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Post by william on Oct 2, 2006 20:49:29 GMT -5
Professor Mason had high hopes for this class. After all, they seemed to be the most engaged group of students. He only hoped that the break didn't completely erase all they had learned before, because this lesson was a continuation from last.
He supposed he could spend some time reviewing, but he much rather moved onto something more exciting. Well, Syllabary probably wasn't all that exciting to everyone except himself.
He wiped the board clean with a wave of his wand, before opening the door, welcoming his 5th years to enter.
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Post by Drew Thornton on Oct 2, 2006 21:29:46 GMT -5
Runes was usually one of his favorite classes. He wasn't exactly sure why, but it was. maybe because he liked cracking the codes. Maybe because it wasn't really something he needed. Maybe it was because it was something his sister never took. Whatever, he ususally looked forward to it.
Today, not so much. As much as he told himself he was being stupid, he still didn't like wearing his dang glasses... and there was a lot of reading in this class. He had done well enough this long without them, maybe he could hold off a little longer?
"Hullo Professor Mason," he greeted with a small smile as he took his seat, wondering who else would show up to class.
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Post by william on Oct 5, 2006 7:08:33 GMT -5
"Greetings Mr Thornton," the man grined probably a tad too widely and looked fondly at the boy. He did seem to have a lot of potential at the subject. He would offer personal tutoring and even a nice reference letter into any specialized Runes study. But the last time he offered that to someone, it didn't end quite well.
He was so busy being excited that he didn't realize the boy wasn't exactly his usual self. "Studying a lot over break?" he asked, thinking that's what a studious student would do.
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Post by Drew Thornton on Oct 5, 2006 18:37:58 GMT -5
{*cough* not wearing them, sorry}
Drew shrugged back a bit sheepishly, not sure what was considered 'a lot'. He had done all of the homework assigned over the holidays, which was more than most of his friends had seemed to do, but he hadn't done much more than was necessary. Sure, with OWLs coming up, he probably should have done more, but after all, it was vacation.
"How were your holidays?" he asked, seriously starting to think he would be the only student in class.
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Post by william on Oct 10, 2006 22:14:15 GMT -5
"Quiet, but relaxing," he replied. He never really understood why people wanted to party til they dropped whenver they had a vacation. To him, a vacation was a time to relax, allowing the mind and body to recharge so as to prepare for the work later on. A nice book or two, perhaps a dinner with family and close friends, up in the mountain, that's his idea of a vacation. But he also suspected he never was a very social person to begin with.
And because of that, he also wasn't sure how to continue the conversation in the most entertaining ways. "It looks like the vacation has greatly reduced the number of 5th years in my class though."
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Post by Drew Thornton on Oct 10, 2006 23:37:05 GMT -5
Drwe shrugged back, not exactly sure where the other guys were. They had shown up for other classes. maybe they dropped Runes and didn't tell anyone?
"You could just give me all the points you were going to hand out and then we could call it a day," Drew suggested with a crooked smile. He hoped the professor would take the joke as it was intended and not as a smart-mouth comment.
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Post by william on Oct 16, 2006 22:27:36 GMT -5
"Or you can pay attention to the last topic of Linear B and hopefully do me proud in your OWLs," the man answered, a similar crooked smile mirrored on his face.
"For some unknown reason, I am ahead of myself in almost every single class," he said out of the blue. "I somehow managed to compress all materials into 3/4 of the planned time. Do you think it's a bit fast?"
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Post by Drew Thornton on Oct 16, 2006 22:40:29 GMT -5
"Not for me," Drew answered with a wide grin. He had always been a fast learner, but was still surprised how quickly he had picked up Runes.
"And you don't have to worry about me and my OWLs. I'm going to ace this one," he said confidently, his grin getting wider if that was even possible.
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Post by william on Oct 31, 2006 23:15:15 GMT -5
The man smirked. He knew a lot of the Ravenclaws generally did well in school. But this particular one was either really full of himself, and just very very confident. His attitude made the professor very very curious. Sure this was his first year here, but he had to wonder, how much did he really learn in his previous years in Runes?
"That's nice to hear," was his respond. If young Mr Thornton really aced the course, he would love to arrange to have special lessons with him next year, should he choose to continue his study in Runes. "But that we will have to see."
"Back to today's lesson, we are going to talk about Logograms. In addition to phonetic signs, Linear B also has several logograms. Some of them are pictorial in appearance, while others are more iconic or symbolic," he continued. Then, with a smirk, he held a piece of chalk out towards the boy. "It shouldn't be too surprising that they had logogram for men and women. Care to take a guess what those look like?"
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Post by Drew Thornton on Nov 1, 2006 0:58:08 GMT -5
"My guess would be the symbols for Mars and Venus," Drew answered, taking the chalk and drawing the symbols on the board. "The ones we still use today." It was a logical guess, but still, as his first instinct, just a guess.
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Post by william on Nov 7, 2006 22:55:05 GMT -5
"Good logical guess, 5 points," he commented. His guess was a bit too typical, but at least it's logical. The professor still couldn't believe some of the answers he had had to the very same question. "But Linear B has a much better way of representing men & women," he started to draw on the board. He paused for a moment, and drew two other symbols. "I will give you 10 points for this, if you can figure out what these mean."
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Post by Drew Thornton on Nov 7, 2006 23:08:18 GMT -5
"Just ten points?" Drew asked, thinking that was kind of a hard question, especially considering he was the only student in the room. He could do the easy thing and thumb through his book, though he didn't think he'd be able to find it in a decent amount of time.
And then, there it was, in the first chapter he checked. "Barley and olive oil!" he answered with a wide grin, pointing to the page. "The one for Gold looks kind of neat."
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Post by william on Nov 7, 2006 23:14:03 GMT -5
(Lol, I guess you found where I got the symbols? ;D)
Professor chuckled, and drew the symbol for gold on the board also. "I would say it's quite an easy job to get your 10 points," he replied. "I personally like the syllabogram for wool. It actually looks a bit similar to the one for my name."
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Post by Drew Thornton on Nov 7, 2006 23:22:14 GMT -5
{ah, the magic of google}
"And 'jar' too," Drew added, pointing to another symbol. "It makes me think of the Egyptians and how they stored body parts for the dead to use in the afterlife. Like they stored a heart in that jar, you know?" Gruesome to be sure, but you better belive he'd remember it when it came time for OWLs.
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Post by william on Nov 9, 2006 20:50:38 GMT -5
The man grinned. Finally, someone who actually cared about ancient runes. "Good connection between the two systems. People often use items from day to day life in the early form of writing," he commented. A rather odd thought appeared in his mind. Somehow, he believed his grandpa would love to meet this boy.
"Sixth year students study Egyptian Runes, if you do continue to take Runes next year," he continued. "And for next class, do you want to do a bit of combined lesson? So you won't be the only student?"
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