The Professor (Queety)

[joshua]

I decided during my prep time I would go up to the Professors offices and talk to the Professor of HOM, Queety White. Walking up the stairs that lead to all there offices I was hoping she would be in, since it seemed like a lot of other TA's have never even met there professor! I got up to the top of stares and went inside, I was surprised to see tons of doors! I was expecting it to be one large open room. After walking around through all the doors I found the one with "Professor White, History of Magic". Once I found it, I knocked three times and waited for her to reply.

[Queety White]

It was a rare occasion when Queety was actually in her office. She never really liked the place as she associated it with hard work. Now, let's be realistic here. Does Queety ever like to do hard work? But luckily, she happened to be in there this time, putting away her textbooks from her last classes. With a knock on the door, Queety stood up straight, frowning. People rarely came by to see her in her office. Well, this would be a surrpise. She quickly flicked her wand toward a candle and it lighted itself. She enjoyed the smell of candles whenever there was a visitor.

Then, tucking a piece of blonde hair behind her ear, Queety went over to her door and opened it with a smile. She was surprised not to find a student there but a fully grown man. She stared at him for a moment, unsure of who he was. She had never seen him before in the castle. She figured he must have been a new teacher. A lot fo them came with the begining of every term.

Then, it clicked in her mind. He must be her new TA. Grinning, Queety stepped to the side and let him in. "Hello. Come on in. I'm Queety," she introduced excitedly. She then held out her hand. "So, correct me if I'm wrong but you're the new History of Magic TA, right?"

[joshua]

I started to think that Queety was not in her office. It seemed like a lot of Professors don't enjoy there office for some reason. I kind of like it, I get to talk to other TA's since we are all in one big room. It's almost like an office building for a business. I can't wait to get my own office one day, that would have to wait though. Have to be a Head of House to get that. As my mind wondered off, the door swung open. I almost jumped to be startled. However, I resisted to.

"Hello Queety, and yes, you are correct. I am your new TA for History of Magic. I suppose I could call you my boss" I answered. I shook her hand back, "Well Queety I was hoping we could share ideas of how you taught when you where a
TA. I don't want to bore my students to death by lectures." I said with a laugh.

[Queety White]

Queety grinned. "Me? Your boss? I think it would be best to just call me your collegue. I don't really think I'm above you. I only teach higher level classes but you are going to work harder," she admitted. "You see, the first through third years are the largest classes." She chuckled and closed the door. "Come sit down and make yourself comfortable. Can I get you anything to drink? Coffee, tea, water?"

She sat down across from him. "So, you want some advice on how to handle the little rugrats?" Queety smiled. "Well, I think the biggest thing is keeping them entertained. Most find History of Magic to be one of the most boring subjects and you've got to keep them into the class. The last TA played music or had the students act out certain time periods. You've got to be creative, you know? You just gotta keep them going."

She sat back and smirked. "So, tell me about yourself..."

[joshua]

"Well, while I was reading my contact, I said you could fire me" I joke fully said, "suppose no need to really worry about that if I'm not doing anything bad." When she closed the door I slowly walked inside the rest of the office. For some reason, I always was scared entering someones office for the first time. "I wouldn't mind some sweet tea, if you have any made up" I replied to her request.

I sat down in one of the large comfy looking chairs in front of Queety's desk. When I sat down in them I noticed, these are better than my office chair at my desk! They sure don't like to treat TA's good here I suppose. But we all start off at the bottom of the food chain. When she gave me some advice, I started to think about some ideas. "I suppose I'll have to see what they want to do, might do some hands on things. We will see"

When she asked me to tell her about myself I started to think to myself, history lesson time! "Well I was born in London, on the Muggle side. So I got to visit one of there hospitals, of course I don't remember it. My dad was the Headmaster at a leading Muggle School, and my mom was one of the history teachers there. I am 24 years old, I'm a rather serious person in the classroom, however outside I care about people and have a sense of humor, or I try to" I said with a laugh.

[Queety White]

"No problem," Queety said, pulling her wand out of her back pocket and waiving it. Being pretty good with charms, it was not too hard to conjure up some sweet tea. She handed the cup to him and conjured herself a glass of water. She took a sip and listened to what Joshua had to say about himself. It sounded well rehearsed, and while it gave her the basics, it did not really tell her who he was.

When he mentioned Muggle School, Queety flinched slightly. She hated that one term at the muggle school back in America that her parents forced her to attend. But then she regained her composure, not wanting to think about bitter memories at the moment. She nodded when he finished.

"Okay, that's great. But it doesn't really tell me who you are," she said. "For example, I could say, I'm a recent Hogwarts graduate, seventeen years old, muggleborn, and second youngest Hogwarts professor, but that does not tell you much about me. Now, if I said, I'm clumsy, really optimistic toward life, and an aspiring novelist, then you really know a bit about me. So, again, tell me about yourself..."

[joshua]

I was a bit surprised when she pulled out her wand to get the tea. I was never really good with my wand doing those type of things. I was a bit embarrassed when I gave Queety my whole entire history. I must of miss heard what she asked me, and I gave her my history of my life instead. I gave a small laugh, "I suppose I got carried away with my history of my life," I said as I moved around in my chair, "I am a very very organized person, you should see my grade book and other files, you could call me a serious person inside the work place, but outside class I am a nice, outgoing person. I help anyone who needs to and thats about it." I replied, hoping to said it right this time.

[Queety White]

Queety smirked. "No big deal. I'm not saying the history of your life is boring. I just want to really get to know you," she winked. Then she sipped her water. After swallowing, she noded. "An organized person," she grinned. "That's just what I need. And as long as you are having fun with teaching in your class, your students will have fun learning. Don't worry about that."

She sipped her water again. "Okay, next question," she laughed. "I'm sorry to be giving you a million questions but it's the best way for me to really understand and know you. If this seems to awkward, let me know. I know I'm naturally an awkward person.

"What made you want to teach History of Magic. Were you interested in the course in school? Was this the only class available when you applied to teach? What was it?"

[joshua]

"It can't be boring, we are teaching history." Joshua replied with a smirk. Taking a good sized drink from his tea, Joshua listened to what Queety had to say. When she said she needed a organized person, Joshua replied, "You should see my desk, its crazy. And don't worry about me not having fun, I love history."

"Don't worry, I seem to get asked a lot of questoins" Joshua replied with a laugh. As he listened to Queety ask the next questoin his mind went back to when his Mom was a History Teacher and all of that good stuff. "My parents were always around education, my mother is in charge of the schools History Department, my favorite subject in school was history. However, I was taught Muggle History, I went to college for Magical History. Now, my turn to ask a questoin," he started, "What happened to the last TA?"

[Queety White]

Queety nodded. "So education was a part of your life through growing up. That's awesome. I'm glad to see that you are doing something that would make your parents proud," she said. "My parents expected me to be a doctor or a lawyer, not a teacher and an aspiring novelist. And certainly not a witch. But times change as you grow up I supposed." She glanced out the window quietly for a moment before sighing and turning back to Joshua with a grin.

"Well, Den, was actually an awesome person. I'm really sad that he had to leave but apparently, the students were not too happy with him. From what I was told, he never really followed the curriculum and did his own thing. So, he was left to make the decision whether or not he wanted to stay and so he decided to leave since so many of his students did not like him. I really am not sure why so many felt this way. He was the best- even though he was the only- TA I had ever had."

Queety shook her head. "Sorry to tell ya but you've got some competition," she smirked and sipped her water. "I wouldn't be too concerned though. Just make sure the students are having fun with it."

[joshua]

"Education was very in deed a part of my life. Spent days at the school long after the other students were gone. Had to do things to keep myself entrained after I done my homework." he explained with a small laugh. A doctor? Must be hard to become a doctors these days. "Well it seemed like they had high hopes, my parents pretty much excepted me to become a teacher. Guess it worked out for them." He replied taking another drink of his tea.

After he found out that Den, must be the old TA, was pretty good he was ready to make sure Queety found out that he was better. "Hopefully I can replace him, but the students like me." he laughed. He was almost surprized when she said she had competition, he gave anouther laugh. "From the first lessons the students seem to like me. Hopefully it will work out. "So, tell me about you?" he asked.

[Queety White]

"Yeah I guess they did," Queety shrugged. She knew she had failed them once she disassociated herself from them. But she wanted to be a part of the wizarding world even if her family didn't and she knew that she was going to be a better person in the wizarding world than she ever was as a muggle. "But I think I'm doing just fine. There's only three recently graduated students who made it as professors," she winked.

"Well, as long as the students are happy, that's what matters most. We want them to stay in this school and more importantly, stay in our classes. I think if there's any class that most of the students drop out of is History of Magic. It drives me crazy how people think it's boring. With the exception of one event my first year, I never got bored with History of Magic. But anyways, I think it will work out," Queety smiled her magical smile.

"Tell you about myself?" Queety sighed. "Well, I've already told you a good chunk. Hmm... what am I missing? Well, when I went to Hogwarts eons ago, I was sorted into Mihael, and at that point, Mihael was a new house. A lot of people did not want to be part of it because it wasn't one of the 'original' houses. But because of me, my best friend Jackie, she's the Transfiguration Professor now, and Joseph and Nova- they disappeared shortly after graduation- showing everyone how awesome it was to be a Mihael, it became a lot more popular. We showed that Mihaels had the most fun because they were not afraid to be themselves. I'm definitely not afraid to be myself, even if some people think I'm beyond odd..."