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Originally Posted by kayquilz  She raised her hand, though, the free one that wasn't hold her matte black umbrella. "Um. Of course environment affects them. Nature vs. nurture....people AND animals alike are affected by their environment. A jarvey kept in a small cage and nEVER let out would be a much more depressed jarvey than the ones we see there. It's just simple psychology, Professor Warner," Aboli said in her most know-it-all knooooowledgable voice. She was going to be a PSYCHOLOGIST like her mum and grandpa, yeah? So of course she knew simply eeeeeeeverything about it already. YEP. ”Well said,” Williamson thought about doing a slow clap for the Slytherin girl whom he THOUGHT was named Abigail, but he wasn’t sure about the name thing, and also thought slow claps in general were best saved for sarcastic clapbacks. “Sure, psychology, behaviorism, uhhhhhh, biology, whatever you wanna call your favorite branch of science.”
He honestly couldn’t remember the differences between any of those at this very moment. See what a good university education could do for ya? Nothing, if magic was making your memory disappear. Har har har stay in school, kids. SPOILER!!: Dr. Moreish Quote:
Originally Posted by Optimist.Prime ”oh my gosh my aunt would be soooo happy to see these guys” she squealed, before looking up at Professor Williamson, “sorry for the outburst” but seriously Melbourne would be thrilled. She listened to Aboli as she spoke and nodded, she had a good point, nature and nurture were both important with creatures and animals. It was something Tegan had always brought up at the dinner table whenever she had tried to drill a point about how their family should behave in society.
Raising her hands...yes hands, two hands shot up and then then one was immediately dropped down to her side as she stood there excitedly. “with Jarveys specifically or my limited experience with them, I’ve noticed that when they are with people they trust and feel comfortable with they aren’t as likely to curse and the curses that my aunts’ jarveys used were less...profane when it was just my aunt and her husband handling them, but when I was handling them it was loud and agitated because I was new to it and hadn’t raised it” she explained with a soft smile. “I believe, that what Aboli said is very true in this case as they nutured the creature it had become aquainted with them and felt safe and content with them” she paused, "like they were its natural family." even if they weren't...its natural family was in their back garden were they had a sanctuary for jarveys. Aww, look at that enthusiasm. Willy appreciated it, he did, it even got a smile out of him, even if he, for the life of him, couldn’t remember the name of this enthusiastic young lady OR her auntie. Uhhh. He WOULD have brought something more interesting for this lesson but here they all were, making do with the limited resources on hand, as teachers have been doing for centuries.
“This is a good point,” he nodded. So she was already answering the second question too, that was… fine. He’d only been working on memorizing stuff for this lesson for a while, that was all. “Great answer.” Hopefully someone else would write it down for them, yep. SPOILER!!: Nayayayay Quote:
Originally Posted by Daydreamer11 “Of course animals are affected by their environments.......just like people are. I think they are even more sensitive to their surrounding.” At least that was what she had observed. Animals were often aware of things that people didn’t or couldn’t notice. ‘If they are in a safe, positive environment, their behavior will be better. They are likely to be more content. If they are in a dangerous or negative environment, they could be angry or vicious or maybe less responsive.” It depended on the animal. ”Yess….” Williamson nodded and gestured for Naya to go on, hoping she would mention the CURRENT environment/school situation, perhaps. But she did not. Hmm. “This is a good thing to mention,” he nodded to her. A good answer overall, and she’d see why soon. SPOILER!!: Kourtney K Quote:
Originally Posted by Chelliephone Oh, but Professor Williamson DID want her help, and Minjae was now occupied it appears. Hearing the instructions, she nodded her head in understanding, offering a "Yes, sir" before grabbing her dragonbum gloves (that is what they were called, right?), she skipped them on and began tearing at the bale of hey and throwing it into the pit below. This wasn't HARD at least, and not gross since she could do it from safely up HERE.
Aaaand class was now starting! Listening to Professor W begin, K glanced between him and the Jarveys who definitely did seem... Excited. She had to bite her lip to keep from chucking as one of them SCREECHED at the class, and she decided she'd have to also include in her notes all the... Interesting things the creatures said this class period. Because learning COULD be fun, right?
Hmm, animals and different environments huh? And did they react differently? She couldn't help but think of all the times they'd been around creatures and the sheer responses alone between her two siblings. Creatures LOVED Naia but they were threatened by Regina because, well, reasons. She raised one of her hands to offer an answer as well, "They do react differently. Like Islay was saying in terms of a creatures comfort level with people, they can also respond differently depending on if there are other types of magical animals or beings in their vicinity. Like, if there is something more predatory around their instincts would kick in and they would be on the defensive." Bingo! THIS was the answer Williamson was looking for! Or, at least, one of them, as far as he could recall…
“ExaCTLY!” the Creatures professor power-pointed to Kourtney, or whatever her name was. He’d definitely picked up this exercise move from the Muggle Studies professor, aka his former student. “Keep this in mind as you answer my next question!”
Also… “Two points to Hufflepuff for your help with the straw.” And here, have his gratitude, too. SPOILER!!: Claudine Blazin’ Saddles Quote:
Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19 “How are we supposed to make our notes?’’ Claudine whispered to her umbrella partner. She for one was not going to sit on a wet stump. She’d probably have to forgo notes for this lesson. With regard to the question, she raised her hand. “Like everyone before me said, yes, environments are key to an animal's behaviour. Their habits, their way of life… if they utter phrases all depends on their environment. I wonder how the jarveys learnt to be so rude though.’’ Claudine eyed Williamson suspiciously as though he had been teaching the school jarveys baaaaad phrases. The look didn’t last too long, however.
“Achoo!’’
Stupid cold. Did Claudine, one of the few names he recalled properly, really think that Williamson had taught the jarveys their favorite phrases? “Oi, they’re the school’s animals,” he pointed out. “Most of ‘em were born and bred here and I last taught here… YEARS ago.” So they weren’t his pets. He wouldn’t comment further on her answer, for now, just nodding at the connection. She was already thinking ahead to his next warm-up Q, which was good.
What was not good? That sneeze. Williamson frowned at her. “You know, if you’re not feeling well, you can go see the school Healer…” He’d excuse her from class. She knew a lot about animals already and could make up this lesson later, if she really wanted to. SPOILER!!: Evan Georgie Boy Quote:
Originally Posted by GD2204 Raising his hand finally, partly to draw attention to him actually being there and partly to answer the question. “Well, the environment affects how the animal survives. Just looking at the basic needs, if the environment doesn’t have the food needed, the animal will struggle to survive” . Going with what Aboli said also, “If an animal is raised in captivity, it might struggle initially in the wild if it’s eventually released” . He really didn’t know about those particular Jarveys so he couldn’t speak for them but judging from their energy, the seemed like they would be fine in most situations. ”Right.” The answer was spot-on, as Williamson would expect from a student that had to be a seventh year, and a prefect too. This was a student, right? He was very tall, maybe even as tall as Williamson. Or MAYBE more adults had snuck into the school when that weatherman had. WWW couldn’t recall the prefect’s name, which was sad. He remembered liking the boy’s participation in previous lessons… vaguely…. He realized he was blinking and forgetting to reply further to Evan’s answer, so he called on the next student. SPOILER!!: EHEHEHE Armadillo Quote:
Originally Posted by ArianaBlack Ew. What was that STINK!? Nina immediately pinched her nose (no offense) and tried her best not to give Professor Williamson the sour look that he deserved. "We'll stand in the back as to not block anyone." Right Minaje? See, Nina was solution oriented. She also wasn't typically one to try reasoning with a professor right before class, but this was her HAIR. So.
The PDA comment just about did it though. She could feel the heat rising to her cheeks as she pulled her hand away from him and immediately whipped her head around to give Minjae a look. "I have a boyfriend." Incase he was getting any ideas. Ugh. She hated Williamson. He was the WORST.
The seventh year crossed her arms uncomfortably, watching as everyone else slowly trickled in.... 'Let's get going before another downpour'? UM???? Couldn't they just, like, cancel the lesson all together? Or hold it indoors? Why wait for the downpour! This was ridiculous. The ground was already muddy, this would NOT end well. So.
She protested (silently) with a pout, as she turned to look at the jarveys. The creatures may be wound up and excited, but Nina Castillo was quite the opposite of that. In fact, she couldn't be any less excited. They were also horribly rude. She preferred working with the cats. At least they were cute. Nina was cute too, especially when she pouted and refused to answer questions in front of the class! Like now. The question felt slightly belittling. 'Do animals behave differently in different environments?' Of course they do! Even a first year could answer that. She was unimpressed!!! And unamused!!! And worst of all, her hair was starting to frizz!!! Williamson naturally didn’t hear any of this, as 1) he wasn’t a legilimens and 2) he was no longer standing close enough to the PDAers to eavesdrop. Heh heh heh.
He did, however, note the seventh year’s sour expression and couldn’t resist poking at her a little. “Sorry, did you say something, Miss?” Er, what was her name again? “Armadillo? I could have sworn you were raising your hand to explain that the environment can have a negative impact on a human’s mood, too.” Could have SWORN that’s what her face said, at least. SPOILER!!: Antagonist Upstream Quote:
Originally Posted by Felixir "Funny, isn't it? A lot of animals can be really sensitive to their environments; a temperature change of a few degrees in the wrong direction can even make some of them cark it. But some can withstand all kinds of stuff. It depends on the animal but, generally speaking, a creature requires specific kinds of surroundings and requirements to thrive, and live its best life, or simply not die or whatever." Nem paused and scanned the class again, then looked back at Walter. "Humans - we're part of the animal kingdom too, obviously - we can be pretty resilient. Like if Castillo were to fall into that thing-" he nodded towards the pit, "-she'd be in a different environment, but I'm sure she'd be just as pleasant as she is on... relatively dry land." Not that Nem was planning an accidental nudge or anything, but Castillo didn't need to know that. "Just a hypothetical example, of course. Don't want anyone getting any ideas."
Just to be clear, this wasn't a point in favour of people. That resilience just meant humans were capable of being utterly intolerable in numerous environments. You know, this was JUST the answer William WALTER White Williamson was looking for, particularly as a follow-up to Armadillo’s nonverbal answer? What a clever Slytherin, NOT a sour one. A wind of fresh air in a muddy, poo-stinking pit. Truly. Antagonist was a great addition to this story.
“Excellent hypothetical,” he nodded, fully approving of this scenario. “I’d also add on to that and say that a lot of your peers, in particular, have been sensitive to this loss of magic we’ve all experienced, which is a huge change to our human, wizard environment.” No? “Some are probably taking it harder than others, while others of us are adjusting just fine. But all we can do is be courteous to each other and make the most of this mess, as we’re all in it together.”
And ya know, they were all sitting in the same rain together and SOME people had umbrellas and SOME did not so maybe SOME could be more KIND toward OTHER ONES that had been outside all day digging fun holes for them all to fall into later. Not naming any names but Williamson did spare another glance toward Armadillo.
Anyway, uh, hearty stamp of approval for Antagonist, or whatever the third year’s name was. SPOILER!!: Jaaaaaaaaames Quote:
Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie And somehow the answers to the questions were going in all psychological directions...which had not been where his mind had been wandering at all. Yes, his hand was raised and yes he was going to offer a non-snarky answer. "There are polyphenic traits in creatures that are a result of the environment a creature is in. Snow camouflage is one of these. Like with what is seen Arctic creatures, as an example. There are also several insect and fish species that have sex-determining polyphenisms." For once this was something James Rasting (wow, one name WWW had memorized, thanks of years of exposure to it) and William could agree upon.
“Right, so… care to translate for your peers?” He quirked an eyebrow at the boy. Forget NEWT-level knowledge, he was dropping some Muggle latin bombs on his classmates. “James means that animals can change some of their characteristics depending on their environment, sometimes based on seasonal or pheromonal cues they take from it; this is in chapter…er, a chapter of your textbook. We don’t see this as often in wizard-bred animals since their genetics are already tinkered with by magic.”
But yeah, that was actually a good answer from this grumpy gills. He got a nod of approval from the professor. SPOILER!!: Ilyaaaaaay We Need a Nickname for You Quote:
Originally Posted by Magical Soul "I'm not sure the environment is changing much of those Jarveys' behaviour, though, professor." Ilya noted casually, eyes back on the man. "With everything changing, being confined in that simple cage-" Let's face it, that muggle playground was more of a cage than a playground, "--and they still have quite a colourful attitude." It was obvious Ilya was an admirer of the Jarveys. They could use a makeover for their appearances, but their personality was hilarious. …hmm, that was an interesting point. “Or are they being extra hyper because they’re not used to the rain, the lack of ambivalent magic, and you standing over there next to him?” Yeah he’d noticed. WWW’s first job was shooing kids away from dangerous animals and locations, and jarveys, even though were small, could still be troublesome.
Right, anyway. “Have a seat for now,” he reminded the Ravenclaw, not even going to attempt to guess this one’s name. SPOILER!!: Kimjae Minaj Quote:
Originally Posted by DuckyLinJi THANKFULLY , the professor chose that exact moment to start the lesson and the Hufflepuff lowered his umbrella before closing it so that the rest of the class could see as well. He hadn't even noticed the Jarvey's until now. "I do think that animals are sensitive to being in a new surrounding because ...um... because ..." the Hufflepuff frowned as he scratched his forehead. His mind had gone poof in the middle of his sentence and he did not remember what he had wanted to say. "I forgot what i wanted to say... Sorry, my brain is a bit foggy lately" he apologized. He lowered his hand and continued to frown as he tried to remember what he had wanted to say. What--- oh… “It’s okay,” he gently responded to the Hufflepuff named Minaj, something Minaj. “It happens to us all.” He, for one, had forgotten to shower recently. It was fine, he smelled the same as the mud now and was getting a free shower with this drizzly rain. All good here. SPOILER!!: Airedale Quote:
Originally Posted by Fireheart Nevertheless, she figured she should at least participate. After listening to some of her classmates' responses, she raised her hand. Obviously animals were affected by their environments. It seemed like a rather simple question. "I think that some species are better at adapting to different environments. If you take an animal out of its habitat, some will be disoriented and unable to survive. But others are more flexible." She couldn't really think of any examples off the top of her head. But it seemed like a logical conclusion. Like cats, right? Shadow could live in the castle with her, but he could also live back at home. Or he could live outside if he wanted. Well that was a good, albeit general, answer. “Can you think of an example of a creature that wouldn’t survive well in a different environment?” He was thinking of a fish, for example, or was that just because he was hungry and hoping the house elves had made fried cod for dinner? SPOILER!!: Cantchant Quote:
Originally Posted by Anna Banana She followed around the jarveys with her gaze until WWW popped a question on them. Hmm... "An animal's whole body is designed for their natural habitat. Like...fish might die on land. A polar bear might die in the desert. Stuff like that," she said. "Oh, and there might be predators in some environments that certain animals can't find off, and then that animal might be the predator in a completely different environment." Oh hey, here was the fish answer he was looking for. “Right, that’s a good point, about the predators…” Actually an especially good point, heh heh. “Keep thinking along those lines,” he encouraged the Slytherin. Hey, did he know her from somewhere? Detention, maybe? For some reason, he had a feeling she would have been good at digging that pit over there. SPOILER!!: Heathcliff Brontė Quote:
Originally Posted by MadMadamMalfoy Heath paid close attention as the lesson began, his eyes darting from the professor to the jarveys as one of the creatures started yelling about shamrocks. That got a faint smile from him. As for the question, his initial thoughts turned to fear response. He knew that some animals like himself tended to withdraw when they felt threatened, but that sounded almost exactly like… well, a lot of the other answers, though he’d lost track of who said what. As hard as he tried, he couldn’t think of an original way to word his answer, so he kept quiet for now, hoping that his silence wouldn’t be mistaken for inattention. Ahh uh, no answer here? Williamson squinted at the Ravenclaw, puzzled by his silence, but then wondered if he’d already called on the boy and now he was just LOOKING at him for no reason?! It must have been his mistake, not the kid’s. Well anyway, on to the next person with their hand up. SPOILER!!: Red…Hydrangea? Quote:
Originally Posted by PhoenixRising "Uh... I think it's.... animals... they could also be effected by situational things too. Like, are humans present in the environment? Are there other creatures present?" Like when she inconveniently brought a gerbil to a cat lesson. A gerbil that was safely in her dorm since she hadn't been able to get it home. Sorry, Willie. ”Bingo!” William liked this answer, actually, from one of the sister prefects named after a flower. A Hydrangea, maybe? “Great answer. Keep it in mind as we move on.” Which was… now, since he didn’t really see any other hands in the air. Right, so... "We've had a few good points about environment impacting or even changing animals, humans, etc...." he trailed off as though trying to remember his next question, and, in general, what point he was trying to make with this class, and what the connection was between the first question and the one he was supposed to ask now.
Huh. He scratched his stubble as he thought, his brown eyes darting around for a clue...
"Jarveys!" AHA YES, thank Merlin for visual cues like a playground full of squeaky weasels. He patted the top of the playground they were still RUNNING THROUGH like mad. "TELL ME WHAT YOU KNOW ABOUT JARVEYS. What are they like? Do Muggles know about them? Where are they found? What do they like to eat? Please, only share one fact per... er, time that you raise your hand, and try to listen to your classmates so we don't have any repeats."
He wondered if anyone would make the connection between question one and this question FOR him, since he couldn't recall it. Well maybe in time he would. He'd give it a few.
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