Class 1: First Years

[joshua]

Wow, this has been a crazy weekend. After applying for History of Magic TA, then getting put on hold for the weekend, then I wake up Monday and I'm on my way to Hogwarts! The day I get here I start to teach! This is going to be a great and crazy year I can already tell. As I walked into my classroom for the first time I noticed it was a bit messy. That will have to wait. Students start to come in 5 minutes, so I need to hurry. I walked up to the board and wrote,

History of Magic
Lesson One - The time of the witches
Mr. Thomas
Be ready to take notes!

Once I wrote that I decided to review my lesson plans for my first class of the term.

[symantha]

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[wolfeh]

Faye walked into the History of Magic classroom and hoped she would do better than she did the last term. Without Sev, she wasn't sure if she even wanted to be in the rom. It wasn't exactly her favorite class, although she did enjoy it. As she walked in, she read the board and took a seat in the front so she could pay attention better. "Morning Mister Thomas." she said as she reached in her bag for a writing utensil and a piece of paper.

[jarodlacroux]

History of Magic is another class he could look forward to other than Defense Against the Dark Arts. Not only would they not be taught by Professor Lupin and her antics to make the class hip and comfortable, but they were more challenging as well as very informational. Plus he had a desk to write on and keep him awake instead of a comfortable couch he could easily fall asleep in. Also, the walls were reflecting the reddish tint from couches that Lupin decided to colour the whole room in.

He entered more chipper than usual until he caught sight of Symantha Grey. This certainly was not going to work when he was going to have her in almost every single one of his classes this term. Jarod distanced himself, ignoring the fact that she sat almost to the front of the room, which he had to pass her by to get to a desk somewhere near the back. Jarod would rather be a thousand leagues away from her than sit next to her like she had done in their previous course in Defense Against the Dark Arts.

[siren]

Studying ancient Egyptians didn't sound the most entertaining. At all. But, it was better than hanging around a school and doing nothing. Plus, it would totally be a change from all of the "magic-using" courses that rarely had homework. Now she would have things to do and places to see and people to meet... Well, maybe not the last two things. But Brenda was extra-good at imagining that she would. It would be like a mass field trip... inside the class.

Whatever. She looked around to take in her bearings. There were those two kids again. The boy (what was his name?) looked miserable as ever. The girl didn't seem to care, but she sure wasn't happy with him. Brenda debated sitting next to the guy again... But that would seem stalker-ish. Brenda instead took a seat a few rows and columns away from the boy. At least she was closer to him than she was to the girl. Maybe he wanted Brenda to sit by him... Maybe not.

She slid out her textbook (it was way too heavy for everyone, she assumed) and plonked it on the desk with surprising quietness. It didn't make a big sound... she thought, disappointed. But that was all right. It wasn't the end of the world. She also withdrew a notebook and green pen, since quills and parchment didn't yet cut it for her. Maybe she could be professional and use those "old school" things when she was an upperclassman.

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[yanni]

Yanni walked into his History of Magic class. History and Litrature had always been his favourite subjects back in the Muggle world. Yanni wondered if it would be taught the same, only with witches and wizarding people. He found a desk, second row back to the left of the classroom. Placing his bag under his desk, Yanni sat down.

[gerardturner]

<sup>History of Magic? Eurgh.

He could not help but roll his eyes sadly at the thought of having such a class today. He hated it. The class forced him asleep when listening to one lecture on this, that or another. But he could not do anything about it. Gerard had to take it. No wonder he sat at the back of the classroom though (that way he was less likely to be seen). His face was pressed against the wood of the desk. How boring. Alex needed to arrive soon.</sup>

[Mimi Suicide]

History. Erm...Mimi didn't know they would learn about history here. That's just weird. Mimi knew that she must know some facts about wizard thingies and all that but they have to take history? But the only good thing about this school though is there is no math! Yay. Mimi + Math = disaster. Mimi + History = bleh!

As Mimi slowly walked into the classroom, she saw a boy roll his eyes. He probably had the same thought about history. With a whisper she said to him "I know. History + meh = blah!" she said to him. It might be weird for him to just see her come up and talk to him but whatever. She has the same opinion on history and he probably have the same opinion on math.

[emmawinters]

Emma walked into the classroom and looked around, observing her surroundings.

Not bad...looks like it needs a little clean-up job but I'll live with it. What choice do I really have?

She smiled to herself as she took a seat, between Gerard and Jarod. She said her hellos and then brought out a blank piece of parchment and her quill, ready to begin.

[jazziojazzio]

Throw it away. Forget yesterday.

We won't hear a word they say, they don't know us anyway.

AnnaSophia skipped happily into the classroom, scanning it quickly before spotting a familiar brunette. She waved at Emma and cheerfully took a seat in front of her. She noticed another familiar brown haired boy and smiled at him quickly before taking another long sweep over the classroom. The classroom seemed pretty simple, it reminded her of the World of Literature class she had had yesterday. It was an interesting class and she was still in search for a poem. But she needed to find something that would prove that she wasn't just a little girl wanting to sit up with the big kids... she wanted to prove to her that she was a decent first year who had enough of a mind to be able to choose a poem that didn't start with Roses are Red....

She pulled out her quill and ink and a roll of parchment from her messenger bag that she carried around with her, and all it's colourful buttons pinned to the flap. She bit her lip and tucked her hat away in it's front pocket before sighing and writing down the day's date. Eventually, she looked up from her calligraphy and took a moment to notice the name on the board. Mr. Thomas... that sounded familiar. Joshua Thomas? She arched her brow and glanced at the teacher whom she recognized right away to be an old family friend of her's.

She smiled widely and quickly wrote her name down on her parchment in messy letters before she jumped to her feet and quickly walked over to his desk where he was quickly reviewing the lesson plans.

"Joshua?" she asked, curious to know whether it was him or not, "Do you remember me?" she grinned happily, hoping for a yes. She was known not to be one of those forgotten girls that you just look twice at and forget about them.

[alexandra]

"Must be on time...must be on time" Elenor whispered to her self she had been late to one lesson so far and was not about to make this a routine she was determined to make it to History of Magic on time even if she was dreading the subject. She entered the room and found a seat at the back of the room. Read the board and reach into her bag and got out her quill and parchment preparing to take notes.

[eveeee]

Evelyn wondered through the hallways looking for her next class. Evelyn entered history and looked around. Evelyn saw Mimi so she waved to her. Evelyn then took a seat and waited for class to begin.

[sophieann]

Third lesson in, and Sophie-Ann was starting to get the hang of her school routine, or so she thought. Popping her head round the door, the sight of some fellow first years confirmed to her that she had the right room, and strolled into the room. She had arrived in plenty of time, so continued almost the whole way to the back of the room, where she seated herself to the left of a young man, whose robes, like hers, bore the lion rampant emblem of Gryffindor upon the breast.

"S'up," Sophie-Ann said casually, as she began to remove her various pieces of school paraphernalia from her satchel.

[joshua]

I was glad that most of the first years where here. With the 31 students that signed up for this class, only 12 where here right now. I decided instead of holding up class for who knows how long to wait for the others I would go ahead. The others would be late, but I might decide to let them off being there first day. I was rather surprised when my long ago neighbor, Anna, came out of no where! I had heard she was starting school but I had no idea she was coming here. "Well hey there, long time no see?" I said with a smile. "We will have to catch later and talk about stuff, I got to start class" I said with a smile and then motioning her back to her seat.

I got up and stood in front of the class, "Good morning everyone, 5 points to Slytherin for being the first house here!" I announced, "If your schedule says History of Magic - Joshua Thomas, then you are in the right class." I said hoping to lighten up everyone. "In this class, I use the Muggle way of grading, A (the highest) then B, C, D, and the lowest, an F. To pass this class you have to have a D+ or higher. Anything bellow it will be considered a fail. Now, I will try in this class to not be as boring, I will try and get projects happening. Also, you must take notes, I will at times ask for you to turn in your notes for points. Important key terms, dates, names, etc. need to be taken down however you want to. Also be prepared to have a small quiz before every lesson sometimes and a worksheet at the end of the lesson. However today is going to be the boring day I'm afraid, there is no much we can do hands on."

"This year we are going to be learning a lot about Ancient Egypt, it ran from 3200-2270 BC." Hopefully they wrote that down, I thought to myself. "In early Egypt there was only one type of magical people. Those were the witches. There were no male wizards during the time period. Can anyone tell me why was that?" I asked looking around the class.

[jazziojazzio]

"Alright. I'll come by later." Anna replied smiling happily after being motioned back to her seat. She sat down and smiled giddily. This class got quite a bit more interesting. Hopefully, he hasn't changed one bit. She smiled and quickly jotted down her name again at the bottom of the page, her house and year year in elegant calligraphy. It was a simple skill she possessed. Simple calligraphy was... actually quite simple to her. She listened carefully to what he was saying, jotting down simple notes. Want to see her page so far?

• Ancient Egypt (3200-2270 BC)
  
• Only Witches (because...
  

And it stopped there. Why were there only witches back then? Was there some sort of lack of men in Egypt? Or... were they just those myths, but real? Anna had no idea, so she just kept silent and glanced around the room to see who might know this one.

[emmawinters]

Emma smiled in relief. Muggle grading, yes!! Being Muggleborn herself, she wasn't sure of the wizarding way of grading and was extremely relieved when Mr. Thomas announced they graded Muggle style.

Quill flashing, she had already written down:

• Ancient Egypt
  3200-2270 BC
  
  
• Only witches, no wizards because...
  

But his question had stumped her. Why were there no wizards in Ancient Egypt?

She raised her hand timidly. "Did it have anything to do with their religion?" she asked, not completely sure of her answer.

[chelsea]

Oh darn. History of Magic. If anything, Chelsea wasn't worried about this class. As she bundled her hair into a ponytail, a rather high one at that, and it still left her hair dangling about her shoulders. A sigh, as she arrived at the HoM classroom, and entered. Please, let it end fast. The last thing Chelsea wanted was to keep learning about some more History. Thanks, Muggle School had promptly been covering American History so much, it made her want to just throw her History text away.

Slipping into class, and mumbling some incoherent apology to the TA, she sat at the side, near the door, since it was the most convenient place. It had started, and glancing over at some people's notes, she followed along. Ancient Egypt? Witches? She had missed a lot.

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[Chadwin Forwick]

Shawn walked into class, he sat in a seat in the back and waited for class to start. To him, he wasn't even there he was on a stage waiting for the curtains to open so he could rock out. "Oh wait... Class already started" he thought to himself.

So he raised his hand "Is it because, males were too afraid to get burned, because of practicing Wizardry?" he asked. "Or is it because males back then considered Witchcraft or Wizardry a girl's thing or sport."

[wolfeh]

Faye took down notes as he told them to.

• 3200-2270 B.C.
  
• Only witches. No wizards, because...

Faye thought for a moment. It seemed fairly odd that there we no wizards, but she couldn't figure out why there wouldn't be. Raising her hand, she asked, "Um, excuse me. If they didn't have wizards, how did the magic move from one witch to the other? Wouldn't the magic be, um, cleaned out or something? Or wouldn't a boy with magic be born after that long? Did it have to do with evolution; ya know, survival of the fittest-they gain magical powers once they realise they're going to be wiped out?" she asked, thouroughly confused. She hoped she wouldn't be that confused for the whole term.

[siren]

The class finally started after some way too friendly chatter between teacher and student. Like that isn't playing favorites, she told herself, but merely slid the cap off of her pen. Required to take notes? Excellent. It helped that writing it down was a good memorization technique. Then again, Brenda had a really, really good memory for these sorts of random facts anyway. She wrote down what the teacher said.

• Ancient Egypt from 3200-2270 BC
  
• No wizards only witches

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She thought for a moment, trying to think up a logical answer. If there were only witches... All the guys would have to be squibs, right? Because even if a muggle Egyptian and a witch Egyptian had a baby boy, the boy would have to be a half-blood squib, assuming that there were actually no wizards, with no exceptions.

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