Laughter at the little darlings' essays would be much appreciated. I'm proceeding rapidly apace through my marking, and -- Well. I take your point about the logic and analysis. I hadn't expected the sort of reasoning I am used to, but it is clear we have a great deal of work to do. Am beginning to wonder if I should assign them some emergency Aristotle to sharpen up their logic skills. And there is some utter confusion going on in the comments below that I still haven't sorted out ...
The books, meanwhile, sound delightfully distracting. I do tend to ridiculous romances for brainless distraction, but if you can't put them down, I will eagerly give them a try. As I'm sure you noticed, I took supper in my quarters, but do bring them along tomorrow night. And yes, please do pass along any of the gossip magazines you've read -- I'm not certain which ones Barty and Narcissa have chosen for me, but I suppose I will find out in time! (I mistrust Barty's sense of humor when he affects such helpfulness...) Would particularly appreciate Witch Weekly, even though I get odd looks when seen reading it in public. (One of the reasons I took to using the disguise charm.)
To the other: if you feel it is not urgent, I will bow to your sense of scheduling, of course. And it's a difficult topic to discuss at the best of times. But allow me to urge you, if I might: sometimes it is when one feels the most reluctance to revisit a topic that one has the most need.
Re: Private Message to Aurora Sinistra
Laughter at the little darlings' essays would be much appreciated. I'm proceeding rapidly apace through my marking, and -- Well. I take your point about the logic and analysis. I hadn't expected the sort of reasoning I am used to, but it is clear we have a great deal of work to do. Am beginning to wonder if I should assign them some emergency Aristotle to sharpen up their logic skills. And there is some utter confusion going on in the comments below that I still haven't sorted out ...
The books, meanwhile, sound delightfully distracting. I do tend to ridiculous romances for brainless distraction, but if you can't put them down, I will eagerly give them a try. As I'm sure you noticed, I took supper in my quarters, but do bring them along tomorrow night. And yes, please do pass along any of the gossip magazines you've read -- I'm not certain which ones Barty and Narcissa have chosen for me, but I suppose I will find out in time! (I mistrust Barty's sense of humor when he affects such helpfulness...) Would particularly appreciate Witch Weekly, even though I get odd looks when seen reading it in public. (One of the reasons I took to using the disguise charm.)
To the other: if you feel it is not urgent, I will bow to your sense of scheduling, of course. And it's a difficult topic to discuss at the best of times. But allow me to urge you, if I might: sometimes it is when one feels the most reluctance to revisit a topic that one has the most need.
At your disposal, in this as in all things,
T