Well, I think that's an excellent idea, teaching wizards about how the rest of us manage. It's a pity they can't do the same for non-magical children, but--I suppose no one would believe it.
[One hand flies to her mouth when he mentions traffic fatalities born of pure stubbornness. How horrid--but he's quite right, they ought to move on.]
Oh, the one I'm teaching on ancient Egyptian rites and rituals. We'll be mummifying rabbits and toads as a sort of practical experience, along with the usual reading and discussion. Which would be a great deal of fun in general, but it's also...
[She pauses a moment, trying to decide how to explain the course's particular appeal.]
The entire course, you see, was the idea of one of the students. He's a very bright boy, but he has a rather nihilistic view of his education--keeps insisting that he'll never go to any sort of university. Apparently, they've all been destroyed where he's from.
He mentioned that he'd be interested in a course that involved learning how to mummify animals, and when I said we could do that, he was absolutely delighted. [She smiles at the thought of it, glancing down at her tea. There's something thrilling about knowing she's had such an effect on someone's learning.] It's proven to be a fairly popular course, actually; I've got more students in that class than in any of the others.
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[One hand flies to her mouth when he mentions traffic fatalities born of pure stubbornness. How horrid--but he's quite right, they ought to move on.]
Oh, the one I'm teaching on ancient Egyptian rites and rituals. We'll be mummifying rabbits and toads as a sort of practical experience, along with the usual reading and discussion. Which would be a great deal of fun in general, but it's also...
[She pauses a moment, trying to decide how to explain the course's particular appeal.]
The entire course, you see, was the idea of one of the students. He's a very bright boy, but he has a rather nihilistic view of his education--keeps insisting that he'll never go to any sort of university. Apparently, they've all been destroyed where he's from.
He mentioned that he'd be interested in a course that involved learning how to mummify animals, and when I said we could do that, he was absolutely delighted. [She smiles at the thought of it, glancing down at her tea. There's something thrilling about knowing she's had such an effect on someone's learning.] It's proven to be a fairly popular course, actually; I've got more students in that class than in any of the others.