Professor Tallec
February 06, 2015 2:16 AM
Two Truths and a Lie [Beginner Class] by Professor Tallec
Richard sat at his desk drinking a steaming cup of lavender tea, mulling over the events of his weekend. Although his clothes were no longer wine stained, the embarrassment of the event lingered. Mary, his girlfriend of 2 weeks, dumped him for what she called ‘being unfaithful’. Richards eyebrows furrowed at the memory, resolving to never date a muggle again. Apparently Richard having a live-in maid (AKA Rosie the house elf) meant that he was also a two-timer, to which Richard argued she was being absolutely ridiculous, he wasn’t even Rosie’s type! Unfortunately he couldn’t introduce her to Rosie to prove just how wrong she was, due to the fact that Mary was among the ‘non-magic folk’. Instead, he took a glassful of Merlot to the face along with the very comforting words of his (ex)lover to go ‘drop dead’.He sighed, taking another sip of tea to relax his nerves. Why can’t I just find a nice, sane witch? Is that really asking for the world? Even though he was a young bachelor without many worries, something, weather it was his job, location, or the fact that he was a wizard, always seemed to prevent him from finding the one, or at least a nice girlfriend.
His attention was quickly drawn away from his troubles as his students began to arrive. Finishing off the last sip of his tea, he stood up to greet the class. “Welcome,” he greeted in his usual cheerful voice. “Now as you should know by now, today is a hands-on day. I expect that the What I know, and What I want to know columns of your KWL charts on Kneazles have already been completed like I asked you to do last class for homework. If they aren’t, please take time now to fill it out while I lecture, I expect you to finish the What I have Learned column for homework tonight,” he said as he sent the chalk whizzing away to dictate his speech. The KWL (What I know, What I want to know, What I Learned) chart was a standard feature for his class, although the advanced students didn’t use it as much, he found that it was a perfect tool for first and second years to begin thinking critically about magical creatures.
“I’ll try to keep this short so we can move onto the fun stuff as quickly as possible,” he promised as the chalk scribbled the page number on the board. “The Kneazles is an interesting creature in that it is related to, and similar in appearance to, a cat. Many have spotted, speckled or flecked fur, large ears and a lightly plumed tail, very much like a lion,” he said as he walked around the room, checking to see if his students had done their homework.
“It is for this reason, they are thought to have separate breeds. They make excellent pets if they like a witch or wizard as they have a very high level of intelligence, and are independent. However they are occasionally aggressive, and have the mysterious talent to detect suspicious and distrustful people. Like many creatures in this class, you will find that juveniles tend to be oversensitive compared to their mature counterparts. Which is where today’s activity comes in,” he said closing his book and giving the class a playful smile. He was really excited about today, he thought it would be a lot of fun for the beginners, and frankly he just loved hands-on days.
After a wave of his wand, the two boxes under his desk moved to the front of the room where the students would be able to pick a Kneazle hybrid, or a full blooded Kneazle. Picking up one of the full-blooded baby Kneazles, he held it up for the class to see. He loved all creatures, but something about the sappy look of Kneazles made his heart melt. “Each of you will take a Kneazle. Second years are required to take a full-blooded Kneazle, and first years may have their choice of either. However first years should keep in mind, when they are not interbred, Kneazles have a XXX classification,” he said as he pet the cute little ball of fur in his arms. There was no rush for the first years to start working with XXX classified creatures yet, as they still had another year in beginners. The second years on the other hand, would soon be moving into intermediates, which meant it was important for them to learn how to properly handle high rated beasts, even if it was just a kitten.
“Once you have your Kneazle, I want you to partner up and play the game Two Truths and a Lie. You will tell your partner two things about yourself that are truthful, along with one lie sprinkled somewhere in there. It is your partner’s job to guess based on the reaction from your Kneazle which one was the lie. These are only babies so they should become too aggressive with just a lie,” he said placing the little Kneazle back into the box with the other full-blooded kittens. Although what he wasn’t telling them was that the Kneazles would become react much more to how well they lied rather than the lie itself, but he decided to gloss over that part, as he wanted his students to make some discoveries for themselves. He supposed that if someone was deceitful by nature the Kneazle may react more to them just by default, but they were only 11 and 12 year olds, they couldn’t be that bad. Right?
OOC: For the homework part, you are free to assume Richard may have calmly paused for a moment at your desk before moving on if you hadn’t done the homework, or something was interesting about your paper. Creative, realistic posts are worth more points. If Richard is needed, please tag Professor Tallec in the subject line. Posting rules apply. Please add house after name.
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Aislinn Nicolls, Aladren
February 23, 2015 5:31 PM
Compare and contrast? by Aislinn Nicolls, Aladren
Aislinn opened her green folder, green for the outdoors and therefore, for creatures, and put her homework at the edge of her desk. The paper was neatly separated into three columns and titled as requested by the professor. On one side was listed:What I know
Appearance:
Similar to a cat
Large ears
Plumed tail
Spotted, speckled, or flecked fur
Characteristics:
High level of intelligence
Can be aggressive
Ability to detect suspicious people
Other:
Have up to eight kittens in a litter
Can be breed with cats
Owners are required to have a license
Everything that she had written in the ‘What I know’ column was what she had read, but she had never actually had the opportunity to interact with one and certainly had other biological questions regarding the animal. So, in her second column, she had listed:
What I want to know:
What purpose does a Kneezles appearance serve? Is there a reason for having large ears or a plumed tail?
What gives them the ability to detect suspicious people? How do they react when confronted with a suspicious person?
Biologically, what factor causes the Kneezle to be a magical creature versus a regular cat? Is it similar to the properties of magic within people? Is it possible that a recessive trait can be passed among cats and a part Kneezle can turn up in a nonmagical litter?
She doubted that many of her questions would actually be answered in this class, but the question had been what she wants to know. She wondered how much research had actually been done in the field of magical genetics and more specifically, involving creatures. Did the library have any books involving the subject? If it did, then maybe she would be able to answer the questions after all. But for now, she would have to set aside such thoughts in favor of the lesson. Regardless of how scientific she was, even Aislinn couldn’t help cooing at the adorableness of baby kneezles. It was just about the cutest thing she had ever seen. Of course, it made sense given that she had a natural affinity for cats.
When they were released to do work, Aislinn went up to the box of half kneezles. She had wanted to pick out a full kneezle, but thought that it would be more interesting to see how well a half could live up to a full in detecting lies. Though, there was the variable of age since the professor had stated that they would be oversensitive. Maybe she would be able to find someone with a full kneezle to compare the reactions with.
All of the kittens in the box were heart melting and made her want to take all of them home, but she knew that this was an experiment and she could only take one. There was one that was smaller than the others with a mix of spotted and flecked fur and was gray and black. Aside from the markings and large ears, the half kneezle looked more like a regular cat than a kneezle, but it was certainly the cutest of the bunch. At least, it was in her opinion. Carefully, she picked up the little bundle and cradled it in her arms. She stroked behind its ears. Instantly, she could hear the kitten purring and starting to relax. “Okay, pretty kitty, we need to go find a partner.”
Finding the first person that didn’t have a partner, she approached them and asked, “Do you want to be partners? I picked a half kneezle.” She hoped they had a full kneezle for comparison. But even the differences in how two kittens reacted at all would be interesting.
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