Class 2: Second Years

[joshua]

Walking into the class Joshua was looking through his gradebook. Only three people were passing. Since only three people decided to send me there chart, the others got a 0/50 which brings your grade down to an F. He was hoping to have a chance for bonus points, so he decided to have a short quiz. To name all the gods. Seemed simple enough.

Class 2: Second Years
Activities of Mt Olympus
Please name all the Gods/Goddess for extra points. Only three people are passing right now, you can still send me your chart in! It will save your grade!

Hoping the students would get the hint to send me there chart to get the grade up he sat down. Leaning back in his chair he waited for the students to come in.

(OOC: Owl me the quiz)

[Ashley Tapping]

Ashley walked into the classroom smiling. She had sorta liked the last class. She herslef had grown up being homeschooled so she really never had to do homework before. She liked doin the chart.... It made it more fun for her. She walked in and looked up at the board. "Proffessor Thomas could i do the quiz even though i did the chart?" She hoped that she would get to. SHe already knew all of the gods but it would be fun just to do. She took a seat at the spot where she sat last time and waited for class to start.

[giraffe]

Nessa walked into the classroom. Wow she was actually early! This was a first. Nessa smiled to herself. Proud of being early, let alone on time. She smiled even more when she walked in and saw that Ashley was in there as well. She smiled to her. "Nice to see you Ash!" Nessa said taking note of what was on the board. "Yeah me too Professor! Are we two of the three that are passing? Because ill do the quiz!" Nessa said enthusiastically smiling to Ash. She took a seat next to Ash. "Cool, we both are passing!" Nessa said smiling. "I have a B in class so far. What about you?" She asked taking out a note book and quill for notes in this class.

[Ashley Tapping]

Ash turned around to see her good friend Nessa Hansen walk into the class. "Nice to see you too! and i have a B in the class too." she said smiling proud of herself. Doing the chart wasn't really that hard. Well okay so it sorta was but she had fun doing it. Wow she had forgotton to get out her stuff. Bending down she grabbed her bag and placed on her desk a ink bottle, quill, and parchment.

[cremefilled]

Sev began to walk into the classroom with his chart in his hand. Stopped to read the board. He was supossed to turn in the homework before the next class? Well, then that was his mistake. He did not mean to do so. He handed his chart to the teacher apologizing for his mistake and went to his seat to take the quiz.

[joshua]

Smiling at everyone who was coming into the class Joshua turned his attention to Ashley who had asked a questoin, "Of course you can, if not you would get 0 points, the quiz is for everyone." He said smiling. "Oh and 10 points for Gryffindor for being the first house here." Once he said that Seventru handed him his chart. "Very impressive," he told him. He then sat back down at his desk and started to look over the chart in detail.

[cremefilled]

"Thank you very much, sir," Sev muttered from his desk. He then completed his quiz and looked around at the other two students in his class. This seemed really weird to be in the smallest class, this term. There weren't too many second years at the school right now. Sev only knew one of them, Troy, who he hadn't seen in ages. Well, there were only these two other girls around right now, so he decided to take the opportunity to introduce himself. The class hadn't started yet, so he was allowed to socialize once the girls finished their quizzes as well.

"Hey," he nodded toward them. "I don't think we've been formally introduced. Name's Sev."

[Ashley Tapping]

"Okay thank you!" she said to Mr. Thomas smiling. "Hey," Ashley turned around and said smiling, "Hi Nice to meet you Sev I'm Ash. This is my friend Nessa. So you did the chart too?" she asked half in question half in statement. While she waited for either Sev or Nes to reply she got started on the quiz.

[giraffe]

Nessa smiled, so they could do the quiz. Yes! She thought to herself. Lets see, all of the gods/goddesses? hmm this should be pretty easy since she just did the chart. Nessa smiled to Sev. "Hello, it's nice to meet you!" Nessa said. "As Ash said, Im Nessa!" Nessa said smiling to Sev.

[josie]

Josie walked in to the class room a small smile playing about her lips. She was on time and she knew she was she had been determined not to be late for her second lesson. She had missed most of the first lesson but she had done her best to catch up and she was actually enjoying the class.

She sat down in the middle of the class, and pulled her things from her bag, sitting up she read the bored. Name all the Gods? What in the world? Or just the ones they had covered, Josie frowned unsure of what she was meant to do. The few other students that were there seemed to know what they were doing and she didn't want to interrupt.

She shrugged her slender shoulders and putting quill to parchment she decided to just get on and hope for the best. At least this would pass the time till the lesson started or a familiar face entered. She recognised the other students but she didn't actually know them.

[joshua]

Fixing his attendance records and his grade book, since a few students turned in there chart Joshua noticed the bell should ring any second. Standing up and carrying his lesson plans over to the podium in the front of the class. After he set the lessons plans down, the final bell rang. "Good after noon class!" He announced.

"Like I told my 1st Year students, my old Muggle History Teacher always started out the lesson with a small review. Since it took the whole class period to explain about the Gods I will just simply review all the Gods." He announced, turning toward the board he started to write,

1. Gaia - Goddess of Earth
2. Hestia - Goddess of Hearth and Home
3. Demeter - Goddess of the Harvest or the Goddess of the Fields
4. Hera - Protector of Marriage
5. Athena - Patron Goddess of Athens, the Goddess of Wisdom, and the Goddess of Weaving
6. Artemis - Goddess of the Hunt
7. Aphrodite - Goddess of Love and Beauty
8. Persephone - Queen of the Underworld/Maiden of Spring.

"You will have to remember all 8 of those and what they were a god of for the final exam, so I suggest you write them down. Now, today we will be talking about the activities of Mt Olympus, first of, Mt Olympus was were the Gods went to get away from the Muggles. Can anyone tell me what they used to make sure no Muggle got there?" He asked.

[josie]

Josie put her quill down when the professor started speaking, she was done with her quiz and had begun to doodle so it was probably best the lesson had started when it had.

She mulled over his question for a few seconds, she had a good idea of the answer but she wasn't sure if she was right, to voice it or not to voice it, now that was the question!

Deciding it was better to answer and possibly be wrong rather than not answer at all she spoke up, "Did they use charms and Illusions?" She asked, "Like the ones cast around the school to keep muggles away? By disguising or hiding it they could ensure no muggle could find it." She added. She was only guessing but she was sure she had read that somewhere before. At least the bit about the school.

[giraffe]

Nessa looked up to the board. She was so glad that she had done the chart, for now this was easier to learn. She wrote, on a piece of parchment, the gods/goddesses that the professor had written on the board.

Nessa had no idea, she started to flip through her book to try and find the answer maybe. She bit her lower lip as she could not find it. She looked to the professor, hoping he would not call on her.

[joshua]

A big grin formed on Joshua's face. "Very good Ms. Felling, five points to Hufflepuff!" He announced. "The thing is though, the spell on our school makes it look as if the castle doesn't even exist. They had the mountain on where Mt. Olympus and the could see it!" He explained. "However, most Muggles were afraid of what the Gods would do them if they went up and disturbed there resting place."

"However, after a while the Muggles decided to go to Mt. Olympus, this reason was becuase they needed things that the Gods could only do. When the first Muggles came to the mountain, the witches and wizards were almost amazed. This was the first Muggle Visitor ever, his name was Razo Mero. He was a Muggle Scholar. So what do you think the witches and wizards did to poor Mr. Mero?"

House Points
Hufflepuff: 5

[cremefilled]

"Killed him," Sev said grimly. "I've heard all these stories that the gods could not be seen or those muggles would burst into flames. That was a good way to protect the wizards and witches." He shrugged. The fear of death would definitely create the greatest protection for the 'gods.' But would they actually be that cruel enough to go and kill an innocent, curious soul. Sev's eyes opened wide. He was an innocent, curious soul!