Class on Tuesdays and Thursdays
Sep. 5th, 2012 06:03 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alt_antoninAs there was some confusion with the third-year classes yesterday, please allow me to clarify: the timetables you have been issued are not in error. Due to the difficulty involved in integrating the changes to the curriculum, we have indeed been forced to schedule several classes through the lunch hour. In addition to yesterday's third-year students, this also affects the fifth-year Gryffindor class on Thursdays.
As I'm aware that in many cases, your schedule does not permit you to eat earlier or later, you may arrange with the elves for lunch to be delivered to the classroom, and eat quietly and unobtrusively through our discussion. (I will likely be doing the same.) I know this is less than optimal; I apologise profusely for the inconvenience and will do my utmost to keep the situation from becoming too untenable.
As always, if you have any concerns, please stop in my office during my scheduled open hours, arrange with me privately for evening or weekend hours, or contact me via private message. I remember from my own school days how reluctant we always were to disturb our professors, but you will not be a disturbance to me in the least: I would far rather clarify the issue early when whatever problem can still be easily solved.
As I'm aware that in many cases, your schedule does not permit you to eat earlier or later, you may arrange with the elves for lunch to be delivered to the classroom, and eat quietly and unobtrusively through our discussion. (I will likely be doing the same.) I know this is less than optimal; I apologise profusely for the inconvenience and will do my utmost to keep the situation from becoming too untenable.
As always, if you have any concerns, please stop in my office during my scheduled open hours, arrange with me privately for evening or weekend hours, or contact me via private message. I remember from my own school days how reluctant we always were to disturb our professors, but you will not be a disturbance to me in the least: I would far rather clarify the issue early when whatever problem can still be easily solved.
Private Message to Dominic Selwyn
Date: 2012-09-05 10:09 am (UTC)I will likely be back in New London at the end of the month (appointment at St M's and I might as well make a weekend of it, presuming I am not too behind in my marking) -- if it's not too much of an imposition I would greatly enjoy the chance to discuss further. (Also -- if there is something I might trade you for a tour of your library, you need only name it; if there are more books like this in it, I may need to begin plotting the best way to earn more extensive borrowing rights!)
To follow up on an outstanding issue from last week: We have not yet been able to schedule the extracurricular exercises I've planned (apparently Dolores Umbridge has staked claim to a great deal of the schedule) but as soon as we have firmed up the date I will issue your invitation forthwith. It's far too soon to tell how much remedial work they'll all need before they're prepared to face a game of that nature, of course, but thus far I have been cautiously encouraged.
Fondly, while eyeing your library with an avaricious eye,
Antosha
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From:Private Message to Rabastan Lestrange
Date: 2012-09-05 10:18 am (UTC)Shall try to catch you at supper tonight. (Am skipping breakfast and lunch -- hauling arse down to the Great Hall on Monday did me in more than I'd expected and that was without a class immediately after; eating upstairs yesterday after class was far less exhausting, and I grow weary of the little darlings staring at the way I walk when they think I'm not looking.) In case I miss you, however: I find myself in need of an eye-catching demonstration for next week and was thinking of using Balliol's Blood-Lock. I've had a turn around the classroom, but have yet to unearth any boxes of suitable construction to use as the container; the only ones I've been able to find all have metal hinges rather than wood.
Could use one of my own, of course, but they've all been mine so long I suspect they wouldn't take well to unlocking for the demonstration! Do you have anything on hand that might suit? If you don't get a moment to check, I'll send one of the elves out to New London this weekend to pick up half a dozen, or switch to a different demonstration, but it occurred to me you might have something in your storage.
(Am most looking forward to the start-of-term pressures easing off us both so we might mount an expedition into the Closet of Dire Leftovers. It will be just like the old days. Though I suspect we've both gotten better at ducking, and at least this time nobody will be actively trying to kill us. One hopes. ...I most likely shouldn't say that, should I?)
Eternally yours, and hoping I've not just jinxed us all,
T
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From:Private Message to Lucius Malfoy
Date: 2012-09-05 10:22 am (UTC)Just a quick note to ease your fears before I bestir my lazy arse out of bed and into motion for the day (and no, I've no earthly clue why I'm awake this early, either): going quite well so far. Many of the little darlings take some prodding before they're willing to believe there's no such thing as a wrong answer, only one inadequately justified, but I hope to make more progress over the next few weeks.
Seeing the sixth years for the first time today -- let us hope none of them are as clearly terrified as several of the thirds were!
Eternally yours, and my love to Narcissa as always,
T
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