Class 4: Third Years

[Queety White]

Queety would have loved to be sleeping right now, but instead, she had to take care of the first bit of Den's class. A little miffed but otherwise fine with the situation ['Cause he owed her one now], Queety sat at her desk with a cup of tea to stay awake. Perhaps I should try coffee some time, she thought, her eyes drooping slightly.

Well, at least she would not be here the entire class. As soon as Dennis came, she could head back to her bed an sleep until the fourth year's class.

History of Magic
Class 4: year 3
TA: Dennis Gregory

Please take a seat. Mr. Gregory will be in shortly.

[sweetjen51]

I walked in quickly, taking a seat. Pulling out my book along with the several rolls of parchment I had filled with notes. I smiled at the professor as I waited for the T.A. to show up.

[Professor Sebastiania Bouvier]

Sebastiania walked into History of Magic classroom. She was probably failing this class so much. But she really didn't care right now. There was no fun in classes anymore without someone to talk to. Maybe today class would be different.

Seb took a seat and sat down. The Gryffindor pulled out all her supplies and got ready for class.[/size][/color]

[ma]

As the young Ravenclaw known as Miss Melissa Atherton entered the History of Magic classroom, she noticed that something just wasn't in place. She didn't have to climb a mountain to get into the room, nor did she arrive in time to take a pop quiz. No... Instead, she just entered the classroom. Seriously, was this teacher of hers taking a vacation? All of the teachers these days just seemed to wander off without an explaination.

There was a note on the board, behind the professor: Please take a seat. Mr. Gregory will be in shortly. Wasn't he 'in shortly' last time? This guy just couldn't enter a class on time these days. So Melissa just took a seat in the middle of the room, sighed, and pulled out some parchment and a quill.

[chloiewhite]

Letting out a tired sigh, Chloie walked into the HOM classroom and looked around. She hadn't really liked this class lately, but at least Melissa was there.

And I guess I didn't even go to the last class...so I can take it.

She walked over and sat down beside her friend, dropping her bag with a thump on the floor. Giving a small smile in Melissa's direction, she pulled out some parchment and glanced to the front of the room.

Queety?

Leaning toward her fellow Ravvie, she whispered, "Hey, did the T.A. quit?" Then she saw the board saying he would be there shortly. "Oh, never mind," she sighed. "Do you like this class?"

[den]

Running a little late due to the fact of a quick meeting with a friend he rushed to the room. Only five minutes late he smiled at Queety and nodded. "Sorry I'm late, Thanks Queety." He nodded again.

Moving to the board he wrote down on the board, 'Today you will ask any questions you wish on the story of Salem and they will be answered'. He nodded looking over his writing still looking at Queety's writing which was on the left side of him.

He turned to the class and smiled, "As you see on the board today you will be asking any questions you have about Salem Witch Trails and I will answer them. Though instead we will partner up in groups of three or two if you wish and come up with some questions. Then try to answer them and then we will share the questions and I'll give you the correct answers." He nodded.

"Lets go!" He smiled.

[Queety White]

Queety grinned, glad to see that Dennis had arrived. She nodded and headed out the door, glad that her duty here was done. She slowly opened the door and stepped outside. She did not want to fully leave just yet. She wanted to see how this class was doing and making sure it was going well before she could comfortably leave. She stood just outside the doorway, listening.

[ma]

"Seriously, this class could be better," Melissa said, turning herself so she could make sure she wasn't giving her teacher a bad reputation in front of his face. "Among all of the false information and the fact that he gave us a 'pop quiz' about something I never studied for, I say I wish I was a Fourth Year so I could be learning rather than having a hard time. Yes, I enjoy his incentives -- in the last class, I recieved a donut to the face. But still, I mean..."

Before she could finish, in walked the man who would be teaching yet another class. Sighing softly, Melissa thought this guy could lose his job if he kept coming into class late. All of the obligations that he had on his hands had been getting on her nerves. Why doesn't he just let the professor teach the class if he's going to be late? This is absolutely ridiculous.

Her eyes followed the teacher's path, watching him make his way to the front of the room, where he eventually began to write something down on the board. This was a question and answer class today? Okay, that wasn't too bad. But it was what the teacher said after the fact that made Miss Atherton a little hot-headed. He had told the class that they were to get into groups of two or three and then come up with questions.

Uh... Partner up? She would hate to break the news to the teacher, but in her mind, it would have been a lot easier to just think of questions on her own and then ask him. The Ravenclaw thought that the teacher's suggestion of partnering up would have been a divertion from a straight line between point A and point B. Of course, she wasn't willing to pick a fight.

Turning back to Chloie, she looked at her like she couldn't believe that she was forced to do something like partner up just to ask a question or two. "This is not one of those incentives," she said, whispering to her Ravenclaw friend. "Regardless, do you want to partner up?"

[chloiewhite]

Chloie nodded, giving sort of a half-smile. "I'm not really sure why we need partners...no offense...but yeah, I'll be yours."

She thought about what Melissa had said about incentives and donuts, but didn't really understand.

"There were donuts? I wasn't here for the last class..." she explained. "So...um...what questions do you have about the Salem Witch Trials? I guess we should write them down."

Pulling some parchment, a quill, and a bottle of black ink out of her backpack, she wrote the title "HOM: Salem Witch Trials" and waited to hear her friend's ideas.

[xxbrokenheartxx]

Aaryn rushed into class, late. Oh, they were partnering up again. Aaryn saw that there was only Melissa and another girl she did not know. There were other people, but they didn't look to alive. Not enough food in their system? She supposed she would have to partner with them. She set her stuff on the table and walked over to them. She did not say anything. She looked to the board, almost dreading it. She frowned. Of course. Of course. They were doing something where Dennis wanted the class to interact. How fun. -.-

Today you will ask any questions you wish on the story of Salem and they will be answered

She liked this class less and less. She had only liked it last time because there had been food. Food was very good. But she didn't really like Dennis. He couldn't win her over with just food.

[Professor Sebastiania Bouvier]

Salem Witch Trials. Fun. Like they didn't already know that stuff. What person hasn't heard of the Salem Witch Trials? Everyone has and it was a boring subject. All the same stuff. Innocent people get killed. We got it. Next subject please.

Sebastiania sighed. Interacting? Please. Seb didn't interact with no one but Lysander; since that was her only friend. She could tell by the class she didn't like anyone. Their personalities. Ew.[/size][/color]

[den]

He didn't care. He didn't care if the students didn't like him or not. He had a job to do. That's the point. He was the leader of the circle and no one can do anything about it. So what that first lesson was a mistake. Come on everyone makes mistakes? Right? So it's not big deal. He finally got the point that it's not the students way that they get it's his. So he was the man.

He looked at them and said, "If you don't want to work together thats fine. Work alone the reason I said partner up is so I can get more highly qualified questions I can answer for you. Though since you don't know much of Salim Witch Trails ask anything you want to know about it." He ended.

[ma]

The Third Year wanted to help out her friend. She really did. But for some reason, it felt as though the carrot that was coaxing the rabbit had suddenly disappeared. There was no way of getting her to do the work assigned. The way he had set the lesson up was going to benefit whom? It wasn't going to help Melissa learn more about the Salem Witch Trials unless she put her hand up into the air and asked him regardless of partnership.

And that's what she did. She quickly threw her arm up above her.

"Sir," she stated, not really caring what this guy thought about her opinions. "I want your full synopsis about this. That way, I can start thinking about questions. At this point in time, I can tell you that there was a Sarah Good and a Tituba. Other than that, I have nothing."

Boy, was she showing a different side to her that nobody had seen yet. All of a sudden, she had become this alien who didn't mind if a little talking back hurt her reputation. She wanted to know something about this subject? The only thing to do was request that information be discussed.

[den]

Dennis sat on his desk and waved his legs back and forth a bit. He smiled looking at Melissa. He thought for a minute. Man they don't have a sense of creativity at all. All it is is about complaining. He sighed a bit. "Right so what do you want to know about Salem? Close your eyes for a minute and think of what you though there was back then and how things happen and then share it with your partner or just right it down." He said. "Use some creativity for Pete sake."

He shook his head and sighed. Geez he had a ton of questions if he was a students. Like how old was Tituba when she died or maybe who was accused of Witch Craft and did not die. We did some small fact in the last lesson. Think!

[ma]

Melissa, believe it or not, was starting to become seriously peturbed. Was this guy becoming a complete jerk or what? She suppressed the feeling to roll her eyes, for the sake of being sane, and twitched in her seat so she could rest her chin on her hands.

"Okay, here's another question," the Ravenclaw said, now willing to start complying with whatever he wanted her to do. "I'll start with something a little simpler than a full synopsis: How long ago did this take place?"

So, of course, we had to start with a date. At least she thought on her own two feet -- well, one actual, human foot. But still, she started simple, and she was ready to hear what the teacher would say in return.

[den]

It wasn't until then he really was rather upset with the students. Well not that much though rather. Finally for the sake of the class she asked a question. He nodded and said, "The story takes place in the year of 1962." He said. "Within' that time Nineteen people were hanged and four died in prison." He said nodding his head.

"Come on bring it on." He said still pushing his legs back and forth.

[ma]

This whole thing started in the 1960s? Wasn't that more of a flower power era rather than a time where people were killed over some witchcraft thing? Come on, I'm sure if someone had decided to fire a spell for some unknown reason in the 1960s, the least that could happen to them was that they'd get sent to prison or something.

Melissa raised an eyebrow, sort of perplexed over what this guy had just said. She obviously knew that if there was a common name like 'Sarah Good', this whole timeline of events just couldn't take place in the twentieth century. Once again, she raised her hand, peaked with a little interest.

"Who were the people accused of witchcraft," she said, already aware that this teacher was probably getting annoyed by her Ravenclaw-like actions, mixed in with a little snarkiness. At least she was enjoying the lesson for some obscure reason or another.

[den]

Did he say 1960? Wrong. "I'm sorry Melissa it started in 1692. My mistake. I keep getting confused with the 1900's and the 1600's."

He bit his lips smiling at the next question. "I'm glad your asking these questions. 5 Points too Ravenclaw for putting effort into class." He said. "There were allot. Based on the date and month." He said.

He walked up to the chalkboard and picked up a piece of chalk.

June 10
Bridget Bishop

July 19
Rebecca Nurse
Sarah Good
Susannah Martin
Elizabeth Howe
Sarah Wildes

August 19
George Burroughs
Martha Carrier
John Willard
George Jacobs, Sr.
John Proctor

September 22
Martha Corey
Mary Eastey
Ann Pudeator
Alice Parker
Mary Parker
Wilmott Redd
Margaret Scott
Samuel Wardwell

He put down the piece of chalk and turned back too the class. "These are a list of the witches and wizards who were accused and when they died." He said. "Then there are people who died in prison." "Though the people in prison don't have an exact date on death." He nodded.

[nicolev]

Adriana sat down at a desk as Dennis apologised for getting 1962 and 1692 wrong in regards to the Salem witch trials. Her lateness didn't bother her as much as it would've normally, but History of Magic wasn't such an interesting subject anymore. As she unpacked her things for the lesson, Adriana frowned gently, gathering from the rest of Dennis's comment that they had to ask questions of him to get their information. The plan didn't make sense to her, but, what was she? Just a student.

"Sir," she said, putting her hand up for perhaps the first time since Dennis had taken over the class. "Wouldn't it be a better idea for us to get some background knowledge on the Salem Witch Trials before we question it? I mean, for all you know, some of us may not even know where Salem is," she said, not trying to be arrogant this time; her confusion was definitely not an act. She did know where Salem was, but it was the first example that popped into her head.

Her hand lowered but her comment continued, a slight arrogance coming to her tone of voice now. Nothing she couldn't control after all. "I mean, obviously it is a place where witchcraft was not tolerated, but it wasn't tolerated in most countries of the world. All you've given us, as far as I know, is a list of names of people that were killed for practising witchcraft."

[den]

He looked at the late student and shook his head some. "You know we did some basic facts a little on Salem already though since you insist of being late you don't know what's going on. The point of this lesson is to ask anything you want to know of Salem Witch Trails." He nodded his head.

"Other countries is not part of my curriculum but since you want to know there was a couple of countries that was against witchcraft though wasn't as strict as Salem." He said. "If you wish for me too continue I will." "Plus I'm pretty sure we all know where Salem is but that probably just came from your head." He giggled a little.