theory?"She paused a moment to give them time to take their notes before asking,"Any thoughts, questions?"She was curious as to what the students would have to say; this wasn't like most questions. It was very open-ended, and the answer could be anything, or nothing. She was curious to see how creative this bunch was.
ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ xxxα α αIt starts in my toes, makes me crinkle my nose. xxxxxxα α αWherever it goes, I always know xxxxxxxxxα α αThat you make me smile, please stay for a while. xxxxxxxxxxxxα α αJust take your time, wherever you go.
Homework: Consider possible uses for Hufflepuff's cup and what magical properties it might have possessed.
Homework for Lesson 3 should be turned into Professor Harlowe's Office before the end of Lesson 4.
Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2014 2:18 pm
Lesson 4: The Diadem of Ravenclaw
The famous Diadem of Rowena Ravenclaw was said to be a magical artifact that Ravenclaw had imbibed with the power to increase the wearerβs cleverness. Ravenclawβs daughter Helena, now better known as βThe Gray Ladyβ and ghost of Ravenclaw house, was jealous of her motherβs wisdom, and stole the diadem from her mother and hid away in Albania. Shortly after, Ravenclaw fell ill, and sent a man who had once been in love with her daughter to find her and make her return. Helena refused and so angered him that he stabbed her to death, and, filled with regret over his actions, killed himself. He would become The Bloody Baron, ghost of Slytherin. However, before the Baron found her, she had hidden the diadem in a hollow tree, and even as a ghost did not reveal its location for centuries. The diadem received a new nickname for her trouble, becoming known as The Lost Diadem. However, many years later, Tom Riddle would convince Helena to admit the Diademβs location. He travelled to Albania and found the Diadem. He killed an Albanian peasant and used this death to convert the Diadem into a Horcrux before returning to Hogwarts under the guise of applying for the position of professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts. He hid it away in The Room of Hidden Things, one of the many incarnations of the Room of Requirement. Pressed for time and thinking no student would be clever enough to discover the room, he failed to ensure any further magical safeguards. The Diadem would remain lost for many years to come, until Harry Potter was able to discern its location. Like Hufflepuffβs cup and Slytherinβs locket, the diadem was destroyed in the battle to defeat Voldemort once and for all.
Homework: Explain whether or not you believe that there is any merit to the belief that wearing Ravenclaw's diadem might increase a person's cleverness or intelligence.
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Dating Grayson Powell LookingLovelyin her Classroom with her Students xxxFEELINGxxx Calm xxxTHINKINGxxx β I wonder what they'll have to say today, β
The rain is fallin' on my windowpanes,α α αxxx But we are hiding in a safer place.α α αxxxxxx Under covers staying dry and warm;α α αxxxxxxxxx You give me feelings that I adore.α α αxxxxxxxxxxxx ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
spaceAmata sat, perched as ever on her desk, and watched as her students came in and took their seats. She waited a moment for them to get situated and to take out their things before beginning the lecture."Afternoon, class. Today we'll be talking about a very interesting artifact, the Diadem of Rowena Ravenclaw. As always, the notes on this subject are on the board for you to copy. I'm sure you've all heard of the fabled Diadem, a jeweled circlet that was said to increase the cleverness of the wearer. Its story is perhaps the best preserved of all those relating to the artifacts the founders left behind, primarily because two of the most important figures in it, Rowena's daughter Helena and her lover, are still around to tell the tale, as ghosts of Hogwarts Castle. However, I should warn you all, The Grey Lady typically does not care to share her tale with strangers, and the Bloody Baron even less so. Still, enough has been told that we know the facts outlined in today's notes, that Helena stole her mother's diadem and hid it away, only to reveal the location many years later to the man who would become Voldemort. It was then destroyed in the battle to defeat him."She paused a moment to give them time to take their notes before asking,"Any thoughts, questions?"She was curious as to what the students would have to say; this wasn't like most questions. It was very open-ended, and the answer could be anything, or nothing. She was curious to see how creative this bunch was.
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Lesson 1: The Sorting Hat
When Hogwarts founders Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and Slytherin first formed Hogwarts, they personally selected the students who would go to each of their houses. After a certain point, they realized that they werenβt going to live forever, and that they needed to find a way to sort the students once they were gone. According to legend, Godric Gryffindor, struck by a moment of genius, removed the wizardβs hat from his head and he and the other four founders βput some brains in its head,β which has long been believed to be a reference to enchanting it to both become sentient and gifting it with the ability of read minds. As few wizards have ever worn the hat more than once, its selection process has remained shrouded in mystery, despite the fact that every wizard or witch to attend Hogwarts was sorted by it, and thus subjected to that process. According to every source, it is supposed to place students as the founders would have, that is, by placing brave students in Gryffindor, kind students in Hufflepuff, smart students in Ravenclaw and ambitious students in Slytherin. However, evidence suggests that there is more to the process than this. Examples include the sorting of Hermione Granger and Neville Longbottom. Both students were sorted into Gryffindor, despite little evidence that either of them possessed the traits that would have led Gryffindor to covet either of them at the time. Granger, well known for being the smartest witch in her year, was quiet and bookish, almost certainly better suited for Ravenclaw. Longbottom was shy and clumsy, and most likely would have been chosen by Hufflepuff, and indeed is believed to have requested the hat place him there. In both cases, later in life they would come to exemplify those qualities which Gryffindor valued in his students. This would suggest that perhaps the Hat sorts students, not for the traits they possess, but those that they have potential for, which must be nurtured. It can be argued that perhaps, had Granger been sorted into Ravenclaw, she would have remained quiet and bookish, and never risen to her potential in the areas of bravery. Similarly, Longbottom, without the influence of the stigma of Gryffindor house, might have remained shy and unsure of himself. As both students played important roles in the defeat of the Dark Lord Voldemort, one reasons that perhaps the Hat was aware that the cultivation of these traits, they would have never lived up to their full potential, and leads one to question what might have happened in that fateful era without their presence in Gryffindor House. On the inverse, it seems that you need not possess those traits at all, as Peter Pettigrew was sorted into Gryffindor. In later years, he would show to be quite the coward, selling out friends James and Lily Potter to the Dark Lord Voldemort out of fear for his own life. Perhaps this is because the hat placed him for his own preference, as he is known to have admired Potter and his friends Sirius Black and Remus Lupin. It might also be surmised that the hat placed him in the hopes that his weakness would be overcome and he would grow out of his cowardice. Unfortunately, we know this was not the case. The hatβs assessment of Pettigrew seems to have been one of its rare misjudgments.
Homework: Recount your own sorting, and discuss what traits you believe contributed to your placement.
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Dating Grayson Powell LookingLovelyin her Classroom with her Students xxxFEELINGxxx Excited xxxTHINKINGxxx β New year, new students... let's see what this batch is like. β
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spaceAmata entered the classroom with a gentle smile, eager to start the new term. She assumed her typical stance, sitting on the edge of her desk, back straight, and looked over the classroom a moment before beginning."Hello, everyone, I'm Amata Harlowe, and I'll be your Mythology professor. You can call me Professor Harlowe. Now, when you arrive in my class, the first thing you should do is copy down the day's notes from the board. I'll give you a few minutes to do that, and then we'll begin a discussion on the lesson's subject. I'd like you all to know that this lesson operates mostly on a discussion basis. That is, I will give the information that the lesson covers, and then I'll open the floor for discussion. Any student who contributes will earn house points, provided that their contribution is not offensive or rude or disruptive. Please respect your fellow students and their opinions, even if you don't agree with them."
spaceAmata paused, giving them a moment to let that sink in. Not that she expected problems from any of them, but one could never be too sure, after all. After a decent pause, she began a short lecture."You are all, of course, familiar with the Sorting Hat. You have all had it placed upon your head, heard its voice whisper in your ear, assessing your personality, your brains and heart, and had it proclaim which house shall be your home. However, in spite of almost every witch and wizard to live in the United Kingdom for the last thousand years having come into contact with the hat, it still remains a mystery. Its methods are complex, its thought processes unknown. Though it knows exactly how the mind of every person in this room works, or at least how they worked on their first night in this castle, there is not a person in this entire castle who can say that they truly understand how the hat works. It is a complete mystery. At times, its choices seem obvious. Harry Potter was, of course, a Gryffindor. But, Potter would tell many people in later years that the Hat had almost insisted on placing him in Slytherin. It was only Potter's preference that he go into, in his words, 'absolutely any other house,' that prevented this from taking place. Now, to my Slytherins, please don't take offense at this. Remember that, at the time, Slytherin's reputation was standing in the shadow of the Dark Lord Voldemort and the first Wizarding War. Anything young Harry Potter had heard of the house was from the lips of people who feared that its reputation might prove true. Other examples of seemingly obvious sortings abound. And yet, there are examples of sortings that leave historians scratching their heads and asking, why? Why was Dumbledore, one of the brightest wizards of our age, a Gryffindor, and not a Ravenclaw? Why was the cowardly and easily influenced Peter Pettigrew placed in the house known for bravery? There are many theories, and few answers. It remains a subject of mystery. Interestingly enough, few people have ever asked the Hat. Now, does anyone have any questions, wish to share the story of their own sorting perhaps?"Amata stopped there, feeling as though she'd been talking her student's ears off. She did hope that this lecture was at least as interesting as the first lesson for Mythology two; students did tend to find the Sorting hat interesting, after all, right? She certainly had.
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Robin'Theo'Gibbs
House: Gryffindor{|}Dueler{|}Fifth Year
Theo walked into the classroom and taking a seat in a seat that was directly in the center and in the front. But what happened when the teacher confused him. 'Wait...I thought we already knew that she was our mythology teacher," he thought to himself, wondering what was with the introduction, but he then figured that it maybe was for the students who weren't in the class the year before or maybe skipped a year or something...then in that case it was actually a good idea. So, he figured the teacher knew best so they had to have some new people.
He started by taking notes promptly, not really knowing what else to do in the meantime. She had instructed them to do that after all...so might as well follow it. After finally finishing his notes, she seemed to be starting, which was good. He listened to her with great focus, not really knowing what was happening anywhere else in the classroom. As she finished her discussion about the sorting hat, he rose his hand, wanting to ask a question.
"Is it possible that the Sorting Hat also consider the potential of growth of the people it places maybe? So maybe the hat when placing...say...Peter Pettigrew, it could see that Pettigrew within the Gryffindor house could possibly grow into someone that is brave...of course this had not happened, and like you said, no one has a clue what processes the Hat goes through, but just wanted to know what your opinion is of the possibility?" he asked the professor, not too sure whether or not it was a dumb question. He was confident enough to ask the question however. He didn't care if it was a dumb possibility in the eyes of everyone.
I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.
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spaceEcho settled into his usual seat in the Mythology classroom, offering Professor Harlowe a small smile. He was glad to be back at school, this lesson in particular. It was always interesting. When she began the lecture, he took careful notes. When Theo spoke up, he raised his own hand in answer."I would say that your potential definitely has something to do with it. I mean, my sister doesn't usually seem like much of a Ravenclaw. She's brash and outspoken and brave to the point that sometimes it borders on stupidity. If we were sorted by a person, who just spoke to us, she'd have been a clear Gryffindor, I think. But the hat looked deeper than that, and saw that under all the bluster she was really clever, and put her in Ravenclaw instead. I think it wanted her to nurture that part of her personality. She's a sixth year now, and she's not any less brave or outspoken, but she uses her brains a lot more than she used to..."He trailed off, shrugging lightly."Me, on the other hand, I was an obvious Ravenclaw, I think. I don't think it had too look very deep to know that was where I belonged."Echo found that he was curious to hear Professor Harlowe's take on Peter Pettigrew, though. Was it that the boy could have been brave? If so, why didn't he ever find that part of himself? From all accounts, he died as cowardly as he'd lived. What had happened in his life that had kept him from growing? It was certainly an interesting question... one they probably wouldn't ever have an answer for. After all, everyone who had the insight necessary was dead. The hat could tell them why he'd been a Gryffindor, but nothing of why he had strayed from the path of bravery and valor. It was all theories at this point.
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Yeah, it's pretty clear, I ain't no size two But I can shake it, shake it Like I'm supposed to do
βββΏTanya slipped into the classroom right before the start of class and took the seat right besides Echo offering him a quick grin before pulling out her stuff needed to take notes. She honestly didn't mind taking notes for this class unlike in say Charms or History because this class actually interested her...or kept her interest. And today's lesson was not to disappoint. Listening to both Gibb's and Echo's comments and replies she could see their point and had to hide her snort of amusement as her friend used his older sister as an example to the Hat's persistent cleverness. "I sort of agree with Gibbs, on the point that the hat thought he could possibly grow into his bravery, but I also think what happened to Harry Potter happened there as well. I think that the hat probably knew that Pettigrew looked out more for his own skin and well-being and wanted to place it in Slytherin but he thought, like they all thought back then, that it was a den of evil and asked it to place him anywhere else. The hat might have thought he was helping him by placing him in Gryffindor along with the likes of Potter Senior. Sirius Black, and Remus Lupin because he had seen or would see what was inside them and hoped that they would be great influences. It's not his fault that his first instinct was actually correct. As for myself..." Here the girl gave a shrug suddenly a bit embarrassed. "I was apparently a rather obvious Gryffindor, but I like to think I've learned to look before I leap. Or at the very least have a plan B." Tanya chuckled.
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Theo was happy that his comment had turned some discussion among the three main students who usually participated. Echo seemed to agree with his point that the hats sees a potential of everyone, relating it to his own kin, which drew a well-hidden chuckle from him. He's seen his sister around the school and no, he's never really conversed with her; so he couldn't judge, but just by the picture that Echo had portrayed of her, he could imagine what she was like. He did take note on the whole idea that if people were sorted by a person that had spoken to them, then there might be some people in different houses...which was one of the more interesting ideas brought up. The thought had shown just how truly powerful the hat could be. The hat seemed to be this omnipresent being that could tell the future if it wanted...or just make the decisions that no one else can make. It was mystifying to say the least.
Then Tanya was up, in which she seemed to draw his arguments and expanded upon them even further, even relating Peter Pettigrew to the Harry Potter case. It surely was an interesting case in which seemed like it could've been. "I guess a more personal example that reinforces Tanya's claims that maybe the hat takes in whom the wearer into account would be around is myself really. When I personally got here, I had a tad bit of abandonment issues, and somewhat of a dark minds at times, mainly because I was brought up for the first seven years of my life in an old orphanage. Being adopted help, but I wasn't able to successfully expel many harsh memories really until I had gotten here, when I met a few of the people I call friends now. So, I wouldn't think that the hat would ever just look at a personality as static, which Echo's example argues as well, but rather, as dynamic, looking at the situation around the individual maybe even more than the individual themselves. Where would they thrive begins to sound like: with whom, with what, how, and where would they thrive," he said aloud, marking the first time that he ever revealed his story to anyone, barring a few. It was not a story he would usually ever share, but it kind of tied into the lesson a bit.
I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.
Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2014 9:21 pm
Lesson 1: The Sorting Hat
Lesson Closed
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Homework: Recount your own sorting, and discuss what traits you believe contributed to your placement.
Homework for Lesson 1 should be turned into Professor Harlowe's Office before the end of Lesson 2.
30 total House Points awarded to Robin Theodore Gibbs and Tanya Cherri of Gryffindor House. 15 total House Points awarded to Echo Lovette of Ravenclaw House.
The Sword of Gryffindor is a magical artifact. Originally crafted by goblin Ragnuk the First, the sword was sold to Godric Gryffindor, who presumably used it throughout his life in battles, in addition to his wand. Since Gryffindorβs death, there has been a lot of controversy surrounding the sword. Goblins hold that, once the original purchaser has died, ownership of any goblin made artifact reverts back to the goblins. However, the sword is regarded as a personal effect of Gryffindor, and has changed hands many times throughout the years. According to lore, the sword can, at any time of great need, be summoned by any who possesses the traits of a true Gryffindor, using the Sorting Hat as a portal, no matter its location. Examples of this occurring take place during Harry Potterβs lifetime, such as when he was able to summon the Sword to kill Slytherinβs Basilisk and when Neville Longbottom summoned it to kill Voldermortβs snake Nagini. The sword is said to only absorb that which makes its blade stronger, being incapable of rusting or staining. It is believed that, when Potter stabbed the Basilisk, it absorbed the snakeβs venom, making it capable of destroying Horcruxes, hence why it was effective against the snake.
Homework: Describe characteristics which you believe would make a person worthy of finding the Sword of Gryffindor and a situation in which it might appear to them.
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Also! Due to the hacker attacking Gaia, this lesson was posted a day late! So, students will not be counted late until FRIDAY!
