Post by Thomas Middleton on Jan 19, 2009 13:18:00 GMT -5
Shiiiiit. Term ... started ... today. Like, at this very moment. Any minute now, students would be filing into the Arithmancy classroom. Beads of sweat rolled down Thomas' forehead, you know, like they do in those Anime cartoons. Mmmm, Asians ... ANYWAY. Tom wiped at the sweat with the back of his hand, hoping to hide his nervousness from his students. He wasn't sure why he was so anxious, it's not as if he had never taught before. He'd taught for a couple of years, actually. But this year, he seemed a lot less prepared than the years before. The Ravenclaw alumni had spent most of his freetime over summer ransacking the kitchens and clubbing. Not lesson-planning. Damn.
Once the students had all filed in and taken whatever seats they liked (seating chart? Yeah, right; Tom had never liked them in school, and he wasn't going to make his students suffer the same brand of torture), he opened his mouth to talk. Only, well, no words came out. Tom cleared his throat with a nice, satisfying sort of grunt, then tried this whole thing again. Thankfully, words came out this time, and surprisingly, they formed coherent sentences! Woooo, rock and roll, baby, rock and roll!
"Yooo, kiddos! My name is Thomas Middleton, Professor Middleton, Professor Tom, whatever you wanna call me, I'm not really big on the whole name thing ... Unless it's Tommyboy. Don't anyone in here ever call me Tommyboy," he added, glaring at the students as though daring them to try. Most of them seemed to be Ravenclaws, so hopefully they showed him respect. If they didn't, he would be forced to take points away from his own House, and he really didn't wanna do that. "This is Arithmancy. If you didn't already know that." Wow, how lame. Shrugging it off, Thomas decided to plow right onto the point of this lesson -- which was actually rather pointless.
"Seeing as today is the first day of classes, I figured we'd take it easy ... Just sort of relax, ya know? Because I have absolutely nothing prepared and if I try to teach anything valuable, I'll come across looking like an idiot." Tom let out a soft, light chuckle before continuing. "All we're gonna do is introduce ourselves. Please state your name, year, House, something interesting about yourself, and maybe something you know about Arithmancy. If you don't know anything, that's fine, but knowing what you guys have already learned or something would really help me out, so I don't overdo it. Sooo want me to start? Don't worry, I will!
"My name is Thooomas Middleton, as I said earlier. I'm a Ravenclaw alumni, and now Ravenclaw Head of House, because I'm just that cool. Something interesting about me ... hmmm, well, I've traveled a lot, been to places like Japan and the United States. Cool, right? As for what I know about Arithmancy, I know quite a bit, so I won't even bore you with all of the petty details." Tom smiled encouragingly at the students, hoping that they wouldn't be afraid to speak up, or anything. He wasn't too much older than them, so hopefully they didn't find him scary or intimidating. More like sexy.
[[Introduce yourselves! This is a new site, and not much is known about any of the characters as of yet. Don't be afraid, you can say as much as you'd like. Have fun! =D]]
Once the students had all filed in and taken whatever seats they liked (seating chart? Yeah, right; Tom had never liked them in school, and he wasn't going to make his students suffer the same brand of torture), he opened his mouth to talk. Only, well, no words came out. Tom cleared his throat with a nice, satisfying sort of grunt, then tried this whole thing again. Thankfully, words came out this time, and surprisingly, they formed coherent sentences! Woooo, rock and roll, baby, rock and roll!
"Yooo, kiddos! My name is Thomas Middleton, Professor Middleton, Professor Tom, whatever you wanna call me, I'm not really big on the whole name thing ... Unless it's Tommyboy. Don't anyone in here ever call me Tommyboy," he added, glaring at the students as though daring them to try. Most of them seemed to be Ravenclaws, so hopefully they showed him respect. If they didn't, he would be forced to take points away from his own House, and he really didn't wanna do that. "This is Arithmancy. If you didn't already know that." Wow, how lame. Shrugging it off, Thomas decided to plow right onto the point of this lesson -- which was actually rather pointless.
"Seeing as today is the first day of classes, I figured we'd take it easy ... Just sort of relax, ya know? Because I have absolutely nothing prepared and if I try to teach anything valuable, I'll come across looking like an idiot." Tom let out a soft, light chuckle before continuing. "All we're gonna do is introduce ourselves. Please state your name, year, House, something interesting about yourself, and maybe something you know about Arithmancy. If you don't know anything, that's fine, but knowing what you guys have already learned or something would really help me out, so I don't overdo it. Sooo want me to start? Don't worry, I will!
"My name is Thooomas Middleton, as I said earlier. I'm a Ravenclaw alumni, and now Ravenclaw Head of House, because I'm just that cool. Something interesting about me ... hmmm, well, I've traveled a lot, been to places like Japan and the United States. Cool, right? As for what I know about Arithmancy, I know quite a bit, so I won't even bore you with all of the petty details." Tom smiled encouragingly at the students, hoping that they wouldn't be afraid to speak up, or anything. He wasn't too much older than them, so hopefully they didn't find him scary or intimidating. More like sexy.
[[Introduce yourselves! This is a new site, and not much is known about any of the characters as of yet. Don't be afraid, you can say as much as you'd like. Have fun! =D]]